Example sentences of "as [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the middle years of the fifteenth century litigants in civil suits before the Parlement of Paris could send word that they would not appear in person because they were engaged in war for the public good ( ‘ in expedicione causa rei publice ’ ) or were being detained as prisoners by the enemy . |
| 2 | Provence is as he painted it , we use his images as icons by which to recognise certain things , the cypresses above all , the olives , some configurations of rock and vegetation , the line of the Alpilles , the plain of the Crau , the light itself . |
| 3 | This , in turn , contributed to the formation of a network called People in Communication ( PIC ) which works on policy issues and communication education : some of these activities are now supported as projects by WACC . |
| 4 | Indicating United States recognition of Iran 's regional importance , US President Bush told Arab journalists in Washington on March 9 that as a " big country " Iran " should not be forever treated as enemies by all of the countries in the region " . |
| 5 | However , the coup was also in response to what leading factions within the army perceived as attempts by Chatichai to undermine their influence . |
| 6 | His initial steps were taken to foil what he interpreted as attempts by the superpowers or their proxies to bolster the bipolar order . |
| 7 | When they are , ( probably not before April 1992 ) Age Concern Groups will almost certainly come under the network exemption , provided that they are recognised as groups by Age Concern England , or by the relevant major group . |
| 8 | Goldfish were first kept as pets by Chinese fish breeders over 1600 years ago . |
| 9 | Roasted Cave Squig is considered a great delicacy and captive Cave Squigs are kept as pets by Night Goblin Chieftains . |
| 10 | The lawn climbs a slope several yards in front of the summerhouse , and in those days , as today , four flagstones embedded into the grass served as steps by which to negotiate this climb . |
| 11 | Official figures were that 2,876 had been approved as candidates by April 2 , including 52 women . |
| 12 | The 'dogs ran in 10 tries to 2 by the Sharks to finish as winners by 52 points to 12 . |
| 13 | In 1959 about 60,000 caravans in England and Wales were being used as homes by some 150,000 people , mainly young married couples , often with small children . |
| 14 | Precisely the same fear of revaluation underlay the continual reluctance of the German and Japanese authorities to see their currencies held as reserves by other countries . |
| 15 | If the payments are ex gratia rather than to compensate the individual for loss of a contractual entitlement , they may amount to distributions within s209 or " other benefits or facilities of whatever nature " which are treated as distributions by s418 of the Taxes Act when paid by a close company . |
| 16 | So it would pretty well train you up as engineers by the t by the time you 'd done that then ? |
| 17 | In France , the authorities include not only the judiciary but also other persons designated as commissioners by the French Government . |
| 18 | The United States adopts a liberal approach and some foreign judges have actually been sworn in as commissioners by American courts , e.g. , German and Italian judges have been allowed to execute the Letters themselves in the United States by examining witnesses in their own language and according to their own procedures . |
| 19 | We have heard evidence of arrangements being made for special services on Sundays in casual wards … every endeavour should be made to break the monotony of the casuals ’ Sunday by these and other means , such as visits by persons of goodwill ’ . |
| 20 | Alien soldiers , who might be treated as traitors by invading Germans , were too much at risk so near the south coast . |
| 21 | Brennan ( 1985 ) felt that classroom assistants as a resource were relatively little exploited in curriculum terms with most assistants in special education acting as facilitators by helping children with disabilities to do what other children can do for themselves , or relieving the teacher of classroom chores . |
| 22 | On Dec. 4 Koirala had been quoted in Katmandu as saying that Nepal would not allow its territory to be used as bases by activists from the Indian states of Punjab , Kashmir and Assam . |
| 23 | About 10 years ago the use of ml and l for millilitres and litres respectively was banished suddenly from British Standards in favour of mL and L , though both are permitted as alternatives by the ISO standard dealing with the layout of standards . |
| 24 | ‘ Uniforms are one of the things that create barriers and being in mufti will help nursing staff to be identified as individuals by patients . ’ |
| 25 | As a result of rebellion by their own Moslem vassals , to whom religious unity was less important than political power , these rulers were frequently faced by Frankish armies called in as allies by the rebels . |
| 26 | The vast majority of cases begin as applications by individuals against their own states . |
| 27 | It turned out to be a story about the residents of a block of flats being used as breeders by aliens , who implant their offspring into the unsuspecting humans . |
| 28 | As Counts of Poitou the Dukes had long ruled Poitou and Saintonge , and had been recognized as overlords by the Counts of Angoulême , La Marche and Périgord and by the Viscounts of Limoges . |
| 29 | Either attempts can be made to ensure that corporate managers behave as profit-maximizers by making them responsive once again to the market ; or , alternatively , new life can be breathed into the legal model of the company so that managers are once again forced to act in the interests of the shareholders . |
| 30 | Not for the tsetse fly the hundreds deposited as eggs by a house fly . |