Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | formerly an area on the north bank of the Thames between Waterloo and Westminster bridges , belonging from ancient times to the borough of Lambeth ; according to legend it was bequeathed to the borough by a pedlar on condition that his portrait , and that of his dog , should be preserved for ever in one of the parish church 's stained glass windows . |
| 2 | Although the monastic reformers of the twelfth century frowned on the practice of placing children in monasteries , and the Cistercians forbade it , we may be sure that throughout the Middle Ages many nuns were dedicated to religion by the same procedure as they would have been dedicated to husbands — by parental fiat . |
| 3 | Christianity became the official Imperial religion by the Edict of Milan in AD 314 , and thereafter several attempts were made to despoil and eventually destroy pagan monuments . |
| 4 | Although tying up , she battled on well to hold off Flying Speed by a neck . |
| 5 | At the moment computers are increasing in speed by an average factor of ten per annum , and the number of computers in use in the Western world is increasing by about twenty-five percent per year . |
| 6 | Or you could put a little gunnysack full of food on a big boom , and you could control their speed by the way you would swing it . ’ |
| 7 | Any reduction in orbital speed by the action of an additional force can be shown to lead to shrinkage of the orbit . |
| 8 | The term ‘ indiction ’ has been used earlier in this chapter , and although the system is unlikely to be encountered in isolation by a local historian it is worth recording , if only for the sake of completeness . |
| 9 | The fact is that nothing was done about the matter , and the goats were released from farm isolation by the ministry with subsequent disastrous results for me and for others . |
| 10 | Whole curricular thinking was inhibited by the need to preserve the first ; the breaking down of professional isolation by the need to conceal the latter . |
| 11 | Since 1945 this figure is put at 12 million and we have recently seen dramatic examples of the same desperate remedy by the boat people of Vietnam and those escaping from Cuba . |
| 12 | If the plaintiff had no remedy by an appeal to the judges , he might , and probably would have , a right to apply to the Court of Queen 's Bench for a mandamus . |
| 13 | Yes , he could imagine it now , forty years from now , he and Tsu Ma , standing on the terrace by the lake , looking back … |
| 14 | ‘ Keep it ! ’ she blazed as he tossed it on to the terrace by the front door . |
| 15 | So erm , book on which is kind of a character association by a pop cycle analysis and Gan erm , book on Gandhi , which is using cycle analysis , of , of , of , of tremendous contrast . |
| 16 | A minority shareholder may override the transfer provisions in a company 's Articles of Association by a successful application for an order under s459 of the Companies Act 1985 . |
| 17 | It becomes more difficult each year to find words that will reflect the invaluable help given to the Association by the young people of the Air Training Corps and the Girls Venture Corps Air Cadets . |
| 18 | The year has seen continued support of the Association by the RAFA Liaison Officers ( RAFALOs ) with membership from the serving RAF continuing to increase . |
| 19 | During his visit he was briefed on the work of the Association by the Financial Secratary Sam Churchman and Mrs Wyatt , and took great interest in the Welfare work that we do . |
| 20 | This was soon augmented by a further three acres immediately adjacent , donated to the Old Stopfordians ' Association by the Vice-Chairman ( in memory of his brother , Mr. Harry Towns ) and Mr. Thomas Harrison ( in memory of his son Peter , killed during the war ) . |
| 21 | The community house was donated to the residents ' association by the Housing Executive and will be run by volunteers from the estate . |
| 22 | Perhaps the greatest impact was made on his thinking by the Commonwealth Prime Ministers ’ Conference of that year , when general dismay was expressed about his proposed reductions in overseas garrisons before adequate air-reinforcement capabilities had been built up . |
| 23 | They stress the theory-laden character of our pictures of the world and the extent to which scientists are said to be influenced in their thinking by the social factor of the spirit of the age . |
| 24 | I have been examining the exercise of critical thought , but the account up to now has largely concentrated on critical thinking by the individual student . |
| 25 | After entering the body , there is an immediate moult , and the L4 travel to the liver in the bloodstream , either from the intestine by the portal stream , or from the skin by the lungs and systemic circulation . |
| 26 | This point is academic — first , because so much of this type of absenteeism goes unnoticed or unrecorded ( it was described as ‘ hidden ’ truancy by the Pack Report ) , and second , because , realistically , the use of legal procedures would probably not be contemplated by any LEA until the problem had worsened and discussion with parents had failed to resolve it . |
| 27 | The muffled words were given a seductive rhythm by the drumming of the rain . |
| 28 | After a minute or two Crane appeared leading a horse by a broken rein . |
| 29 | ‘ I allowed myself to be talked into riding a horse by a stuntman , ’ she says . |
| 30 | ‘ One must n't judge the horse by the bridle , ’ she used to say . |