Example sentences of "by a [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is the form assumed by a hanging chain under a uniformly distributed load , UDL . |
| 2 | SWEEPING changes to the regulation of the press , including legal aid for libel actions , compensation for press intrusion and a powerful new law on privacy , were proposed yesterday by a cross-party committee of MPs . |
| 3 | The cry of ‘ Put that light out ! ’ would be followed by a hasty adjustment of a black-out curtain . |
| 4 | By a superhuman effort of will Mark says nothing . |
| 5 | Those who score highly overall on Machiavellian behaviour will be characterized by the use of guile and deceit in interpersonal relationships , by a cynical view of other people and by a lack of concern for conventional morality . |
| 6 | The tests in ( 1 ) , ( 2 ) and ( 3 ) above are the same as those used in the list of Art 9(3) experts to whom investment advertisements can be issued by a non-authorised person without the approval of an authorised person being required under s 57 of the FSA ( under the Financial Services Act 1986 ( Investment Advertisements ) ( Exemptions ) Order 1988 , as amended ) . |
| 7 | At Ahmednagar the massive effect was relieved by a complex division of the building into different projecting , outwards and upwards , separate blocks , whereas at Ambala , Allahabad , and Jullunder the whole was brought together into one single undulating block . |
| 8 | A new loom shed was specially built , the power supplied by a complex system of line shafting from the water wheels . |
| 9 | These levels or brooks are now areas of flat low-lying grassland drained by a complex system of ditches , but lying wet in winter . |
| 10 | We have , therefore , to understand the world as seen by the individual , shaped by a complex system of expectations which have been developed throughout a lifetime . |
| 11 | The menstrual cycle is governed by a complex system of hormones from the hypothalamus area of the brain , the pituitary gland just beneath it and the ovaries themselves . |
| 12 | It differs from traditional grammar in its concentration on structural meanings which " are specifically signaled by a complex system of contrastive patterns ’ ( Fries ) . |
| 13 | On Sept. 20 , in Estonia 's first post-independence elections , the right-wing nationalist Fatherland group ( Isamaa ) and other right-wing parties won a strong position in the Parliament ( Riigikogu ) ; there were 633 candidates for 101 seats , elected by a complex system of proportional representation . |
| 14 | Since emotion and thought are regulated by a complex system of transmissions between nerve cells , and since acute stress can lead to an increase in dopamine turnover , this could in theory precipitate a psychotic episode . |
| 15 | The colonial administration was ‘ overdeveloped ’ in relation to other political and economic institutions and was supported in this by a complex ideology of racial superiority , paternalism and tolerance of indigenous institutions and practices that were consistent with imperial economic interests . |
| 16 | The Tokugawa confirmed their hold on power by a complex structure of physical , political and economic controls over the several hundred local lords ( daimyo ) whose domains ( han ) made up the rest of the country , the samurai ( warrior ) class who constituted their followers and the populace who resided within their territories . |
| 17 | The plaintiff , a local authority , brought an action for damages for libel against the defendants in respect of certain newspaper articles which made allegations in relation to share dealings involving the investment of moneys from the local authority 's superannuation fund , sometimes by a complex series of deals , in companies connected with or controlled by a businessman . |
| 18 | Because of their chain-like structure , polymers are not perfectly elastic bodies and deformation is accompanied by a complex series of long and short range co-operative molecular rearrangements . |
| 19 | Communal tensions rose throughout India in October , prompted by a complex dispute over a religious shrine at Ayodhya in Uttar Pradesh . |
| 20 | The contradictoriness and ambivalence of racist discourses and interactions are produced by a complex combination of social and psychic structures and forces . |
| 21 | When this shortened cDNA was transfected into COS 7 cells , we observed high level expression , as shown by a complex comigrating with the N-Oct 3 protein and , surprisingly , an additional double band complex comigrating with the two N-Oct 5 complexes of the brain extract ( Figure 3a , lane 6 ) . |
| 22 | Within his own country , he is not so much a Leviathan as a Gulliver figure hemmed in and tied down by a complex network of restraints that must be thrown off if he is to be more than a helpless giant in the White House . |
| 23 | Historically , this was driven by a complex web of lineage lines in which one set of loyalties was hedged against another . |
| 24 | Any community is held together by a complex web of achievement , responsibility and loyalty . |
| 25 | This may lead to the whole group moving , tugged along by a complex web of bonds . |
| 26 | Their career prospects , their contacts with foreign scholars , their publication outlets — all were controlled by a complex web of party bodies ultimately responsible to the Central Committee . |
| 27 | The reader will now realise that the size and growth of the ECMs are influenced by a complex array of demand and supply factors . |
| 28 | They also hamper the search for factual reality in sciences , where they have been tackled by a powerful culture of verification . |
| 29 | In science these distorting factors have been tackled by a powerful culture of verification , which provides both the means and the incentives for discovering and remedying errors . |
| 30 | It will be seized upon by a powerful clique of landowners who control vast areas of land in Scotland as the ideal mechanism by which they and their expert advisers can thwart the process of conservation in Scotland . ’ |