Example sentences of "of [noun] by the [noun prp] " in BNC.

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1 On the left , the house at No. 3/55 was given to Duke Rudolf I of Saxony by the Emperor Charles IV , and it stayed in his possession until 1409 .
2 The effect of the Janata Dal split , and the earlier withdrawal of support by the BJP , had a major impact on a number of state governments , although no Chief Ministers actually fell during November as a result of the events at the centre .
3 Relations between the two countries had been severely strained because of persistent allegations of support by the Solomons for the secessionist rebellion on the island of Bougainville which , although formally a part of Papua New Guinea , was geographically and ethnically closer to the Solomon Islands .
4 The Shekhawat ministry won a vote of confidence in the assembly in November 1990 , necessitated by the withdrawal of support by the Janata Dal after the BJP had ended its support for the V. P. Singh government [ see p. 37854 ] .
5 And , having been presented with the customary bottle of champagne by the Wincanton executive , Scudamore added that he felt a lot less pressure than he had last season .
6 This latest development in a saga which has been running for many months represents a change of heart by the Saints ' board .
7 To help promote the scheme , the Enterprise Centre welcomed the award of a grant of £1,000 by the Lothian Education Business Partnership .
8 To counteract the possibility of discrimination by the EEC should it be able to establish a common external tariff , the other OEEC states would need to accept a lowering of or even an end to their tariffs , providing the Six would waive their common external tariff on goods coming from the rest of the OEEC .
9 In Tuzla , UN aid workers were preparing to evacuate Serb civilians as part of attempts by the Unprofor commander in Bosnia , French General Philippe Morillon , to restart aid convoys .
10 In the industrial manufacture of hydrogen by the Bosch process ( see section 12.1 ) , carbon dioxide is removed from hydrogen by bubbling the gaseous mixture through water at high pressure .
11 He raised the matter with the Minister , asking her to make it illegal to publish such claims of responsibility by the IRA .
12 The warning came in a plea to the Ministry of Defence by the Killin mountain rescue team in Perthshire , who also predict that axing the Leuchars facility will increased the workload and danger for mountain rescue volunteers .
13 Prior to the spill in May , however , the workers were provided with information on the hazards of asbestos by the Cork Noxious Industry Action Group ( CNIAG ) a group organized by political and ecological activists drawn mainly from the anti-nuclear movement .
14 The Freedom of Information Act was emasculated almost out of existence by the Reagan administration .
15 The payment of the back pay had been delayed by the prorogation of Parliament by the Blaize adminstration in August [ see p. 36847 ] to avoid a motion of no confidence .
16 As the HEFCE is fully aware , one of the major issues arising for the University within the planning period is the likely effect on the University 's Medical School of plans by the Oxfordshire Health Authority to consolidate Oxford hospital activity at Headington .
17 * The first Caledonian Forest Reserve , at Glenmore Forest Park in Aviemore , has been opened , part of plans by the FC to regenerate native pinewoods in its care .
18 Worst of all , from our point of view , had been the occupation of Parma by the SS .
19 But Panamanain exiles in the US complained that a small show of force by the US might have been enough to tip the balance in the rebels ' favour .
20 Mr Endara also rejected the use of force by the US as a means of resolving the situation , urging that solutions be sought through the Organisation of American States and the United Nations .
21 He points out that of some 200 applications of force by the United States , only five have been ‘ solemnified ’ ( his word ) by a declaration of war .
22 Their detentions had been widely criticized , and lawyers had threatened a boycott of the courts in support of demands by the Lagos High Court that the men be brought to court and that their trial be held in the city rather than in a remote location .
23 About one-third of the staff of Albanian Radio and Television ( RTV ) went on strike from Nov. 1 in support of demands by the Independent Radio-Television Trade Union for the resignation of RTV 's directors , a demand supported by the Democratic Party , whose deputies boycotted the debate on the status of RTV in the People 's Assembly .
24 In the Lonrho case , the Law Lords in effect decided that the Secretary of State had no duty to give reasons for his decision not to refer the takeover of Harrods by the Al-Fayeds to the Monopolies and Mergers Commission .
25 The level of investment by the BEA rose from only £92 millions in the financial year 1948/9 to £125 millions in 1950/1 and £196 millions in 1954/5 ( only about two-fifths of this overall rise being accounted for by the fall in the real value of the pound ) .
26 Simmons was given a lot of width by the South Africans , who said they had never seen anyone hit the ball so hard since Graeme Pollock .
27 Lead singer , bassist and songwriter Edgar Summertyme is only twenty-one years old , but early exposure to an older brother 's record collection left him with a headful of songs by The Yardbirds , Love , The Byrds and Them .
28 I read of her collecting ivy with her children for Christmas decorations ( she rightly hated holly ) , while I told her of walks by the Nile with Sappho , my pretty mongrel bitch , watching the beautiful boats with big-bellied sails bringing cattle-fodder from Upper Egypt .
29 Fighting intensified around the republic on Sunday in advance of recognition by the EC .
30 It was a gala evening of performances by the Kirov Ballet and Opera , in the presence of the Princess of Wales .
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