Example sentences of "by the [noun prp] [noun pl] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The hunger strike was interpreted in some quarters as an attempt by the RAF prisoners to increase their influence on the command structure outside prison . |
| 2 | The owner was rung up minutes later by the Derbyshire police asking how many pickets he was bringing . |
| 3 | WITH the forthcoming visit by the South Africans looming large , the RFU have taken the opportunity given them by the All Black and Wallaby tours to South Africa to get in some early homework on the Boks . |
| 4 | A last minute attempt by the London employers to open talks this morning was turned down by union leaders . |
| 5 | The Department of Trade and Industry paper was reported by the Sunday Times to claim that Britain 's manufacturing base was weak and deteriorating . |
| 6 | The destruction of peat bogs is contributing to global warming , according to a report commissioned by Friends of the Earth and prepared by the Wetland Ecosystems Research Group of Exeter University . |
| 7 | Bank lending however is not noticeably buoyant , with sterling lending by the UK banks rising less than £200 million in February , compared with a revised £1.1 billion in January and a recent monthly average increase of almost £700 million . |
| 8 | While the approach taken by the US courts has been much more progressive than that which has been adopted in Britain , it is nonetheless clear that in neither jurisdiction do directors owe a duty of disclosure when trading on impersonal stock exchange markets . |
| 9 | 1980 Elvis Presley 's autopsy report is subpoenaed by the US courts investigating gross over-subscription of drugs by his former doctor , George Michopoulos . |
| 10 | It also complained of gaps in the information provided by the US Customs shipping records used for the study , the only public source of data on pesticide exports : the names of more than 74% of the 477 million pounds of pesticides exported in 1991 were not recorded . |
| 11 | The impressions gained by the Waddington experiments suggest there were more habitual television viewers ( 4:3 ) than avid cinema goers ( 16:9 ) . |
| 12 | been long used by the Seneka Indians to cure the bite of the rattle-snake which , if taken in time , is an infallible remedy . |
| 13 | The new appointments demonstrate a commitment by the Saatchi brothers to restore the company 's fortunes and suggest they are a long way from turning their backs on the business they built . |
| 14 | I am advised by the Coalfield Communities Campaign that RECHAR moneys — £100 million — allocated to United Kingdom coalfields in December 1989 have still to reach the United Kingdom . |
| 15 | In part the attempt by the Norfolk justices to appropriate canon law matters to the king 's competence was all of a piece with other measures which the king and his judges were taking to suppress rival jurisdictions and to reduce all justice within the realm to the crown . |
| 16 | : Mmd The detective work done by the Harwell scientists showed hitherto unsuspected dangers from radon . |
| 17 | Rebels , the TUC and the stolidity of the public forced ASLEF to call off its strike , but balance was at once restored by the NHS unions starting a three-day-one . |
| 18 | The model provided by the Galapagos islands showed how a group of physically isolated populations produced by migration might adapt to their new environments . |
| 19 | In this centenary year of Lord Reith 's birth , Daniel Snowman , chosen by the BBC mandarins to produce the 1989 lectures , decided to break with tradition . |
| 20 | With limited access to war zones by " outside reporters " , propaganda broadcast by the Khmers Rouges did much to obscure the true extent of rebel victories . |
| 21 | ‘ Foureyes ’ is recruited by the Victoria Victors to improve its design , but the car is eventually discovered and wins the race for the Bats . |
| 22 | The federal Minister of Production , Islam Nabi , a member of the MQM , was reported by the Pakistan Times to have tendered his resignation on June 25 . |
| 23 | The one-bit device developed by the Cambridge scientists utilises the so-called Coulomb Blockade Effect where , if an isolated area of conductor is made suitably small , the change of energy resulting from the gain or loss of an electron prevents further electrons from entering , and existing ones from leaving . |
| 24 | A false report of a bid for Williams Holdings by the Barclay brothers sent its shares leaping 55p to 280p before denials saw them crashing back to 239p . |
| 25 | A false report of a bid for Williams Holdings by the Barclay brothers sent its shares leaping 55p to 280p before denials saw them crashing back to 239p . |
| 26 | The claims by the Stuart kings to rule by prerogative were resolved by the Bill of Rights 1689 . |
| 27 | At the beginning of 1812 the first attacks on shearing frames by the Yorkshire croppers began . |
| 28 | In an earlier dispute 8,000 diamond miners belonging to the NUM had cut diamond production by the De Beers mining company by a third in mid-October 1989 in support of a demand for a 26.6 per cent wage increase . |
| 29 | The re-examination of NVOCC related rules has been made easier by the FMC regulations implementing the 1984 Shipping Act , as amended in 1990 . |
| 30 | In 1990 a group of children took part in ‘ Operation Lifestyle ’ — a scheme organised by the Humberside police to involve young people in worthwhile activities during the summer . |