Example sentences of "by the [noun sg] of [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very high level of demand for labour was maintained throughout the late sixties and early seventies by the trend of capital accumulation . |
| 2 | But the notion of intervention by the crown of France as a result of default or denial of justice by a magnate , even by a peer of France or his officers , had begun to develop . |
| 3 | A disciplined band of anti-capitalist men in every town , animated by the faith of Cromwell 's soldiers , could sweep away the rottenness that besets our country . |
| 4 | It is assisted by the tradition of knowledge that values perception and disdains sensation , maintaining that what we feel is less important than our awareness of reality . |
| 5 | Explanations of the contrast are framed by the tradition of group loyalty and consensus formation . |
| 6 | Some stars can be seen that way if the conditions happen to be appropriate , but children will not get very far as astronomers unless their own resources are supplemented by those accumulated by the tradition of astronomy built up over the centuries . |
| 7 | Having said this , there is emotion in Owen 's other poems , but the emotion is created in the reader by the description of war , while in this , the grief and bitterness of the poet is more openly expressed . |
| 8 | The assertion is supposedly absolved of its racist and ethnocentric connotations by the neutrality of literacy . |
| 9 | I was dazzled by the clarity of Jean-Claude 's music . |
| 10 | But just as the people in Exodus 16 , when first given the manna , found it hard to come to terms with God 's meticulous generosity , so now they are blinded by the clarity of God 's judgement . |
| 11 | Morning and afternoon sessions were mainly taken up with the business of the Union and these were highlighted by the clarity of reporting and the general agreement of delegates to the proposals put forward . |
| 12 | In 1153 Frederick I , by the pact of Constance , promised not to make a truce with the two other groups that threatened the papacy — the Romans and the ruler , Roger of Sicily . |
| 13 | The whole house would be consumed by the fever of haytime , the fear of broken weather until every wisp was won . |
| 14 | While it is true that by the turn of the century both middle and working class women were profoundly affected by the gospel of maternalism preached by the medical profession , imperialists and politicians , it is also possible to find examples of straightforward resistance to physicians both on the grounds that they encouraged middle class women to lead idle lives and that they posed a threat to female modesty . |
| 15 | And while the hierarchy of the Roman Church dictated the texts which were to become the canonical New Testament , the monasteries in Egypt embraced a much more diverse body of teaching , exemplified by the Gospel of Thomas and by the other texts found at Nag Hammadi . |
| 16 | Although portal pressure is determined by the interrelationship of blood flow and vascular resistance , it is generally accepted that portal hypertension is initiated by an increased resistance to portal blood flow . |
| 17 | It has been stated that the principle of primogenital succession was increasingly observed in the eleventh century ; but there was a substantial difference between accepting the customary right of the eldest son to succeed , if he were of age and competent , and accepting it as an inviolable rule , as was proved by the usurpation of Robert the Frisian , and perhaps also by the succession of Raymond IV of Toulouse ( though here the facts are rather uncertain ) . |
| 18 | She was blasted by the friction of re-entry , scorched by her wild rush through particles and atoms of welcoming air , hurled through the orbiting phase . |
| 19 | It is difficult to see how any of the dramatic problems of the modern world thrown up by the exhaustion of Fordism — can be solved unless there is some sort of co-operation among major and lesser powers and some sort of political involvement of those groups and movements that articulate concern about these global problems . |
| 20 | His voice was partly drowned by the clatter of footsteps on the hard stone floor of the chapel as the others began to arrive . |
| 21 | ‘ Ranulf ! ’ he roared , and was greeted by the clatter of footsteps on the stairs . |
| 22 | They ate in silence , broken only by the clatter of cutlery and requests for the salt . |
| 23 | She came crawling across the pitch-black floor , the scuff of her knees completely muffled by the clatter of raindrops . |
| 24 | The difficulty experienced by the abbot of Fécamp in getting a decision on this small point has both a general and a particular interest . |
| 25 | They took Rye and then attacked Winchelsea , but found it heavily defended by the Abbot of Battle . |
| 26 | In 1242 Geoffrey de Langelegh was summoned by the abbot of Glastonbury to explain why he now had ‘ one hundred and fifty goats and twenty oxen and cows beyond the number which he and his ancestors were wont always to have , to wit , sixteen oxen only ’ . |
| 27 | The tenant may wish to limit its liability to the state and condition of the premises at the commencement of the term , in which case it would need to include a provision that it will keep the Premises in no worse condition than they are in at the commencement of the Term as evidenced by the Schedule of condition annexed hereto A schedule of condition would then of course have to be settled including , if possible , a portfolio of photographs . |
| 28 | ‘ Have you ever tried a cold egg-and-breadcrumbed veal cutlet eaten in the fingers — holding it by the bone of course ? ’ |
| 29 | On the success or failure of this part of the operation would depend the lives of the hundred or more ordinary inmates of the building , because whether or not Control was successfully captured , phase three , an all-out assault by the remainder of Springfield 's troops would be launched . |
| 30 | However , this is not the end of the matter for the scope of this withdrawal of immunity is limited by the remainder of section 17 , which provides three routes through which secondary action may finally be held to be not unlawful . |