Example sentences of "[noun sg] of [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The maximum transport occurs in the breaker zone , where wave action is strong and continuous and where the lifting of particles by waves allows the current to operate to fullest effect . |
| 2 | Extraction of profits by vendor |
| 3 | The up-grading of the priest meant the down-grading of the layman and , as status declined , so criticism began to be voiced against the ecclesiastical hierarchy and against exclusive administration of sacraments by priests as the sole means of salvation . |
| 4 | Recommendation of reforms by ruling party |
| 5 | Indeed , the police make use of the Doppler effect to measure the speed of cars by measuring the frequency of pulses of radio waves reflected off them . |
| 6 | The thing that worried many people about task allocation was that each client was descended upon for a succession of tasks by a succession of nurses . |
| 7 | There followed a short lull , but from 1620 onwards a succession of attacks by small formations of S.79s commenced but all were successfully beaten off , mainly by the intense gunfire of the ships , although Yellow Section of 808 Squadron , two Fulmars flown by Lt. A.T.J. Kindersley and Lt. Hay , R.M. , caught one bomber at 1710 and claimed it shot down . |
| 8 | Instead , a facility for selective reporting of cross-references by source , target , and by status , has been built . |
| 9 | It follows the collapse of attempts by British Airways to buy a large shareholding last September , and the ill-fated effort to link Sabena with KLM to create a carrier called Sabena World Airlines . |
| 10 | Policy-making for the closure of asylums by the North East Thames Regional Health Authority |
| 11 | I have cheated a bit by not mentioning them until now , but the first mention of women by the union does not actually occur until late January and early February , that is when the strike was already entering its final phase . |
| 12 | The general damages for conspiracy and the alternative damages for deceit are claimed to include the following : ( a ) moneys ‘ expended upon the C.M.C. ’ by the plaintiffs after the commencement of the company ; ( b ) legal costs in fighting B.M.T. ; ( c ) the stain and stigma of bankruptcy ; ( d ) loss of earnings by the plaintiffs ; ( e ) the effect upon the health of the first plaintiff ; ( f ) loss of reputation of the first plaintiff ; ( g ) distress and suffering ; ( h ) loss of opportunity to develop the centre ; and ( i ) other consequential loss . |
| 13 | Loss of keys by stealing |
| 14 | Where cover is arranged for ‘ All Risks ’ in respect of personal effects and clothing the policy will automatically cover the cost of replacing and fitting of locks of external doors of the dwelling following loss of keys by stealing for a limit of £250 . |
| 15 | As the law stands , he of course has no separate claim , following the abolition of claims for loss of services by s2 of the Administration of Justice Act 1982 . |
| 16 | I naturally regret the loss of jobs by British Aerospace and other companies , not least those in my constituency . |
| 17 | Over 300 paintings are expected for the open competition and there will also be painting demonstrations , displays by art suppliers as well as an auction of paintings by well-known artists . |
| 18 | On his appointment as head of combined operations , he embarked on endless controversy over hypothetical command of raids by 5,000 men , although there were no more than 500 trained commandos and some 750 men in the Independent Companies . |
| 19 | As a result of complaints by a group of students that Ebussu'ud Efendi 's colleague , Civizade , the Anadolu kazasker , was preventing them from becoming mulazims , Sultan Suleyman charged Ebussu'ud Efendi with looking into the matter . |
| 20 | The second alleged breach happened less than three weeks later where , as a result of actions by CEGB inspection team , a 2.5 tonne component was dropped 27 feet . |
| 21 | They were undoubtedly used by the employers , and the strike was seized as a chance to bring them in — but it should be firmly stated here , since it is usually glossed over , that the damage to the strikers " cause was not for the first time , the result of actions by other men . |
| 22 | The second hypothesis is that profitable entry has been deterred by the existence of barriers to entry which have arisen either as a result of actions by the incumbent public sector supplier or as a result of the technical characteristics of electricity supply . |
| 23 | It is truly amazing that in a civilized country with a government staunchly committed to law and order , or so they say , that the tax payer , you Mr President , you fellow delegates , me , and my members , our members , are left to pick up a bill amounting to millions of pounds as a result of actions by certain employers , which are , without doubt , criminal , but not against the law . |
| 24 | Mr Leckey said the shoot-out in which the IRA men died was a result of actions by the security forces over a threat to the life of a former UDR soldier in August 1988 . |
| 25 | In England , possibly as a result of the Continental view , rumours arose that the Great Fire occurred as a result of acts by ‘ papists ’ and the King ( who had married Catherine , the daughter of the King of Portugal in 1662 ) had to combat the ugly anti-Catholic mood of Londoners and Parliament , particularly when another rumour arose of a plot to overthrow him for his Roman Catholic brother , the Duke of York . |
| 26 | Were those achievements the result of efforts by Labour Members ? |
| 27 | His two sons had already been educated at Pocklington when Yarm opened as a result of efforts by a handful of parents whose enterprise he describes as ‘ the boldest thing I have ever known . ’ |
| 28 | Only by qualifying for either the English Tourist Board crown grading and quality scheme , or one of the other nationally recognised quality schemes , can establishments be singles out with the relevant symbol and this is the result of independent , objective assessment by trained inspectors , not as a result of decisions by council staff . |
| 29 | We have announced a number of job losses over the past 12 months which have arisen as a result of er an internal cost cutting exercise to make our research more er cost effective , and also as a result of decisions by the Government and the electricity supply industry who have cut down their funding for basic research into reactor technology . |
| 30 | There seems little probability of a resurrection of residential provision on a large scale although the number of specialist facilities may increase , mainly as a result of initiatives by voluntary associations . |