Example sentences of "by [noun pl] [verb] in [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a sad indication of just how little local business is being conducted by galleries specialising in British art , William Jackson has left Cork Street and moved to the basement space previously occupied by Nigel Greenwood in New Burlington Street . |
| 2 | My Lord the the report deals with the extent of the duties which are by solicitors engaged in commercial conveyancing , er the duties that is practice and is adopted by a majority of solicitors in this field , which relates to the extent of the duty to financial security and to advise as to er the availability if asked , of the way out of the contract and the meaning of and interpretation of the national agreement of sale . |
| 3 | It would appear , then , that the use of banking sector financing by companies depends in general on the demand for such financing rather than on supply constraints as such . |
| 4 | We listened to the soundtrack through the back wall of the cinema , separated from each other by plates filmed in olive oil with pools of tomato juice , and half finished wine . |
| 5 | In much the same way you can choose your friends but not your relatives , famous people are pestered by devotees gripped in varying degrees of obsession ; ranging from the mildly brain-damaged to psychopaths of the most dangerous order . |
| 6 | A detailed study revealed that in Britain approximately 1,600 accidents caused by dogs result in human injury , with about 17 people dying each year as a direct consequence of such incidents . |
| 7 | This century has seen the rise to prominence on the world-stage of the ecumenical movement , which grew out of the need felt by Christians engaged in foreign mission to overcome the divisions between churches and denominations which made less and less sense in the missionary context . |
| 8 | The purpose of such insurance is to provide cover against those types of warranty claims which arise out of simple errors made by vendors acting in good faith . |
| 9 | For practitioners , the most important issue is to seek to understand the norms of behaviour within different groups and the extent to which these are challenged , modified or overturned by families living in contemporary Britain , whose social and economic circumstances are vastly different from those which pertained in their land of origin . |
| 10 | All these were chance discoveries by scientists engaged in other pursuits . |
| 11 | There are behind-the-scenes flurries as the sheet-covered frock is brought out of storage — by ladies dressed in white coats and white gloves so that the masterpiece is n't stained — and the model changes to give us another twirl . |
| 12 | Such action , taken as a precautionary measure in the interests of air safety before the investigators are able to identify the true cause of the accident , has been in the past , and might again be in the future , seized upon by lawyers involved in civil actions relating to the accident as an acknowledgement of a shortcoming ( or , in their eyes , an admission of guilt ) by the manufacturers , operators , air traffic control , etc . |
| 13 | On the central part of the vault is a deep blue background decorated by stars arranged in concentric circles round a cross ; at the corners are symbols of the four evangelists . |
| 14 | When Denethor says that stewards do not come to be kings by the lapse of a few centuries in Gondor , but only ‘ in other places of less royalty ’ , the remark is true of Scotland , and of Britain — though not of Anglo-Saxon England , ruled from the legendary past of King Cerdic to 1065 by kings descended in paternal line from one ancestor . |
| 15 | Inhibition of binding of interferon-γ to its receptor by salicylates used in inflammatory bowel disease |
| 16 | Car owners needing their wheel or battery changed are now greeted by men clad in bright orange uniforms and natty caps . |
| 17 | The state was of course sometimes perceived as an alien entity by peasants living in remote rural areas , but this was not because it was Western . |
| 18 | While clearly pointing out that these moves do not ensure women 's rights , and that the struggle for women 's liberation will carry on long after the setting up of an independent Palestinian state , Women 's Committees are encouraged by these developments and determined to learn from the mistakes made by women involved in other national liberation struggles , for example , in Algeria , where gains made were lost after the revolution . |
| 19 | A soft-backed but not soft-centred book , exploring a variety of professional and ethical dilemmas faced by nurses working in clinical practice . |
| 20 | Back at the Branch , customers were greeted by cashiers clad in red noses , and at the end of an enjoyable day , more than £40 was in the kitty . |
| 21 | The panhandle is , in look and sentiment , antebellum South , with enormous estates shaded by oaks draped in Spanish moss , and horse farms spread along rolling bluegrass hills . |
| 22 | Description of Dunsinane as a pleasant seat , of sweet and nimble air , is made laughable by a set entirely walled in antiseptic silver foil , lit by fluorescent tubes and peopled by actors swathed in chemical- yellow protective clothing , carrying gas-masks . |
| 23 | I expect Crilly to ravish me , as promised by letters scrawled in lustful , sweeping biro , but he does n't . |
| 24 | It is suggested that the bulk of such borrowings are by staff who have intrinsic interests in Scottish geology , rather than by students working in related areas . |