Example sentences of "to a [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the day Nicol fitted in as to the manor born , his electrifying pace very much in evidence , notably in a touchline burst that almost led to a try by Gavin Hastings and in a scorching bit of cover to save a certain try by a scything tackle on Jeremy Guscott : ‘ That first cap game was an amazing experience . |
| 2 | On 28 December , partisans made repeated attacks on German transport on the Via Emilia , their main line of communication with the battle front , which led to a threat by the Germans that they would burn the villages along the length of the road . |
| 3 | The abolition plan led to a threat by the country 's five island provinces to secede from Papua New Guinea . |
| 4 | Craig Monson builds on his edition of the vernacular service music to validate suspicions that between the Short Services by Tallis and Byrd , and between those by Byrd and Morley , there is a commonality of material and procedures both overt and covert that is not coincidental but deliberate , and possibly inspired by respect for and deference to a master by ( not a pupil , but ) a disciple . |
| 5 | Workers on July 2 responded to a call by the African National Congress ( ANC ) and the Congress of South African Trade Unions ( COSATU ) for a nationwide one-day strike at the start of a week of protest action highlighting the continuing carnage in Natal . |
| 6 | On April 26 an estimated 50,000,000 workers in the Russian Federation responded to a call by the Federation of Independent Russian Trade Unions by joining a one-hour warning strike or holding meetings at their workplaces in protest against falling living standards . |
| 7 | On Nov. 29 an estimated 15,000,000 public-sector employees disrupted transportation , banks and businesses in response to a call by opposition-backed trade unions for a 24-hour general strike in protest against the government 's economic and fiscal reforms . |
| 8 | In most Christian areas of Lebanon a general strike was observed on July 23 in response to a call by Geagea , and with the support of the National Liberal Party of Dory Chamoun , in protest at the election plans . |
| 9 | On Aug. 26 , responding to a call by the Solidarity trade union , an estimated 5,000 of Ursus 's 7,600 employees marched through the capital to demonstrate outside the Cabinet offices , demanding salary increases and a rescue plan for the company . |
| 10 | On Aug. 26 , responding to a call by the Solidarity trade union , an estimated 5,000 of Ursus 's 7,600 employees marched through the capital to demonstrate outside the Cabinet offices , demanding salary increases and a rescue plan for the company . |
| 11 | On Dec. 6 around 100,000 Hindu kar sevaks ( construction volunteers ) responded to a call by the pro-Hindu Bharatiya Janata Party ( BJP ) and militant Hindu organizations , including the Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh ( RSS ) and the Vishwa Hindu Parishad ( VHP ) , to resume construction work on a temple at Ayodhya . |
| 12 | as the norm for conversational speech ; that is , to accept that in informal speech there is an inherent tendency to a reductionism by which we say only that which is necessary to effective communication . |
| 13 | The butler seized the glass where upon the fairies tried to regain the cup but realising that they were no match for this mortal they finally abandoned the struggle and vanished , leaving the butler with the glass cup and according to a ballad by the German poet Uhland with this warning . |
| 14 | His employer gave him a glowing reference and spoke about him to a friend by the name of Sir Algernon Clark , a fellow businessman who was having problems with insurance brokers over the size of the premium for insuring his wharf and its most valuable contents . |
| 15 | A young Arsenal fan made the same point after having listened rather contemptuously to a discussion by academics about working-class ‘ resistance ’ to increasing middle-class infiltration of football . |
| 16 | Prior to a discussion by Howard Beale of NIREX of the UK proposals for a repository for low and intermediate waste , Hans Forsstrom explained Swedish operations and plans for their radioactive waste management . |
| 17 | The memory 's contents can be transferred post-dive to a PC by the electronic interface , Datalink . |
| 18 | In alluding to Ronald Duncan and The Criterion , he was referring to a proposal by Duncan — with whom I had been in correspondence , though I did not meet him until after the war — that I should write for The Townsman ( a magazine which he edited from an ancient mill situated in a valley on the Devon/Cornish border , where I was later to live and write about ) , an article analysing the reasons why The Criterion , after flourishing for seventeen years , had so suddenly come to an end . |
| 19 | Particular attention was paid to a proposal by New Zealand , relating to Article II:1 ( b ) , which was designed to ensure greater transparency and security in tariff bindings ( ie undertakings not to increase tariffs ) by clarifying the other duties and charges , in addition to ordinary customs duties , levied on imports . |
| 20 | He also disclosed that US officials had reacted positively to a proposal by Sharif on June 6 , that the USA , the Soviet Union and China should mediate bilateral talks on nuclear non-proliferation between India and Pakistan . |
| 21 | The club was reacting to a proposal by Glasgow Brightsiders that the Scottish men 's first division should consist of just six teams next season . |
| 22 | It is bad style to begin an answer to a problem by citing a string of cases . |
| 23 | It is easy to imagine the hapless Parker , considered by many to be one of commercial cinemas finest film-makers , pinned to a wall by this angry young man , having the plot of his next project outlined for him . |
| 24 | And police were drafted in to control the traffic which was brought to a standstill by the numbers of people lining the pavement outside the Seacombe church . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , when the controversial Shas leader and interior minister , Arye Deri , brought his conflict with Ms Aloni to a head by submitting his resignation on May 9th , it was Meretz that had to give way . |
| 26 | This complex pattern of social and political agitation was brought to a head by the outbreak of war between Russia and Japan ( January 1904–August 1905 ) . |
| 27 | The debate has been brought to a head by the development of an efficient fly trap by a group of British-led scientists in Zimbabwe . |
| 28 | The issue has been brought to a head by disarmament treaties , ageing vessels and a shortage of money , according to Alexei Yablokov , Yeltsin 's environmental adviser , who chaired the commission . |
| 29 | Marriage to a sister by adoption was quite customary . |
| 30 | And if God 's law had been obeyed , special care would have been shown to a widow by her family and friends . |