Example sentences of "of the [noun] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However the final report was prepared earlier than expected and for this reason consideration of the rest of the self-appraisal by governors was abandoned . |
| 2 | The deal follows the recent announcement of the production of a pure form of the hormone by researchers from the institute , using genetic engineering techniques . |
| 3 | Demand for network management is driven by a customer 's need to control the escalating cost and complexity of networked systems , he says , while the market for disaster recovery is growing as a result of both legislation and successful promotion of the service by vendors . |
| 4 | Trinder , who became a director of Fulham , pointed the way towards a larger-scale penetration of the boardroom by entertainers . |
| 5 | A traditional linguistics which studies the formal properties of a language ( its lexicon , phonology , graphology ) assumes that meaning is conveyed through correct application of the rules by users . |
| 6 | In addition , dense infiltration of the lung by eosinophils occurs , and where these accumulate in the small bronchi in large numbers , they may be seen as greenish plugs at necropsy . |
| 7 | The domination of the curriculum by subjects classically defined was , indeed , the most obvious feature of the grammar-school curriculum . |
| 8 | Billig ( 1987a ) illustrates Taking the Side of the Other by examples where people , who have generally argued for a particular stance and against the counter-stance , seem to turn around and use the arguments of their former opponents : in this way , they take up the side of the other . |
| 9 | Was it ( a ) the promise of £500 , or ( b ) the payment of £500 , or ( c ) the payment of £500 and the promise of the remainder by instalments ? |
| 10 | A recurrent theme in the literature is that the position of business in relation to government differs from that of other interest groups by virtue of the possession by companies of ‘ real ’ power — social decision-making power as it has been termed above . |
| 11 | Other devices are less consistently adopted , but it will be noticed that in ( 2 ) , as often , the non-restrictive clause is set off from the rest of the sentence by commas . |
| 12 | Similar sentiments led Butler to label the use of the speculum by doctors inspecting prostitutes for venereal disease under the Contagious Diseases Acts as ‘ instrumental rape ’ . |
| 13 | Of these media the press is by far the most significant in terms of the expenditure by clients . |
| 14 | That way the industrial decline of Britain , deplored through most of the century by Presidents of the British Association and eminent men of science generally , would be halted . |
| 15 | SINGER Sam Sorono , who appeared on the last series of Granada TV 's Stars in their Eyes competition impersonating Tom Jones and again last Saturday has been voted Vocalist of the Year by readers of the national club magazine Club Mirror . |
| 16 | Ollier ( 1981 ) provides an introduction to several topics discussed in this chapter , and my own brief reviews in Progress in Physical Geography ( Summerfield , 1986 , 1988 , 1989 ) try to relate some of the work by geophysicists to problems of landscape development . |
| 17 | One view of marine erosion would regard it as active only in the early stages of cliff development ( A to C in Fig. 8.12 ) , while at later stages the energy of the waves is dissipated on the increasingly wide rock platform so that erosion at the base of the cliff becomes ineffective , a fact attested by the degradation of the cliff by agents of subaerial weathering ( D and E in Fig. 8.12 ) . |
| 18 | Those transactions were two-fold , namely , the acquisition of the exclusive rights of granting sub-licences together with the relevant films and the grant of those sub-licences together with provision of the film by contracts with individual customers . |
| 19 | The whole area was littered with fragments of mortar which had been chipped out of the wall by workmen getting it ready for re-pointing . |
| 20 | The former qualities did not endear him to those in the Council who wanted change , and a replacement of the tramways by buses . |
| 21 | The march had been called by Moscow 's mayor , Gavriil Popov , as part of the campaign by radicals against Ryzhkov 's approach to economic reform [ see above ] . |
| 22 | The TCCB , bless them , have tried with all their splintered might to redress a short-changing of the public by players in knockout competitions which has bordered on the fraudulent , and only came to a head following the Benson & hedges Cup final at Lord 's last year , and the Oval semi-final of the Nat West Trophy a month later . |
| 23 | Of the drawings by artists new to the collection , it is quite remarkable how well the Getty , under the eagle eye of Mr Goldner , has bought . |
| 24 | Blackadder believed Cropper to have designs on those manuscripts lodged with , but not owned by , the British Library , and to be worming his way into the confidence and goodwill of the owners by displays of munificence and helpfulness . |
| 25 | Ostensibly , they accepted the need for disarmament and the maintenance of the peace by sanctions , and even military action , organized by the League of Nations against aggressor nations . |
| 26 | It became , eventually , the cult of the DO writ large , but with delaying actions at each step of the way by men who thought that power should be concentrated at the level in the system they themselves happened to occupy . |
| 27 | Thomas and Mungham show how the duty solicitor scheme was created and evolved , ostensibly as an act of public service but chiefly as a significant part of the struggle by outsiders to break into the cartel . |
| 28 | The rotor elements are fabricated as a single unit ( " rotor " ) , which is supported at each end of the machine by bearings and includes a projecting shaft for the connection of external loads , as shown in Fig.1.3(a) . |
| 29 | It was the filling of nearly all the offices of government and administration of the laws by citizens chosen , not by competitive election , but by lot . |
| 30 | Fouling of the churchyard by dogs has got worse and the PCC are considering erecting notices asking owners to control their pets . |