Example sentences of "by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some scientific instruments were lent by the hydrographer John Washington [ q.v . ] . |
| 2 | On the night of 16–17 March 1944 , for example , a ship left Funchal with a doctor and 1,206 Madeirans , all bound for Curação , their passage having been paid by the petroleum company . |
| 3 | The ownership of oil and gas in Great Britain was vested in the Crown by the Petroleum Production Act 1934 . |
| 4 | Petroleum in Northern Ireland is vested in the Department of Economic Development by the Petroleum Production Act ( Northern Ireland ) 1964 , and the Department grants licences to explore for , and exploit petroleum . |
| 5 | This marks a significant step in oil import replacement for Pakistan and the new policy of pricing gas at parity with oil provides an incentive for further exploration by the petroleum industry . |
| 6 | ( Platform 3 was used at least once last summer to house Hinton Manor for an hour or two on the wonderful occasions when Aberystwyth saw two standard gauge steam engines — Keith Lucas ) Some alterations are being discussed to the run round facilities , which are now only used regularly by the petroleum traffic . |
| 7 | The Royal Commission on Marriage and Divorce , appointed in 1951 , was greatly alarmed by the trend . |
| 8 | The threat of greater competition brought about by the trend towards government curtailment of professional monopolies and relaxation of advertising rules means that refusing to contemplate the idea of incorporation could entail a heavy loss of business . |
| 9 | This process is aided and abetted by the trend over the past twenty years to encourage the active participation of fathers in the process of childbirth itself . |
| 10 | At any moment the fortunes of ICI are more likely to be affected by the trend in exchange rates , or oil prices , or the budgetary policies of the United States of America , or the attitude to international trade of the Japanese , than by things which are more directly within our own control . |
| 11 | This is partly the result of inadequate control over facades and signing , reinforced by the trend toward corporate design by major retail chains . |
| 12 | Colour for summer ‘ 93 is defined by the trend towards naturals — skin tones , neutrals and pale legwear are set against outerwear 's neutral classics . |
| 13 | The very high level of demand for labour was maintained throughout the late sixties and early seventies by the trend of capital accumulation . |
| 14 | It was decided I should go to special school and my mother 's objections were mollified by the proof of the academic success that many girls achieved there . |
| 15 | So long as they have neighbours within 12″ the Snotlings are not affected by the psychology rules and they do not need to take break tests when they are beaten in hand-to-hand combat . |
| 16 | ‘ I had a comet by the tail , ’ she said PHOTOGRAPH AT NORTH TRURO , MASSACHUSETTS BY BERNARD AND NINA SCHARDT suicide of art . |
| 17 | ‘ I had a comet by the tail , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 18 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 19 | She took his wrist between thumb and forefinger , and held his hand up between them as if gripping a putrid fish by the tail . |
| 20 | Hold a bear by the tail . |
| 21 | The poster shows Campese arrested in full flight by the tail of a pursuing red dragon , with the caption : ‘ Capture the magic of the wizards of Oz ’ . |
| 22 | I am praised because I held it by the tail . ’ |
| 23 | Tell a tiger by the tail ? |
| 24 | You 'll be out swinging a tiger by the tail in no time . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ And if you push me down again , ’ she warned quietly , ‘ you might very well find that you have a tiger by the tail . |
| 26 | The TAGH solution ( 9 ml ) was made up fresh at the time of the experiment and infused by the tail vein from 20 ml hyperdermic syringes mounted in horizontal syringe pumps set to deliver 3 ml/h . |
| 27 | It was like grabbing a tiger by the tail ! |
| 28 | The most advanced technical facilities are complemented by the expertise of skilled event planners , technicians and caterers . |
| 29 | The difficulty encountered by the expertise theory in trying to demonstrate the legitimacy of corporate managerial power by showing that there are restraints on the discretion of the managers stems from its attempt to combine a deference to the judgments of business managers with an insistence that corporate managers are subject to fiduciary duties that prevent them from exercising their power for their own purposes or for other non-corporate ends . |
| 30 | The courts may be impressed by the expertise of the social workers ; alternatively , they may tend to side with parents faced with the power of the Social Services Departments . |