Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [art] authorities " in BNC.
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| 1 | She lives a life of constant anxiety ; over money , job security , and also of being caught by the authorities . |
| 2 | On the other hand , two other cases involving individuals seeking asylum in foreign embassies were resolved by the authorities allowing them to leave the country . |
| 3 | But this school was not considered by the authorities to be a suitable place of safety . |
| 4 | Thus , while the state attempted to monopolize such discussion as took place — for example when the ‘ neutral ’ forum for discussion at the VEC seminar was turned by the authorities into a reassurance session — this was resisted locally by successful intervention and contestation at the VEC seminar both by an outside speaker and by DUC activists , and by forcing the issue back on the table for discussion at the local authority level . |
| 5 | The conference was also told that delegates from Turkmenistan had been prevented by the authorities from leaving that country . |
| 6 | Banks choosing to operate with a lower liquidity ratio could be prevented by the authorities imposing statutory reserve requirements on banks . |
| 7 | It was decided by the authorities that the building of the dam across the valley was a ‘ regrettable necessity ’ — but they determined to make as satisfactory a job of it as they could . |
| 8 | The ‘ bourgeois liberalism ’ dreaded by the authorities would also be less likely to have an impact . |
| 9 | Nor was it made by the authorities — except , apparently , in times of political and social crisis , the eruption of class hatred , religious and political persecution . |
| 10 | But as a general statement it has been made by the authorities . |
| 11 | On Aug. 29 an amnesty was announced for all political prisoners , said by the authorities to number 66 ; of these 44 had been arrested after the inter-ethnic massacres of August 1988 , and the rest had been accused of a plot against the government in March 1989 . |
| 12 | In general a controversial relatively low-profile approach was adopted by the authorities , although on occasions prisoners were drenched with water from hoses , and siren and other loud noises were used . |
| 13 | Some people even argued that the inquiry system was now seen by the authorities as a way of diverting public opposition away from other channels of protest . |
| 14 | The commissioning of such an overtly Anglican church was seen by the authorities as a deliberately provocative gesture , and when Shirley shortly afterwards refused to contribute towards the military defence of the Cromwellian state , he was imprisoned in the Tower of London , where he later died . |
| 15 | The town , Porto Bannach , named after an illegal mahogany sawmill on the Iriri river , has been incorporated by the authorities in Altamira , the regional capital , in defiance of Brazilian law . |
| 16 | Martial law was lifted in Beijing on Jan. 11 , having been imposed by the authorities in May 1989 in an attempt to quell growing pro-democracy demonstrations centred in the city 's Tiananmen Square [ see p. 36641 ; see pp. 36720-22 for crushing of pro-democracy movement in early June ] . |
| 17 | The four were accused by the authorities of directing and taking part in violent acts against Israel . |
| 18 | Accounts from the 1840s and 1850s show that cattle stealing was thought by the authorities to be a serious problem in many areas . |
| 19 | The former INLA woman and UDA man will only be able to cut the cake — a meagre one-tier affair supplied by the authorities — with a plastic knife . |
| 20 | Disturbances which resulted in deaths and damage to property in a number of cities and town were attributed by the authorities in early June to the manipulation of " hooligans , … offenders or " vagrants " by outside agitators . |
| 21 | The most dangerous clause in the draft is on self-provision for museums , under which any museum can be closed by the authorities if it can not finance itself . |
| 22 | Had it been closed by the authorities ( I used that word , not ‘ the malais ’ ) ? |
| 23 | He joined the church 's prayer for boldness to do exactly what he had been told by the authorities not to do . |
| 24 | Other methods of regulation used by the authorities were ‘ moral suasion ’ and direct controls . |
| 25 | The problem is caused by a massive increase in household effluent poured into the water system , combined with the large doses of chlorine used by the authorities to deal with it . |
| 26 | If this outline deal is approved by the authorities , it may put into question British Aerospace 's abrupt decision to pull out of its Ferranti offer — or at least seek to renegotiate the deal . |
| 27 | If this outline deal is approved by the authorities , it may put into question British Aerospace 's abrupt decision to pull out of its Ferranti offer — or at least seek to renegotiate the deal . |
| 28 | After much laborious correspondence we received from China the following : ‘ We believe that no one outside of this country will have access to the mule and her foal in Honan Province because such matters will have to be approved by the authorities here . |
| 29 | At its session on Jan. 11 the Armenian Supreme Soviet also voted for itself a right of veto over legislation approved by the authorities in Moscow . |
| 30 | What level of negligence had been shown by the authorities ? |