Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] by the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around him , the other England players gradually acclimatised to their new surroundings , pleasantly suprised by the facilities laid on by the Indian authorities . |
| 2 | UN specialists say that the regulations , plans and treaties agreed on by the Mediterranean countries have not significantly curbed the outpouring of sewage and industrial effluent from the 360 million people who live around the Mediterranean basin . |
| 3 | A statement agreed on by the Foreign Ministers asserted " the illegitimacy of all forms of Israeli settlement " in the occupied territories and stressed the importance of " full UN participation " and " effective EC participation " in the peace process . |
| 4 | Nevertheless the former test and the current test are very similar and indeed the ‘ guidelines ’ laid down by the two Acts are the same . |
| 5 | This reiterates the whole catch-all section 2 of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 , as well as the scale of punishments laid down by the Official Secrets Act of 1920 for those who |
| 6 | Procedural due process is a matter of the right procedures for judging whether some citizen has violated laws laid down by the political procedures ; if we accept it as a virtue , we want courts and similar institutions to use procedures of evidence , discovery , and review that promise the right level of accuracy and otherwise treat people accused of violation as people in that position ought to be treated . |
| 7 | So the Minister has to be very clear , when he comes to the Dispatch Box , whether any company applying to take over STG subsidiaries will be required to take on board the specifications laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee . |
| 8 | They claim for each piece of work done and are paid according to rates laid down by the Dental Estimates Board . |
| 9 | For two and a half years she has received no medical attention and has thus been denied one of the most basic conditions laid down by the United Nations for the detention of prisoners awaiting trial — namely , the right to choose her own doctor . |
| 10 | For his purposes data sheets are ideal and standard tests laid down by the national standards institutions are the methods that he uses . |
| 11 | British Nuclear Fuels has always denied that its operations cause the sort of dangers alleged by its critics , and affirmed that its discharges and exposure levels are kept within the limits laid down by the regulatory authorities . |
| 12 | But the evidence suggests that the fragile though real co-operation between liberals and workers of 1905 had broken down by the pre-war years . |
| 13 | When once the German impetus had exhausted itself , ground down by the lethal barrages from the Bois Bourrus guns , the inevitable French riposte would — within 24 hours — push the survivors back again . |
| 14 | Development in the Third World has stalled , ground down by the relentless wheels of the global economic machine . |
| 15 | But Coun. Robson said residents felt they had been let down by the original developers of the site and by Leech . |
| 16 | Sometimes we went to the Cours Mirabeau and watched the debris from the daily market being picked over by the local dogs . |
| 17 | Some lesser American golfers , lured over by the open cheques that sponsors often have available , had in the past performed less than satisfactorily . |
| 18 | Parents will no longer accept being fobbed off by the so-called experts . |
| 19 | This philosophy of helping elderly people return to or stay in their own or small-scale homes will be picked up by the new centres . |
| 20 | Now she sees many of the ideas being picked up by the commercial companies with which she had dealings because they believe it brings new talent into the industry . |
| 21 | It 's worth mentioning too , that during the year , er , Dr Tim , the general practitioner , who is seconded with er , Social Services , has been doing work on hospital discharge , making sure that the arrangements are , are working , and his reports have been picked up by the respective authorities , and , er , there has er , a sort of action plan has been put together , which is , which is intended to try to improve the er , existing hospital discharge arr arrangement , making sure that people are discharged from hospital and that the er , right type of care is available for them in , in the community . |
| 22 | My work-rate was speeded up by the further drops of rain that fell on me . |
| 23 | .. are ways of the earth spirit , not merely secular routes but natural channels of energy , first traced out by the creative gods , followed by the primeval wandering tribes and still in settled times used by religious processions or pilgrims to a shrine . |
| 24 | Is my hon. Friend aware that , despite his welcome answer , deep concern is still felt by Leicestershire community colleges — which have a proud and long-standing record of providing adult education — that they will be squeezed out by the new proposals ? |
| 25 | The Commission was to have not just the right to initiate and recommend policy to its executive partner , the Council of Ministers , but also the task of ensuring that the provisions of the treaty and policies emanating from the Council of Ministers were carried out by the other institutions and the member states . |
| 26 | ‘ Site preparation , hardware and software testing have to be carried out by the relevant specialists and plans have to be made to ensure that the upgrade will cause no interruption to the service provided to our customers . ’ |
| 27 | An airlift of 14,087 Ethiopian Jews — widely known as Falashas ( a name they rejected ) — was carried out by the Israeli authorities on May 24-25 , in anticipation of the fall of the Ethiopian government . |
| 28 | Inspections were carried out by the Ceramic Industries Certification Scheme Ltd who are linked with the British Ceramic Research Association . |
| 29 | Evidence from inspections carried out by the National Rivers Authority ( NRA ) has suggested that in some areas up to 42 per cent of Britain 's farms could be polluting rivers and groundwater . |
| 30 | Measurements carried out by the National Rivers Authority revealed 10 times the permitted level of 6 micrograms per litre in the brook , where waste water from the sewage works is discharged after being treated . |