Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] to [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
| 2 | Tim will be buried in the Everton shorts along with a signed Everton shirt given to him by the members of his favourite team . |
| 3 | However , the development of Australian unions has been markedly and uniquely influenced by the institutional support given to them by the federal arbitration system which has long played a fundamental role in wage-determination and the settlement of disputes ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade , who have done all they can to help me over the years since the fire , and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union for underwriting the risks of my legal claim . ’ |
| 6 | Our full terms of reference and supplementary guidance given to us by the Secretary of State for Education and Science are contained in appendices 2 and 3 . |
| 7 | Another power of the president given to him by the constitution ? |
| 8 | With its incredible wealth — about £6 million estimated annual income has been suggested — and ownership of about nine thousand manors came inevitable corruption as the Templars took advantage of the privileges granted to them by the Pope . |
| 9 | They demanded the immediate payment of the bonus promised to them by the government , but not payable until 1945 . |
| 10 | Midge had been waiting out in the studio for five hours , fortified by cups of tea brought to her by the friendly police constables . |
| 11 | He drinks the tea brought to us by the koko gravely , and makes exasperated noises . |
| 12 | What he sues for in each case is loss caused to him by the use of an unlawful weapon against him — intimidation of another person by unlawful means . ’ |
| 13 | In Tudor times Henry VIII made a valiant attempt to collect some of the revenue lost to him by the employment of the " use " . |
| 14 | This person was in fact an undischarged bankrupt who wrote to the plaintiff as being recommended by the editor and who misappropriated the funds sent to him by the plaintiff for investment . |
| 15 | When ‘ King John ’ Houlding , a self-made brewer and prominent local Tory , tried to use his position on the Everton board to jack up the rent paid to him by The club , There was a shareholders ' revolt and Houlding eventually left the club to form Liverpool FC . |
| 16 | The key to the achievement of a consensus lay in Hawke 's agreement to increase the financial autonomy of individual states by expanding their powers to raise taxes and by loosening controls on how they spent money transferred to them by the federal government . |
| 17 | JANET Broadbent with the marketing award certificate presented to her by The Catering Guild . |
| 18 | Although , in principle , the communities of interest are allowed to raise in ‘ contributions ’ only the amounts agreed by the delegates from their member ‘ organizations or associated labour ’ , in practice , such organizations have little option but to agree with proposals presented to them by the community managers . |
| 19 | Christian went on to tell the gipsies of the award made to him by the enclosure commissioners , but he was interrupted abruptly by Boz , who said , ‘ There 's no water in Faws Grove . ’ |
| 20 | He is not entitled to withhold the goods until other debts owed to him by the buyer are paid . |
| 21 | The Protestant churches are keen to take maximum advantage of the free air-time granted to them by the government television network , especially since the NCCSL and the Roman Catholic Church are the only two Christian groups in Sri Lanka which have access to national radio and TV . |
| 22 | Cam endures in a hostile frame of mind a voyage carrying cargo to the Caribbean , resenting the work given to him by the mate , indulging in futile practical jokes against him which are coldly ignored and doing his work with sullen reluctance . |
| 23 | Convocation has a role defined in the Charter : it may ‘ discuss and pronounce an opinion on any matters whatsoever relating to the University including any matters referred to it by the Court or the Council ’ . |
| 24 | But so long as the tribunal decides the question assigned to it by the law , its relative opinion will bind , subject to appeal . |
| 25 | He knew the way vaguely from the journey the night before and the careful directions given to him by the Prior . |
| 26 | When they had passed under the Ponte di Rialto , with a disappointing view of the backs of its double row of shops , she checked the directions given to her by the hotel clerk , and , along with a jostling crowd of people , some tourists , some locals , disembarked at Sant'Angelo . |
| 27 | Their response never ceases to amaze me , as does the accolade accorded to me by the fans . |
| 28 | These have now been cleaned up , but it took us some time to cope with this disgraceful state of affairs … the condition of these children , and the behaviour of many of the mothers , has completely dissipated the goodwill and welcome accorded to them by the Welsh people , whose hospitality is proverbial . |
| 29 | By section 434(5) an answer given by a person to a question put to him by the inspectors may be used in evidence against him . |
| 30 | In order to consider the proposal put to them by the management , the prospective providers of equity finance , and/or the providers of debt , and indeed the management in a management buy-in , will wish to see as much information as possible about the target . |