Example sentences of "[verb] a [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | FARMERS on Tealham and Tadham moors on the Somerset Levels are rushing to drain their land in order to forestall a plan by the Nature Conservancy Council to declare the area a Site of Special Scientific Interest for its rare combination of waterfowl , meadow plants and aquatic flora and fauna , Tom King , secretary of state for the environment , has already granted the council 's request for an emergency order to stop deep drains being installed on 30 hectares belonging to one farmer . |
| 2 | She stopped to catch a child by the hand and whisper some word which was rewarded with a kiss , then caught the corner of her veil to cover her already masked face as the chief driver came towards her for a quick answer to a query , always given and received after the words of greeting and queries as to health had been exchanged . |
| 3 | ‘ Off the coast of Ras Al Khaimah and off the coast of Muscat , too , the Slave of the Devil has been known to catch a boat by the middle , break it — break its back and pull it down and down until all is gone . |
| 4 | 2.35 In claims for the death of an infant child there is rarely any actual dependency but there might be prospective loss and it is well established that prospective loss is sufficient to found a claim by the parents . |
| 5 | The last public challenge to the DVR 's policies failed in 1986 when an elected volunteer worker from the Dart Valley Railway Association was blocked from becoming a Director by the Board . |
| 6 | While in the fifteenth century it was rare to designate a man by the title ‘ shipowner ’ , this occupation became commoner in the sixteenth ( 100 ) . |
| 7 | Conveyancing documents should include a certificate by the purchaser saying either that he had been fully advised by a wholly independent practitioner or that he had declined such advice — and the certificate should contain a prominent ‘ health warning ’ against declining to take it . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) The Compensation Fund covenant shall include a covenant by the covenantor that before transferring any share or transferring a beneficial interest in any share or holding any share as nominee he or it will ensure that the intended transferee or beneficial owner submits a Compensation Fund covenant to the Council . |
| 9 | He similarly dismissed a statement by the American Secretary of State , Shultz , that Nicaragua ‘ could become the source of another crisis similar to the Cuban crisis ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ The other day we saw her grab a girl by the pigtails and throw her over the playground fence ! ’ |
| 11 | A few miles outside Idar I found a meadow by the side of the Nahe where I could picnic . |
| 12 | The ACPO code of practice for computer systems contains a foreword by the Data Protection Registrar welcoming the code . |
| 13 | Thus , in a typical example , a commercial lease for a term of 25 years contains a covenant by the tenant to pay the rent under the lease . |
| 14 | The article reported a survey by the National Solid Waste Management Association of the change in landfill capacity over the past five years . |
| 15 | It was also brought to bear on the disputes between the textile mill-owners and labourers in Ahmedabad , and involved a strike by the workers . |
| 16 | Initially concerned mainly with royal patronage , it broadened until it involved a claim by the state to regulate every aspect of the activities of the Church , from its right as a corporation to hold property to its control over university education and charitable foundations . |
| 17 | I tried declaring my own sense of dissatisfaction to a few friends and found I 'd caught a tiger by the tail . |
| 18 | There are also step-by-step suggestions for incorporating A Week by the Sea into the overall teaching programme . |
| 19 | ‘ And doctrinally at least ’ Sprague murmured as they sat down ‘ the Church of England has a seat by the fire in every one . ’ |
| 20 | A Treaty Too Far by Michael Spicer , MP for South Worcestershire has a forward by the High Priestess of anti-Federalism , Lady Thatcher . |
| 21 | ‘ Everyone has a record by The Drifters and I think we have all sung one of their numbers at a wedding . |
| 22 | They decided that her objections to adoption were not unreasonable and dismissed an appeal by the local authority against a county court judge 's rejection of its adoption proposal on the grounds that it was premature . |
| 23 | The judge found that the police had been engaged in a trick or deceit , had not acted as agents provocateurs or incited crime , had provided no market which would not have been available elsewhere , and had had grounds to suspect that each appellant had committed an offence by the time when the first sale by him was transacted , but that he had not been cautioned . |
| 24 | The officers had grounds to suspect each appellant of having committed an offence by the time the first of the sales in which he was involved was transacted . |
| 25 | Agnew 's has an exhibition by the Yorkshire artist Len Tabner . |
| 26 | We can only know an object by the sensations which it causes and are detected by our five senses . |
| 27 | But we 'll have to find an answer by the years two thousand , because the way the legislation 's written , means that by the year two thousand we can no longer use rateable value . |
| 28 | ‘ What made you decide on a career as a vet ? ’ he asked , after they had passed a man walking an Alsatian by the canal and Robbie had enthused over its fine points . |
| 29 | Mercifully , there was no proposal to attempt landing an aircraft by the same means , but rather it was envisaged that rough landing strips could be constructed adjacent to the launcher . |
| 30 | The problem , whether it be vaginismus ( painful contraction of the vaginal muscles ) in the woman or failure to obtain an erection by the man , can be complained about and used as a defence against recognizing the problem in the self . |