Example sentences of "[pos pn] [noun] of [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | MY LIFE OF TORMENT BY VOICE ON ‘ DIANA LOVE TAPE ’ |
| 2 | In a society that legitimises its forms of truth by appeal to ‘ science ’ and ‘ objectivity ’ , a person 's case will certainly appear stronger if she or he can demonstrate that the other side is ‘ context-bound ’ and limited in their deployment of such logical abilities as ‘ abstraction ’ . |
| 3 | The ACCs expanded their exports of manufacturing by 480 per cent between 1950 and 1971 . |
| 4 | However , it faced charges that many of its leading members were themselves too closely identified with the Ceausescu regime , and that , as a non-elected body , its practice of ruling by decree was uncomfortably reminiscent of Ceausescu . |
| 5 | An international row is brewing among scientists who say that the EEC 's ISPRA establishment in Italy is trying to make up for its loss of Super-SARA by stealing other plum research contracts for which it is ill-equipped from specialist fusion laboratories throughout West Europe . |
| 6 | I argued that individuals can gain great advantage from their ability to refine and enrich their methods of communication by this means . |
| 7 | Dawn on Monday morning shone only a bleak grey light over Moscow and it looked as though the weathermen would be right in their prediction of rain by midday . |
| 8 | But institutions could compensate for their loss of income by taking a more active role to ensure better performance from the management , which would at least give them the chance of a greater capital gain , so that their total return is unaffected . |
| 9 | Mr Baker 's demands for more emphasis on grammar began a ridiculous debate in the newspapers , during which most participants revealed their misunderstanding of language by taking for granted that the rules of grammar are fixed and permanent throughout time . |
| 10 | Colorama Photodisplay have extended their range of backgrounds by adding three new fabric materials to their product range . |
| 11 | This scene was criticised for its accusation of sadism by the Viet Cong in a form which was unsupported by any evidence . |
| 12 | In addition , the company broadened its range of terminals by launching its 15″ ErgoView open display stations for the desktop market . |
| 13 | It is sometimes said , as though in defence of this double standard , that spiders and caddises achieve their feats of architecture by ‘ instinct ’ . |
| 14 | States may make subsidiary agreements based on their expectations of performance by other States . |
| 15 | , whose voice is well known to customers will still be in touch with what is happening at the company through husband , a shift supervisor — who can beat her years of service by seven ! |
| 16 | Horse-drawn buses and electric trams were only partly full , most people being at their places of work by now . |
| 17 | Similarly , if a body be sometimes in motion and sometimes at rest , we measure its period of rest as well as its period of motion by time . |
| 18 | No doubt as the matrimonial home was in the husband 's sole name the wife will have registered her right of occupation by way of a Class F Land Charge or ( if registered title ) a notice under the terms of the Matrimonial Homes Act 1983 . |
| 19 | They are , as a rule , stunted in growth , ill-shaped , and frequently ill-formed in the chest ; they become prematurely old , and are certainly short-lived ; they are phlegmatic and bloodless and exhibit their debility of constitution by obstinate attacks of dyspepsia , and disorders of the liver and kidneys , and by rheumatism . |
| 20 | Eyes down again to the book , he went on , ‘ All sharpened staves for use in traps ( and also spears and arrows ) can be hardened to increase their powers of penetration by being charred lightly in hot embers , a process which tightens and toughens the wood fibres . ’ ’ |
| 21 | ALTERNATIVE medicine practitioners were accused by the Royal College of Physicians yesterday of making false and misleading claims for their treatments of allergies by unorthodox methods . |
| 22 | Impelled to explore her feelings of rejection by her family , she re-invented her mother , dressing up as a war worker , preparing austerity food , attempting to discover her own sense of rage and impotence as the unwanted and unloved daughter . |
| 23 | Over this period , Italy expanded its output of machinery by two-thirds , Germany by over a half and the French by a tenth . |
| 24 | By contrast , the Reagan Administration justified its invasion of Grenada by pointing to the danger faced by a small group of American medical students , a rationale that was rebutted by international law bodies . |
| 25 | But it does endure its share of predation by man . |
| 26 | Looking ahead , nuclear power has the best growth prospects , increasing its share of demand by the year 2000 to 17% from 6% in 1983 . |
| 27 | In addition , choice theories complete their concept of voluntariness by positing a concept of the ordinary market . |
| 28 | Others display their feelings of relaxation by standing on one leg , as you 've probably seen flamingoes do in nature films . |
| 29 | The ease of use of SNMP2 is likely to speed up its rate of adoption by communities other than the local area network world . |
| 30 | Where children have failed consistently , remove their feeling of failure by giving a series of short regular lessons , designed to produce success — for instance , three simple words daily if the children are aged 6–8 , four for the 9–10 range , and six for the 11–13 children . |