Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Homelessness , housing conditions , crime are worsening year by year , as the cycle of urban deprivation becomes more established ( p. 1 ) |
| 2 | The alternative is massive retaliation by missiles aimed at the enemy 's cities , which will stay put . |
| 3 | The strategic function of the brigade was deep penetration by parachute and jeep behind the enemy lines , during and after the opening of the second front . |
| 4 | It may be that some of the campaign violence was independent activity by local commanders , not the result of orders issued by Khmer Rouge headquarters . |
| 5 | Mr Cook writing on that day states that measuring from the top of the overlying humus to the bones the depth was 173 cm and the greatest depth 190 cm , the position of the bones in the deposit was as follows : The trunk was supine north-west by south-east , the skull rested tilted forward on the ribs to north-west . |
| 6 | ( Also at the gallery are recent indictments by Mary Kelly that she calls ‘ Gloria Patri ’ . |
| 7 | Continuing the series of the Catalogue of the Collection in the J. Paul Getty Museum is Hellenistic Metalwork by Michael Pfrommer ( $60 ) . |
| 8 | The young lady behind the bar was scared stiff by our presence . |
| 9 | The attack on the camp formed a spectacular climax half way through the film , but the second half was routine melodrama by comparison . |
| 10 | Seminars on Development Fund Projects , seminars and receptions for Employer Partners , conferences , the Enterprise Lecture are other means by which the activities of the Enterprise Centre are communicated within the University and also externally . |
| 11 | Little did he know his curious collection would one day be attracting tourists by the thousand . |
| 12 | Amiss wondered how long he could last without murdering this old fool : the ffeatherstonehaugh crew were sparkling wits by comparison . |
| 13 | To them , hypocrisy is aggravated assault by other means . |
| 14 | At the Council of Ephesus the Virgin is pronounced divine by priests with square Byzantine beards . |
| 15 | Ample car parking is available close by . |
| 16 | At the end of the term the landlord is guaranteed possession by the Court , but only if the landlord has followed certain procedural steps correctly . |
| 17 | Live plucking was normal practice by the commoners , in order to ensure quills of the best quality . |
| 18 | When the evidence was inconclusive trials by oath or ordeal were legitimate options . |
| 19 | If long term follow up shows improved survival in patients treated by radical surgery then early detection of the tumour by screening would be desirable , and the most useful method of detection is rectal examination by a trained urologist . |
| 20 | Neighbours living near Scarborough 's Filey Road sports centre are opposing plans by the Borough Council to build a giant dome over two tennis courts . |
| 21 | Among the prints on the Waddington stand were recent works by Jo Tilson , and prints by Hamilton and Hodgkin as well as their fine impression of Picasso 's ‘ L'Egyptienne ’ . |
| 22 | Unemployment was expected to rise to 6.9 per cent of the industrial world 's working population by the end of 1992 , from around 6.3 in late 1990 . |
| 23 | A second form of corruption was dishonest dealing by the officers of the law . |
| 24 | Finch always maintained that he was never a hellraiser and that his image was wishful publicity by the press . |
| 25 | If the user is tracking packages by highest , the relationship mnemonic will be preceded by ‘ final ’ . |
| 26 | One traditional approach to assessment is stereotypical labelling by practitioners . |
| 27 | If a more detailed assessment is necessary evaluation by a specialist can be requested , to be completed within an agreed timescale . |
| 28 | The pulpit is early Baroque by K. Bechteler ( 1618 ) . |
| 29 | Indeed one of the frustrating phenomena many pressure groups of this kind experience is continuing assertions by politicians that they do matter , which is accompanied by minimal concrete action . |
| 30 | Because of the way that the school changed over from having a system of streaming in its first three years to a system where mixed ability is introduced year by year from the first to third year , I was able to follow two groups of pupils through the school , one lot of pupils in their streamed classes and then another lot following them on in their mixed ability classes , and try and discover something about the differences in their experience of school in the two different modes , in the streamed and the mixed ability classes . |