Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by reference " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annual rate bills are calculated by reference to rateable values and the rate multiplier . |
| 2 | These are calculated by reference to the regulations and allowance is made for dependants , income tax , national insurance , housing costs , and work expenses . |
| 3 | Gains on property disposals are calculated by reference to historical net book value to the Group . |
| 4 | Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate . |
| 5 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 6 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 7 | People come to the library with specific queries which are answered by reference then and there . |
| 8 | Compared with the press and broadcasting , other media have generally been named by reference to fewer elements of the communication process . |
| 9 | Where conditions are incorporated by reference it is also prudent and , according to some authorities , necessary , to offer to the party whom it is sought to bind by them a reasonable opportunity for inspection ( see Parker v South Eastern Railway , above ) . |
| 10 | In fact the acknowledgement in most cases either has the seller 's conditions printed on the back , or refers to the execution of the contract in accordance with the quotation in such a way that the seller 's conditions on the back of the quotation are incorporated by reference . |
| 11 | Similarly , where rules are incorporated by reference to some other document , there should be adequate reference to draw them to members ' attention . |
| 12 | The conditions are available in a printed booklet , which solicitors are advised to provide to their client in instances where the conditions are incorporated by reference . |
| 13 | This may give rise to dispute where terms are incorporated by reference to some other document , as in the examples above . |
| 14 | Decisions are made by reference to a combination of common-sense assumptions , experience , and professional expertise concerning crime and criminals , public opinion , expectations of fellow-officers and superiors , the chance of securing a conviction , and other factors . ’ |
| 15 | The matter is further complicated by the fact that the disclosure letter will almost always say the disclosures are made by reference to the warranty to which they are thought to be most applicable , but they also apply to all warranties . |
| 16 | The relevant Rules of the Supreme Court governing the procedure for service of process abroad are drafted by reference to writs . |
| 17 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 18 | The episodes in which that action figures are classified by reference to local conventions as having the force of the performance of this or that social act , such as greeting , betting , leave-taking , and so on . |
| 19 | Actions are judged by reference to their own conceptions of dignity and integrity , regardless of other influences . |
| 20 | Clearly , an accurate account of the effects of social policy in the area of juvenile crime could not be undertaken by reference solely to official statistics . |
| 21 | In the Phaedo , Socrates praises Anaxagoras for saying that the world must be explained by reference to mind , and then criticizes him for not acting on the principle that he recommends . |
| 22 | If , as I have argued , thought and consciousness irreducibly escape the net of physicalist interpretation , and if , as I have suggested , the external world must possess the mind-like property of generality if it is to be conceivable , then we can see that Socrates ' assertion in the Phaedo , that the world must be explained by reference to mind , was essentially correct . |
| 23 | Gassendi does not claim , of course , that it is any more than a hypothesis that the properties , changes , and actions of things are to be explained by reference to their atomic parts . |
| 24 | I would , therefore , suggest that consent is to be explained by reference to its purported normative consequences only . |
| 25 | It seems likely , too , that several other distinctive features of the church will eventually be explained by reference to the temple . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | In a few cases , the continued support for a political party can be explained by reference to an historical connection . |
| 28 | This huge deficit can be explained by reference to the growth of demand within the USA which has drawn an increasing volume of imports . |
| 29 | This latter is a piece of independent evidence , which is distinct from the actions , such as masturbation or thumb-sucking or the hysterical symptoms of neurotics , which are to be explained by reference to the concept of sexual instincts . |
| 30 | Some of those courts have seized upon the use of the word ‘ send ’ in Article 10(a) , as opposed to ‘ serve ’ ; although this distinction could be explained by reference to civil law ideas of formal service as opposed to informal delivery , these courts have concluded that Article 10(a) does not allow effective ‘ service ’ in Japan . |