Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is an important stage at which the person-centred world is superseded or rather supplemented by the world of which the person is one part . |
| 2 | Although it can not be entirely free of period distortions , it shows more modest fluctuations in fertility than the TFR and in particular gives an estimate of fertility of over 2 children for most of the time since 1972 , not the 1.8 or so given by the IFR . |
| 3 | Am I alone in questioning the wisdom of giving a gift which the donor can not afford and which must be paid at the ludicrous interest of 25 per cent or so charged by the credit card companies ? |
| 4 | Selection of this sort raises all kinds of problems of the sample being consciously or unconsciously affected by the selector 's personal biases . |
| 5 | Provided there is no physically damaging effect , it would seem that what is seen , said , done , heard or physically felt by the mother has no effect whatever , but that emotional factors during pregnancy can have good or bad effect . |
| 6 | all losses suffered by and claims made against the Carrier in consequence of loss of or damage to property caused by or arising out of the carriage by the Carrier of Dangerous Goods whether or not declared by the Trader as such : |
| 7 | Public consultation about policies can therefore be something of a sham where major options and potential developments are either not shared with the public by the corporation or not conceptualized by the public . |
| 8 | Opens have been won or not won by the bag-man 's performance before and during the world 's oldest major championship week . |
| 9 | For us , then , an act of violence will be an act of physical interference with another , whether or not mediated by the use of a weapon . |
| 10 | Organised youth activities will keep the kiddies happy while you partake of exercise classes , deck games or just laze by the poolside . |
| 11 | Conflicts over collective consumption facilities and services provided or directly funded by the state have become more explicit and important ( Castells , 1979 ) . |
| 12 | This will be partially or totally compensated by the underwriting fees F , and the return may be expressed as a percentage of the subscription price as follows , . |
| 13 | Worse , Intel is likely to cut the price of its Pentium chip during the next two years — perhaps by one-third or more going by the firm 's past behaviour . |
| 14 | Whether generated by the user , guide ed by the system or automatically performed by the system , the principle of extending matching terms does not appear to be an entirely satisfactory approach . |
| 15 | The contract for construction of a residential development wholly or partly funded by the Housing Corporation may be awarded to a builder only if he submits the most favourable tender in competition . |
| 16 | The government also announced that it would be selling shares in enterprises owned or partly owned by the state and would be asking others to sign performance contracts . |
| 17 | On the other hand , misinforming a patient , whether or not innocently , and the withholding of information which is expressly or impliedly sought by the patient may well vitiate either a consent or a refusal . |
| 18 | Held , allowing the appeal ( Lord Lowry dissenting ) , that an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner of goods or consented to by him could amount to an appropriation of the goods within section 1(1) of the Theft Act 1968 where such authority or consent had been obtained by deception ; and that , accordingly , the defendant had been rightly convicted of theft ( post , pp. 1073F , 1076G–H , 1080C–F , 1081C–D , 1109F , 1111E ) . |
| 19 | In the context of section 3(1) , the concept of appropriation in my view involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 20 | ‘ involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 21 | While it is correct to say that appropriation for purposes of section 3(1) includes the latter sort of act , it does not necessarily follow that no other act can amount to an appropriation and in particular that no act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner can in any circumstances do so . |
| 22 | ‘ involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 23 | The actual decision in Morris was correct , but it was erroneous , in addition to being unnecessary for the decision , to indicate that an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner could never amount to an appropriation . |
| 24 | ‘ In the context of section 3(1) , the concept of appropriation in my view involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of those rights . |
| 25 | ‘ In Reg. v. Morris [ 1984 ] A.C. 320 the House of Lords held that ‘ In the context of section 3(1) , the concept of appropriation … involves not an act expressly or impliedly authorised by the owner but an act by way of adverse interference with or usurpation of [ the owner 's ] rights . ’ |
| 26 | If granted , taxation is carried out on the ‘ indemnity basis ’ but it is presumed that the costs ( a ) have been reasonably incurred , if they were incurred with the express or implied approval of the client ; ( b ) have been reasonable in amount , if their amount was expressly or impliedly approved by the client ; ( c ) have been unreasonably incurred , if in the circumstances of the case they are of an unusual nature , unless the solicitor satisfies the taxing officer that prior to their being incurred the client was informed that they might not be allowed on taxation of costs . |
| 27 | The notion that the IBS is related to or even caused by the patient 's psychological state is as old as the concept of IBS itself . |
| 28 | Time and again a landowner , the man who actually has the most to lose since it is his land , is willing to donate corners of his fields for ponds or tree planting , as his contribution to the environmental compromise of a land-drainage scheme ; but then a letter from his agent arrives , demanding that these corners be heavily compensated or even bought by the water authority , as payment for the concessions made . |
| 29 | This would have had the effect of changing the basis of compensation for land publicly acquired from a market value ( net of tax ) basis to a current use value basis , that is , its value in its existing use , taking no account of any increase in value actually or potentially conferred by the grant of a planning permission for new development . |
| 30 | With most of its inhabitants either dead or financially ruined by the eruption , there was no hope at all of salvaging the buried town , and it was abandoned . |