Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] by [noun sg] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The relevant Rules of the Supreme Court governing the procedure for service of process abroad are drafted by reference to writs . |
| 2 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 3 | The Amir and the Crown Prince had both been transported by helicopter to Saudi Arabia at an early stage of the invasion . |
| 4 | The history of penal reform has been marked by resistance to novelty ; people need time to get used to ideas , even if they come to oppose them . |
| 5 | The positive side of the local sign theory is an expression of the faith that such abilities can be explained by reference to processes ( of inference from observed correlations , and so on ) which are themselves conscious . |
| 6 | The falsification of Kepler 's speculation that the spacing of the planetary orbits could be explained by reference to Plato 's five regular solids does not mark one of the significant landmarks in the progress of physics . |
| 7 | The conclusion to be derived from the above is that the overdevelopment of the bureaucracy in the post-colonial state can only be explained by reference to factors which render other political institutions impotent . |
| 8 | A SCIENTIFIC probe in the depths of the Atlantic Ocean will be relayed by satellite to Liverpool 's Maritime Museum . |
| 9 | ‘ Someone takes five copies out of Sarajevo where it is faxed through to Geneva , phoned to Zagreb where it can be relayed by fax to London and it is also printed in Tuzla and Zenica . ’ |
| 10 | But suppose now we require that adequate grammatical descriptions include specifications of the meaning of every word in a language , and such a requirement has normally been assumed , then we find words whose meaning-specifications can only be given by reference to contexts of usage . |
| 11 | It also , and this is new , includes ‘ the type of company and its principal business activities , ’ the type to be ‘ given by reference to the classification prescribed for the purposes of this section , ’ while the principal business activities ‘ may be given by reference to categories of any prescribed system of classifying business activities . ’ |
| 12 | This may be given by reference to time elapsing after the date of issue of the document , and it is quite possible for the time-limit to be passed before the document can be served or even before it is received by the Central Authority . |
| 13 | Propositions that Soviet prevailing educational values were and continue to be ‘ collectivist ’ and based on scientific Marxism will be examined by reference to debates about the democratization of school organization , the humanization of the content of teaching and the individualization of social opportunities provided by education . |
| 14 | We can accept that science is based on induction and Hume 's demonstration that induction can not be justified by appeal to logic or experience , and conclude that science can not be rationally justified . |
| 15 | It does this by insisting that a belief which is not about our own sensory states ( immediate experience ) must , if it is to be justified , be justified by appeal to beliefs which are about our own sensory states . |
| 16 | He/she might be constrained by loyalty to ministers ; as a result , reputation and career might be at risk . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Spitfires were arriving at Prestwick and a survey was conducted to determine if the aircraft could be transferred by road to Glasgow . |
| 18 | Partly in the questioner 's mind , erm could be answered by reference to language problems , I mean , a technical or professional qualifications may be equivalent , and may be awfully good , but if one expert and qualified person ca n't talk the language of the country he wants to work in , that 's going to be a barrier on its own , and I reckon that is often the bigger barrier between the easy movement of qualified people from one of our countries to another , than the lack of qualifications , or disagreement about qualifications themselves . |
| 19 | Small minority holdings would normally be valued by reference to dividends , and earnings and assets are generally of less importance in these cases . |
| 20 | The mined ore had to be transported by packhorse to Keswick for smelting . |
| 21 | At zero six hundred hours the following morning Captain Trentham gave them a full briefing : they were to be transported by ship to Boulogne , they learned , and after ten days ' further training they would be expected to march on to Etaples , where they would join their regiment under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Danvers Hamilton DSO , who , they were assured , was preparing for a massive assault on the German defences . |
| 22 | Some of these pupils will be helped by attention to task lighting and to a suitable position in which to work and view demonstrations . |
| 23 | In this case , they can only be assessed by reference to actuality . |
| 24 | The FRED proposes that , where certain conditions are met , the maturity of liabilities should be assessed by reference to borrowings which a lender is committed to provide under related facilities which will permit the refinancing of the debt . |
| 25 | An increase in the price of debt is as significant as its refinancing : for this reason the [ draft ] FRS requires that the maturity of borrowings be assessed by reference to borrowings under related facilities only where the finance costs for the new debt are not at a level which is greater than that of the existing debt . |
| 26 | They can be assessed by reference to abstractions . |
| 27 | Hambros Jersey contended that the jurisdiction conferred by this rule can only properly be exercised by analogy to R.S.C. , Ord. 11 , so that leave should not be granted unless the case falls within one of the paragraphs of Ord. 11 , r. 1(1) . |
| 28 | I know now that the prototype was a bit too light and delicate on the controls and that flying by subjective impressions has to be replaced by adherence to procedures and parameters . |
| 29 | There is also a contrast between the forge and Satis House as the house is barricaded and the inside is all dark so Pip has to be led by candlelight to Miss Havisham and when he first sees her all in white she looks like a fairy godmother but as he looks closer he sees her decay and yellowness . |
| 30 | The groups would be defined by reference to subject matter ; eg public law , family law , contract and commercial law and so on . |