Example sentences of "[am/are] [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , pay-scales are mostly fixed by reference to other jobs in their sector rather than the rest of the art world , let alone in industry or the professions . |
| 2 | I shall argue below , in connection with Dennett and Sloman , that our commonsense intuitions about the unity of consciousness are better preserved by analogy with program level than with program module . |
| 3 | These life-sustaining ingredients can be applied directly to the vine by man , indeed are so applied by man in commercial viticulture , yet according to Mike Woodhead , the owner of ‘ Le Bonheur ’ in South Africa , it is possible to effect a permanently natural and desirable nutrient cycle in soils considered inferior by some . |
| 4 | When employees receive benefits from the trust , these are unarguably acquired by virtue of employment and give rise to a Schedule E income tax charge , unless they are granted options structured so as to avoid a Schedule E charge on grant ( see s135 Taxes Act ) . |
| 5 | Under a contract of sale , these rules are reflected by the rule that damages for non-delivery or non-acceptance are normally assessed by reference to the market price rule ( SGA 1979 , ss50,51 ) . |
| 6 | The terms of the review are best illustrated by reference to the contrast between the field of social policy and the discipline of sociology . |
| 7 | Some parts of the new law are best explained by reference to the defects of the old , e.g. s.5(4) is difficult to understand without reference to Moynes v Coopper [ 1956 ] 1 QB 439 . |
| 8 | Thus while patients with incomplete lesions retain some control of sphincter function , which can be enhanced by training , those with complete lesions have no control , are at the mercy of often unpredictable reflex defecation , and are best treated by transection of the dorsal sacral roots followed by manual evacuation or spinal stimulation , or both . |
| 9 | Lengthy instructions are best handled by way of an addendum sheet in order to keep the standard form as succinct as possible , bearing in mind its subsequent use as a contractual and financial document . |
| 10 | Large groups of workers are already covered by legislation for the prevention of accidents and ill-health at work . |
| 11 | Its personnel are already identified by reason of their peerages which are held , subject to disclaimer , at least for life ) , and all that remains is to summon them . |
| 12 | Some pests are large enough to be gathered and destroyed by hand : caterpillars can be picked off at any time , while slugs and snails around vulnerable plants are easily collected by torchlight on moist evenings . |
| 13 | Night Goblin Fanatics are not affected by Animosity at all . |
| 14 | For whether a difference is genetic is independent of whether the different types of animals concerned are or are not influenced by experience during development . |
| 15 | This sought to demonstrate a concept of surplus which , taking besides labour other inputs — land , skill and ability , capital — into account , did not rely upon Ricardo 's labour theory of value ; but went on to conclude that , under Capitalism , the inputs are not rewarded by reference to the parts they play in the creation of wealth and that labour in particular did not get its fair share . |
| 16 | The observation that bile acids are not precipitated by calcium in the ileum , where reabsorption of bile acids takes place , explains why total faecal bile acid output is hardly affected by dietary calcium ( Fig 4 ) . |
| 17 | The following examples illustrates some non-trivial forms of equivalence that are not recognised by reduction to IF/ALT . |
| 18 | Firstly , Worsley argues that overgeneralizations about the breakdown of the family unit are not justified by evidence on kinship networks . |
| 19 | Most minor abnormalities are not caused by cancer at all . |
| 20 | For example , prescription medicines are not allowed by law to be advertised to the general public [ Medicines ( Labelling and Advertising to the Public ) Regulations 1978 ] . |
| 21 | If those who profit from the sale of descriptions of their investigations and speculations about matters of public interest are not restrained by fear of appropriate penal or financial consequences from publishing defamatory statements which are false , it is likely that some of them would publish so much in the nature of defamatory allegations against public organisations , and the men and women who run those organisations , that the public , if there was no effective process for determining whether the charges were substantially true or not , might cease to be greatly concerned about the charges save for such amusement as the stories might provide . |
| 22 | Through finance capitalists and the banks , the activities of the business class can be coordinated so that their shared interests are not harmed by competition between companies . |
| 23 | This provision was directed towards the Benelux states , and was permissible ‘ to the extent that the objectives of these regional unions are not attained by application of this Treaty ’ . |
| 24 | Benefits under a tax-approved company pension scheme are always limited by reference to earnings from the company . |
| 25 | Benefits under a tax-approved company pension scheme are always limited by reference to earnings from the company . |
| 26 | As the University has been approved by the Access Courses Recognition Group ( ACRG ) as an Authorised Validating Agency all these courses are nationally recognized by way of a kitemark . |
| 27 | The above observations are further supported by evaluation of defecatory patterns . |
| 28 | Because dithiadiazoles are usually obtained by dehalogenation of the chloride — eg equation ( e ) — it is logical that dithiadiazoles sometimes act as dehalogenating agents ( equations g and h ) . |
| 29 | There are no elevating thoughts about money , all the emotions aroused by it are bad ; pride and miserliness and greed are quickly followed by fear of losing the money , and not far behind is likely to be the emotion of jealously because money is a relative thing and seldom does a rich man not find someone still richer to be jealous of . |
| 30 | Perhaps some of us here tonight are still gripped by fear of death . |