Example sentences of "by [det] [adj] [noun] [coord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such a policy would be resisted in this country by some professional bodies and by some other groups on the grounds that it is against individual freedom . |
| 2 | Critics of a decision reached by a particular committee could press for its review by some other committee or by the Cabinet , and the constitutional right of individual ministers to speak in the name of the government as a whole would be impaired . |
| 3 | He made his first appearance at the Edinburgh Festival two years ago with his much-acclaimed ‘ What If Dolphins Talk Shit Too ? ’ and this summer he returned to play eight sell-out nights at the Assembly Rooms ' main theatre ( sponsored not by some Australian lager but by Stella Artois ) . |
| 4 | Moreover , however arbitrary musical meanings and conventions are — rather than being ‘ natural ’ , or determined by some human essence or by the needs of class expression — once particular musical elements are put together in particular ways , and acquire particular connotations , these can be hard to shift . |
| 5 | By this tiny brushstroke and by the sky which has suddenly cleared , Duras draws the line of connection between Maria and Rodrigo Paestra . |
| 6 | It could be improved by including all the results of excavations since 1961 , but this has not been possible for various reasons , the most important of which is that it is no longer the intention to study the results of 367 , but to turn to another event recorded by Ammianus which can be illuminated by this old study and by more recent work . |
| 7 | The older coherence of a specialized literate culture was challenged alike by these genuine initiatives and by the eventually widespread reproduction of imputed popular material , in speculative and profitable works designed for an expansion seen not as a changing culture but as a new and decisive market . |
| 8 | Time magazine had long ago been berated by Kerouac and his compatriot American poet Allen Ginsberg for its repressive attitude to the surging movement of youth inspired by these literary figures and by the likes of Brando and Dean on screen . |
| 9 | They wanted to restore , to some small extent , the House 's powers to scrutinize and , on occasion , to resist the executive over items of legislation , finance and general policy but their attitude was greeted with genuine surprise by many older members and by others in their own ‘ intake ’ . |
| 10 | The planet was inherited not by any one generation but by mankind and all its posterity from generation to generation . |
| 11 | It is probably not something initiated by any specific act or at any specific time . |
| 12 | ( b ) Every partner must account to his co-partners for his private profits This is recognised in s29 of the Partnership Act : ( 1 ) Every partner must account to the firm for any benefit derived by him without the consent of the other partners from any transaction concerning the partnership , or from any use by him of the partnership property name or business connexion. ( 2 ) This section applies also to transactions undertaken after a partnership has been dissolved by the death of a partner , and before the affairs thereof have been completely wound up , either by any surviving partner or by the representatives of the deceased partner . |
| 13 | ‘ No insolvency proceedings shall be invalidated by any formal defect or by any irregularity , unless the court before which objection is made considers that substantial injustice has been caused by the defect or irregularity , and that the injustice can not be remedied by any order of the court . |
| 14 | Here 's two new ones from Fender , but separated by several thousand miles and over a grand 's worth of drinking vouchers … |
| 15 | Its findings have already been challenged by several regional councils and by Professor Arthur Midwinter , of the Department of Politics at Strathclyde University . |