Example sentences of "[v-ing] a [noun sg] of [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Released from the constraints of both shareholders and any market , managers are free to become public servants , ‘ a purely neutral technocracy , balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 2 | These are likely to be self-serving , but , in Berle and Means ' view , the possibility is also opened up that rather than furthering their own interests , or those of the shareholders as currently required by law , management might act in the interests of society as a whole , evolving into a ‘ purely neutral technocracy balancing a variety of claims by various groups in the community and assigning to each a portion of the income stream on the basis of public policy rather than private cupidity ’ . |
| 3 | The Doctor was standing on one hand now , and juggling five different balls whilst singing a medley of songs by Abba . |
| 4 | Then another two or three days went by , and my brother 's wife telephoned from Bakovka ( where there was a dacha containing a collection of pictures by some young artists , along with a great many works and drawings by Anatoly Zverev ) : ‘ Fire ! ! ! |
| 5 | No work is done in the fields today and Kalchu is sitting in the sun , making a necklace of marigolds by sinking a needle into the yellow hearts and sliding them together along coarse black thread . |
| 6 | The legal minimum wage was raised by 10 per cent on May 1 , 1989 , following a wave of strikes by miners , oil workers and bank and public-sector employees . |
| 7 | NORTH EAST Essex looks likely to receive an extra MP following a review of constituencies by the Boundary Commission . |