Example sentences of "of a [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Despite the Iraqi president 's failure to win the Gulf War , Saddam was still regarded as something of a hero by the Delhi Muslims , although this failed to explain why the pin-up most popular in the city was that which showed Saddam dressed in full Austrian costume : lederhosen , braces , Tyrolean hat , knobbly knees and all . |
| 2 | William Morrison is the star turn of a survey by the Institute of Directors , of Britain 's 1,000 biggest companies by sales . |
| 3 | Dennis Luckhurst is collating the information as part of a survey by the Durham Bird Club to establish the range and population of the threatened bird . |
| 4 | Diplomatic relations with the UK were severed in February 1989 following the imposition of a fatwa by the late Ayatollah Khomeini which called on Moslems to kill the Indian-born British writer , Salman Rushdie [ see pp. 36450-51 ] . |
| 5 | Mr. Karsten submitted that once the mandatory effect of article 12 has been relaxed by a finding under article 13 , either under sub-paragraph ( a ) or sub-paragraph ( b ) , this gives rise to the exercise of a discretion by the court . |
| 6 | Some have suggested that his appointment at Berlin was the result of a compromise by the orchestra , an attempt to secure someone as far removed from Karajan in character , musical and personal , as the world could offer . |
| 7 | Finnis illustrates the notion of a determination by the example of an architect 's instructions to an artificer to put a ‘ doorway ’ in a wall of a building . |
| 8 | Mr Evans-Lombe said that it was plain that Mrs Wordingham had intended that her husband should receive the income under her 1989 will , and that its omission was the result of a mistake by the solicitor in carrying out his instructions . |
| 9 | He is applying for judicial review of a decision by the council 's professional conduct committee to prefer the less serious charge of breach of proper professional standards , which leads to an admonition . |
| 10 | The problem , which has long troubled white consciences , has come to the fore now because of a decision by the High Court that in one case aborigines have a legal claim to lands where they hunted before the white man came . |
| 11 | The East European members of the Council for Mutual Economic Assistance ( CMEA or COMECON ) faced grave economic hardship as a result of a decision by the Soviet Union in July to cut oil exports . |
| 12 | In defiance of a decision by the national conference in September to dissolve the National Assembly , President Mobutu Sese Seko called for a new session of the Assembly to open on Oct. 5 . |
| 13 | The implementation of a decision by the city council of Prague to make catalytic converters obligatory for all Czech-made business vehicles has been postponed . |
| 14 | We judge the success of a contract by the volume of trades conducted in it . |
| 15 | Accordingly , under the Djibouti Agreement Mr. Mahdi became the interim President and on 6 August 1991 he appointed Mr. Qalib as his prime minister , apparently , in the absence of a nomination by the S.N.M. Mr. Qalib then appointed ministers to serve under him . |
| 16 | The main force should have got into the town under the cover of a raid by the RAF , but by the time they were at the foot of the escarpment , this was almost over . |
| 17 | As part of his early strategy to secure the co-operation of the LEAs , Jacques met the Director of Education , John Newsom , and secured agreement for an increase in grant-aid from the £35 in 1935–36 to more than £100 in 1938–39 and , in addition , the promise of a contribution by the LEA towards the District 's administrative costs in arranging courses . |
| 18 | A mortgage of debts and of equitable interests in personalty can be made in the form of a conveyance by the mortgagor to the mortgagee with a proviso for redemption . |
| 19 | Unless one of the steps in the review machinery is the service of a counternotice by the person upon whom the review notice is served , it is better not to stipulate for a particular form of notice because the fewer the requirements that have to be complied with the less scope there is for litigation . |
| 20 | ( 3 ) The Auditors shall within fourteen days of a request by the Company certify to the Company the Prescribed Price , that is to say the price which in their opinion represents a fair value for the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice as between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser and , in making such determination , the Auditors shall not take any account of whether such Shares comprise a majority or minority interest in the Company ( and shall assume that the entire issued share capital of the Company is being sold ) . |
| 21 | ( 3 ) The Auditors shall within fourteen days of a request by the Company certify to the Company the Prescribed Price , that is to say the price which in their opinion represents a fair value for the Shares comprised in the Transfer Notice as between a willing vendor and a willing purchaser and , in making such determination , the Auditors shall not take any account of whether such Shares comprise a majority or minority interest in the Company ( and shall assume that the entire issued share capital of the Company is being sold ) . |
| 22 | The Paris show demonstrated that at a much lower level delightful drawings by well known names can still be bought at a fraction of the price of a painting by the same artist . |
| 23 | A weekly magazine , L'Europeo , published a piece on the problems of restoration and reproduced a photograph of a panel by the sixteenth-century Ferrarese painter Ortolano , in the Pinacoteca Capodimonte , with a caption describing it as Leonardo 's ‘ Last Supper ’ . |
| 24 | Political power was signified to the inhabitants of a burgh by the ability of a dominant faction to place its friends in the local revenue offices , and equally , by their ability to obtain the removal of their enemies among the office holders . |
| 25 | FIRST/Fixed Interest Rate Savings Tax-paid Option Bond , launched by National Savings on 7 July 1992 , proved so successful in attracting savers ' funds that the Government cut the rate of interest in the face of a threat by the building societies to raise mortgage rates . |
| 26 | Each Keymer clay tile is a work of art , guaranteed one of a kind by the handprint of its maker . |
| 27 | Techniques developed by botanists and historians have shown that it is possible to assess the age of a hedge by the number of shrub species it contains . |
| 28 | My predecessor took me carefully aside to explain that this device was part of a plot by the Director of Education either to drive him from his place or to impose comprehensives on the whole campus . |
| 29 | The words of a song by the group Supertramp express the feelings of many people : |
| 30 | It has participated in the making of a video by the Banking Information Service on wise ways to use credit . |