Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finally , the ambiguous powers conceded in the donations left large areas of doubt that were to make political advancement by the popes difficult . |
| 2 | As they were walking along a narrow passageway by the bar Mr Maltby accidentally nudged Mr Waterworth a former miner , and ‘ spilled twopence worth of beer . ’ |
| 3 | At the end of the day the pavements in this area would be covered with corn-samples discarded after a deal had been struck — the farmer would plunge his hand into his pocket , produce a sample which would be carefully examined by the dealer and then onto the ground went the handful to be gratefully devoured in due course by the rapidly growing pigeon population . |
| 4 | The general climate of the times was all too apparent as riots broke out in Spa Fields in London in late 1816 , followed in due course by the March of the Blanketeers , the Pentrich Rebellion in Derbyshire , the Peterloo Massacre and that desperate attempt to kill the entire cabinet known as the Cato Street Conspiracy . |
| 5 | This source of bursaries was soon augmented by a fund established by the Greater Manchester Council , and also in due course by the Government 's own Assisted Places scheme , set up in 1981 . |
| 6 | The table of procedure presupposes that after an order is made , that will be followed by a request for execution in due course by the person in whose favour the order has been made , followed by the execution by the court bailiff . |
| 7 | A programme of events for the winter months is being drawn up and details of these will be forwarded to you in due course by the Social Secretary . |
| 8 | NOTE : Further details of the times and venue of these meetings will be announced in the local press in due course by the Social Secretary . |
| 9 | Even so it was not until July 1962 that a precarious agreement was finally worked out between the factions in Laos , and one which was undone in due course by the intensifying conflict in Vietnam . |
| 10 | A default action is any action , other than an admiralty action or a rent action , in which the only relief claimed is payment of money , whether that sum is already ascertained ( eg a debt ) or is to be ascertained in due course by the court ( damages ) . |
| 11 | Lee picked up a stick from by the broken wire fence and poked the feathers of one of the dead hens , then the bloody bit by the neck . |
| 12 | Although doubt has been cast on that finding by the results of the national survey ( see Parker 1982 : 90 ) , McGoldrick and Cooper 's research was conducted after the national survey and it has helped to encourage a view that attitudes towards early retirement are changing significantly and that it is being regarded more and more favourably by older workers ( see for example , House of Commons Select Committee on Social Services 1982 ) . |
| 13 | Here the money was paid by a third person , and I have no doubt that , upon the acceptance of that money by the plaintiffs with full knowledge of the terms on which it was offered , the debt was absolutely extinguished . |
| 14 | We are being denied that money by the Government 's policies . |
| 15 | The 10-day round of talks had made little progress by the end of February . |
| 16 | A provision for Possible funding by the EEC of pilot schemes to demonstrate to farmers the enlarged objectives of investment aid via a development plan . |
| 17 | Martin Rosenbaum , the family adviser , added : ‘ This very narrow decision by the court shows that the Government can hang on to its defence of corporal punishment only by a hair 's breadth . ’ |
| 18 | Martin Rosenbaum , the family adviser , added : ‘ This very narrow decision by the court shows that the Government can hang on to its defence of corporal punishment only by a hair 's breadth . ’ |
| 19 | Conversely , Poles in Lithuania had alleged that they were suffering discrimination by the Lithuanian majority . |
| 20 | Despite the Royal Commission 's recommendations , their complete absorption by the National Health Service took a further twenty-six years . |
| 21 | Perhaps I 'll find that cottage by the sea and die there quietly . |
| 22 | The University has accelerated its planning process in order to take account of the ending of the seven-yearly cycle for the replacement of central computing equipment and the provision of interim funding by the HEFCE in 1992–3 and 1993–4 . |
| 23 | The expansion of the early 1970s was largely the result of the oil crisis , a strategic decision made in the face of economic blackmail by the Arab members of OPEC ( Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ) during the Yom Kippur War . |
| 24 | I looked all round — saw that boy — that Dayglo sock bastard — he was running past the end of the cobbly bit by the café and round the corner — and he was carrying my purple stripy barrel-bag . |
| 25 | The boost from the province represents a complete about-face by the New Democratic Party , whose Culture and Communications Minister Karen Haslam had chided the gallery for its ‘ elitism ’ and imposed devastating cutbacks that forced the museum to lay off 244 employees and close for seven months last year ( see The Art Newspaper No.22 , November 1992 , p.7 and No.24 , January 1993 , p.8 ) . |
| 26 | A controversial decision by the referee in refusing a let to Peter Marshall , England 's No 1 , ended his gallant fightback against an inspired Tristan Nancarrow , of Australia . |
| 27 | With both sides level at normal time the visitors went in front five minutes into the extra period when Hanvey scored from the spot after a controversial decision by the man in the middle . |
| 28 | Censorship of literature on political grounds was by no means new as Thompson 's history shows , and both Thompson and Noyce have demonstrated that the censorship of newspapers in particular ( especially those from the hard and radical left ) is common and endemic , so why this new and specific response by the Library Association ? |
| 29 | If consent is needed any purported transfer by the vendor may be a repudiatory breach of that contract by the vendor exposing the vendor to a claim for damages from its customer and possibly a claim by the purchaser against the vendor if the customer treats the contract as terminated particularly if the vendor warranted that no consents were needed . |
| 30 | The prosecution accepted a not guilty plea by the baby 's mother , Sharon Peel , 28 . |