Example sentences of "collection of [noun pl] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not a book about the whole topic of miasmas and disease , and it certainly does not cover the entire ‘ pre-industrial age ’ : it is a study of a single collection of reports by doctors and public health inspectors in early 17th-century Tuscany . |
| 2 | The inventory of the museum 's contents that he drew up with such meticulous care , accompanying his sections for each room with an admirable sketch showing the location of each item , remained in use and he catalogued the museum 's large collection of drawings by Robert Adam [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | But in the motets proper Willaert never employs the device of cori spezzati , ‘ broken ’ ( i.e. antiphonal ) choirs , which he used in eight psalm-settings published in a collection of psalms by Jachet of Mantua , ‘ Maistre Jan ’ , and others in 1550 . |
| 4 | The first ‘ lithographed ’ book in England was Philip Andre 's Specimens of Polyautography ( 1803 ) , a collection of prints by Thomas Stothard ( 1755–1834 ) and others . |
| 5 | The main points were ( i ) a tax of 0.3 per cent on financial transactions ( ITMF ) , in force until 1994 , but not applying to wage cheques , pension payments and popular savings accounts ; ( ii ) to fight tax evasion an instruction to banks to report in specific cases and at the Finance Minister 's request all movements of individuals ' and companies ' accounts ; ( iii ) the simplification of the tax system with the elimination of three social contributions and their replacement by valued added tax ( VAT ) of between 7 and 10 per cent ; ( iv ) the elimination of taxes on manufactured products , fuel sales and additional income , and their replacement by a selective tax ( the rate of which had yet to be specified ) on cars , alcoholic drinks , fuels , electricity and telecommunications ; ( v ) the elimination of the separate collection of taxes by state and municipal governments and another by municipal government , so that all taxes ( except the ITMF ) would be collected by the federal government and shared with the states and municipalities , expected to produce a real increase in their revenues of 9 and 17 per cent respectively ; and ( vi ) a ban on the contracting of fresh debts by the Federal District , states and the municipalities until the year 2000 . |
| 6 | He has a few modish novels , a collection of articles by Paul Bordieu , a copy of the New York Review and some scripts lying on the table in front of the sofa where he sits with a bottle of Yorre — never Perrier — and an ice bucket of champagne , sacramental , in front of him to greet the actresses as they are shown in . |
| 7 | The collection of essays by Simon Reynolds in Blissed Out ( Serpent 's Tail , £8.99 ) at least advances our ways of responding to , and writing about , pop music . |
| 8 | Hooked is the title of the latest collection of reviews by film critic nonpareil Pauline Kael , ninth in the essential series which began with 1965 I Lost It At The Movies . |
| 9 | The shop carries a wide range of Scottish fiction and poetry , including the first complete collection of the poetry of Mary Queen of Scots , Bittersweet Within My Heart , compiled and edited by regular Library reader Robin Bell , and the first collection of poems by Angus Peter Campbell , the man hailed as the greatest Scottish poet to emerge in 20 years . |
| 10 | Introducing the first collection of trimmings by Sanderson — each design is styled to complement the company 's printed and woven fabrics , and is available in eight colourways . |