Example sentences of "by [art] [noun sg] of [noun pl] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the order of words the poet even hints that Thessaly is more fortunate than her sister Sparta . |
| 2 | Following the bill 's approval by the House of Representatives the Senate delayed its consideration of the issue pending the outcome of the negotiations between Danforth and the Bush administration . |
| 3 | She was saddened by the number of times the man must have asked this question . |
| 4 | Another suggestion is that they were put there by shepherds so that they could find their way off the fell in bad weather , the idea being that by the number of cairns the shepherds would be able to tell where they were and by the pattern they could know which direction to follow . |
| 5 | In order to estimate the level of violence an average woman would experience in the course of her life , this figure would need to be multiplied by the number of years the average woman lives . |
| 6 | ‘ I have to admit to being rather staggered by the number of jail-birds the club accommodates . |
| 7 | Hampered by a lack of guidelines the Chancellor 's initiative to encourage private investment in public projects is off to a slow start . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |