Example sentences of "[adv prt] by [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Dearing Report has become bogged down by that oldest of problems — money . |
| 2 | Finstat 's figures are dragged down by that spread , as a market index is not . |
| 3 | The fragile jelly , peace , is coloured and watered down by that gooey substance — Love . |
| 4 | Having survived the early years of childhood , unlike so many of his siblings , he had been struck down by that other malady which afflicted a tragically high proportion of those who lived on into teenage years and beyond . |
| 5 | But , within the limits laid down by that doctrine , it is for the power-holder to decide what to do . |
| 6 | Nor is such a provision invalidated because the method of communicating the offer differs from that prescribed by section 90 ; but the procedure laid down by that section supersedes that provided in the memorandum or articles . |
| 7 | In Staines Warehousing Co Ltd v Montagu Executor & Trustee Ltd [ 1987 ] 2 EGLR 130 the court held that where a lease provides that an application to appoint a surveyor is to be made to a specified appointing body like the RICS , the application had to follow the procedures laid down by that appointing body . |
| 8 | Until it is universally accepted that nobody whatsoever has title to property other than that held under rules to be agreed and laid down by all humankind , as distinct from those alleged to have been the product of some ‘ god ’ or other , will the first step towards formulating those rules have been taken . |
| 9 | I was turned down by all the universities on my UCCA application form , because I had received a bad report from my headmaster at Downside School who said I took drugs , which was true , but was also an admission made to him in confidence . |
| 10 | The question , therefore , is nakedly raised by this appeal , whether your Lordships are now prepared , not only to overrule , as contrary to law , the doctrine stated by Sir Edward Coke to have been laid down by all the judges of the Common Pleas in Pinnel 's Case ( 1602 ) 5 Co.Rep. 117a , in 1602 , and repeated in his note to Littleton , 344 , Co.Litt. 212b , but to treat a prospective agreement , not under seal , for satisfaction of a debt by a series of payments on account to a total amount less than the whole debt , as binding in law , provided these payments are regularly made ; the case not being one of a composition with a common debtor , agreed to , inter se , by several creditors … |
| 11 | YOU sound very dissatisfied and weighed down by all that is happening in your life . |
| 12 | It is late evening and Marianne , Walter and I have just finished a large couscous washed down by several bottles of heady local wine . |
| 13 | Turn left at the end of Union Street for the Marischal College , a tall and wide building of white-grey stone , with many windows and pinned down by several bus-stops . |
| 14 | Almost as many movies were made here , but ‘ shooting days ’ were down by half ; independents on small budgets ca n't afford to waste time . |
| 15 | This shop 's takings are down by half , compared to this time last year . |
| 16 | on that somebody 's knocked it down by half and not told him . |
| 17 | I blush to admit my failure but I have cut down by half and the will to stop completely is as strong as ever . |
| 18 | Officials predicted that a combination of debt rescheduling , additional aid commitments and improved invisibles such as tourism , would check the balance-of-payments deficit and improve the country 's reserves , which by mid-1989 stood at only $500,000,000 , down by half since the end of 1988 . |
| 19 | Coastal cities now experience about 200 to 400 hours of excessive smog annually , about half the amount recorded a decade ago , while inland cities suffer hazardous air pollution 600 to 800 hours a year , down by half . |
| 20 | But this is a fine company , and with the shares already down by half from their peak last year is this really the time to sell ? |
| 21 | The thing has gone on in a different way from previous years , and the outcome , as you 've observed , although the Liberal Democrats initially proposed spending at capping , they have gone down by half a million pounds . |
| 22 | Spending last year is estimated by the Chemical Industries Association to have fallen by 13 p.c. to £1.86 billion and is likely to be down by another 10 p.c. to £1.76 billion this year . |
| 23 | What they have in mind here is the common situation that , while hunting , the quarry is first wounded by one hunter 's spear but ultimately brought down by another spear thrown by a second huntsman . |
| 24 | So I need to be able to get down to actu that 's when you , supposing that comes down by another ten K say , so then we 're talking about fifty K , thereabouts , overspend in the main area , in which case to work out what 's caused that , is that directly attributable to the the inputting of the systems . |
| 25 | Japanese share prices are down by more than half , and share values form part of the bank 's capital base . |
| 26 | The only way to ensure that the unwanted behaviour does not reappear is to keep it dampened down by more punishments . |
| 27 | With this new dismantling process , BMW hopes to reduce by 46 per cent the waste which is dumped in the environment and , in the years ahead , aims to cut it down by more than half again . |
| 28 | In some areas public order and drunkenness offences are down by more than a third . |
| 29 | But since nineteen eighty seven , daily paper sales are down by more than a tenth . |
| 30 | She was not , at twenty-three , in the least cast down by either of these realizations . |