Example sentences of "by a [noun sg] of [noun] the " in BNC.

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1 The rise of the hill is dominated by a statue of Robert the Bruce on horseback , and within a swirl of concrete rotunda is the Borestone , at which the first blow of the battle was struck and by which Bruce set up his standard .
2 Neill LJ giving the judgment of the court said : ( 1 ) Where the parties are , or have been , linked by a contract of employment the obligations of the employee are to be determined by the contract between him and his employer .
3 Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start .
4 We have now shown that , even for a single symptom shared by a set of patients the explanation of that symptom might be different for different patients .
5 Vigorously opposed by a number of clubs the IRFU has stood firm but ironically the flow of foreigners has continued , albeit in a different direction .
6 He then heard my earnest indefatigable prayers and by a train of events the most impossible and unexpected released me from the cruel bondage in which the enemy of my soul had bound me .
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