Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] by [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The baby had rejected milk given by the foster mother . |
| 2 | On this assumption , all is not lost , as the expenses of a training course undertaken by a self-employed person are allowed as a business deduction under general principles when the training is undertaken for the purposes of the trade . |
| 3 | In social work practice the term ‘ relationship ’ is used to describe the context of the general helping activities undertaken by a social worker in interaction with a particular client . |
| 4 | This is achieved by limiting the range of cases heard by the High Court , by extending the jurisdiction of the county court , ensuring that , in most cases , the same remedies are available in the county court as in the High Court , amending the transfer system , reviewing the costs sanction system that applies when a case is taken inappropriately in the High Court , improving the trial facilities at county courts by concentrating trials at centres where continuous trial facilities are available , providing new centres , creating a new tier of Circuit judges to take additional civil jurisdiction burdens , and increasing the number of people eligible for appointment as county court and district registrars or district judges . |
| 5 | If the reasons given by the chief officer of police are such that a court concludes that no reasonable officer could form the judgment that serious disruption would ensue , it is possible that the courts will prove readier to intervene than they ever were under the previous legislation , which referred to ‘ serious public disorder ’ only . |
| 6 | If the planning application is persisted with , I support the plea for calling it in , for the reasons given by the hon. Member for Beaconsfield . |
| 7 | In its shadow , in a square of orange brickwork part hidden by the long grass , stood a circular pool . |
| 8 | I have a file here of R&D projects undertaken by the late Head of SimFic , the traitor , Berdichev . |
| 9 | The degree of support given to Newton 's theory by Galle 's observation of Neptune is no different from the degree of support given by a modern observation of Neptune . |
| 10 | In this period of rapid social change , involving families moving from the countryside to the town , the support given by the wider network of relatives was of great importance for individual families . |
| 11 | But in a letter to the Times , a group of scientists , including many from Oxford , claim that over the past twelve years , the lack of funding given by the Conservative government has led to a ’ dramatic deterioration in the quality and depth of British science . ’ |
| 12 | If a barchan formed by the prevailing wind ( Fig. 11.7A ) is subject to a strong wind from another direction ( Y on Fig. 11.7B ) , it will tend to swing round with the development of an incipient new wing at C and the overdevelopment of wing A. If the prevailing wind , X , again dominates , there will be a tendency for the dune to revert to its original form ( Fig. 11.7C ) . |
| 13 | A sub-contractor who fails to supply the 715 voucher may have his certificate withdrawn by the Inland Revenue . |
| 14 | : It can be seen from the first of the above tables that the mean coverage given by the second level ( 8% ) is just over half that of the first level ( 14% ) . |
| 15 | They are condemned as signs of unclear or lazy thinking — and , indeed , when they are overused or inappropriately used ( as in a wall of political hedging erected by a defensive politician ) — they are widely and justifiably attacked . |
| 16 | With their shareholders lulled by the regulatory safety net strung under them and lured by the prospect of fat and easy profits , many banks in the 1980s went for growth instead . |
| 17 | Now the army is back in control and has marked its victory by boosting up new pictures of Saddam , always with the same smile , the white of his teeth emphasized by the dark moustache . |
| 18 | The other major assumption made from this approach is that the territorial cleavages formed by the centre-periphery divide are not superimposed exactly on other social and political cleavages ; on the contrary . |
| 19 | These were ( 1 ) vehicle ( saline ) given by intragastric instillation or subcutaneous infusion followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen ; ( 2 ) bFGF infused subcutaneously in a dose of 100 µg/kg/hour followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen ; ( 3 ) bFGF given by an intragastric route at a dose of 100 µg/kg followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen , ( 4 ) sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg by intragastric instillation ) followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen , ( 5 ) bFGF infused subcutaneously in a dose of 100 µg/kg/hour and sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg by intragastric instillation ) followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen ; and ( 6 ) intragastric bFGF ( 100 µg/ kg ) given in combination with sucralfate ( 100 mg/kg ) followed 30 minutes later by ulcerogen . |
| 20 | New products developed by the best-performing machine-tool makers tended to start their lives with ‘ fuzzy ’ specifications , allowing for significant design changes before they reached the customer . |
| 21 | My friend Jim 's wife is in America and my other pal 's had his heart broken by a hard-hearted woman with a background like yours , who passed him up in favour of an arranged marriage . ’ |
| 22 | He began to touch her very lightly , his hand stroking her face , the curve of her throat , and the cool skin exposed by the low neck of her top . |
| 23 | The permission given by the 1969 Act for no-fault divorce was driven as much by a profound rethinking of the sources of morality by clerical and academic opinion as by the determined pursuit of individual self-interest on the part of either the population at large or lawyers in particular . |
| 24 | BUSINESSPEOPLE in Clwyd are being invited to send their staff on a one-day customer care training course developed by the Canadian tourist industry . |
| 25 | A survey of 106 health authorities undertaken by the National Association of Health Authorities in 1987 showed that most were facing severe financial pressures and taking emergency measures to meet them , such as closing wards on a temporary basis , cancelling elective operations , drawing on reserves and delaying creditor payments . |
| 26 | Party members were further prohibited from joining or affiliating to the " proscribed organizations " ( groups listed by the National Executive and almost always under Communist Party control ) . |
| 27 | On Wednesday morning the prince , in his role as president of Scottish Business in the Community , will visit Craigmillar to see projects developed by the local community , local authority and other agencies , with help from the Friends of Craigmillar — a group of business leaders . |
| 28 | The monarchical tendencies typified by the Orange family were stoutly opposed by the republican forces which were strong in Holland , by far the most powerful province of the federation , and notably among the great merchants of Amsterdam . |
| 29 | So the day passed normally , with the usual ritual of work and reading , study and prayer punctuated by the regular round of the hours . |
| 30 | Noting that the conferences opening on Dec. 15 would " take due account of the opinions given by the European Parliament and by the Commission under Article 236 of the Treaty " , the Council confirmed that the work would proceed in parallel , should be concluded " rapidly and at the same time " , and that their results would be submitted for ratification with a view to this taking place before the end of 1992 . |