Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moscow sets terms for unity debate Following are extracts from an address to members of the European Parliament given yesterday by the Soviet Foreign Minister , Mr Eduard Shevardnadze . |
| 2 | This is an interesting case to examine , of course , because in Problems of Social Policy Titmuss presented it as a clear example of a policy change engendered originally by the social debate on evacuation , and then given sudden new urgency by the ‘ decisive ’ influence of Dunkirk in July 1940 ; a marked change in government thinking — a new acceptance of the milk-in-schools scheme as a universalist social service rather than a relief measure tainted with Poor Law associations — took place ‘ five days after the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk ’ . |
| 3 | The annual Spring wage offensive fought initially by the larger unions could be said to establish the benchmark for wage increases throughout Japanese industry . |
| 4 | If we take the Prime Minister 's words at face value — that the Conserservative party will not raise the rate of VAT — does the hon. Gentleman recall an interview given recently by the Chief Secretary , when he was asked about extending coverage of VAT to transport fares ? |
| 5 | The photograph was found in an album made up by the late Sqn Ldr G Beeby . |
| 6 | According to a report by the Senate committee on violence and pacification which was monitoring acts of political violence carried out by the Maoist Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) , the Tupac Amarú Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amarú — MRTA ) , right-wing death squads and other extremist groups and also , in 1989 , links between rebel groups and drug traffickers , it was estimated that a total of 3,198 people were killed as a result of such activity in the course of 1989 , compared with 1,986 in 1988 . |
| 7 | After the initial nationalisation programme carried out by the post-war Labour government , there was relatively little change in the frontiers between the state sector and the private sector . |
| 8 | Earlier this week Clacton , unemployment blackspot of the South East , was tipped to win grant aid following research carried out by the General Municipal Boilermakers ' Union . |
| 9 | According to details reported on Aug. 8 , a study carried out by the Canadian government concluded that a mixture of energy efficiency and conservation would be the best approach to achieve the 20 per cent cut . |
| 10 | The serious fraud office has been sent details of a business deal drawn up by the former chairman of Oxford United Kevin Maxwell , and the former managing director of Derby County . |
| 11 | The poverty-stricken Spanish people were attempting to shake off the shackles and feudalism imposed mainly by the Catholic church . |
| 12 | This is a condition brought about by the combined effect of evolution and civilisation and for everyone it is quite unavoidable . |
| 13 | This is the remedy provided today by the Fatal Accidents Act 1976 . |
| 14 | The reserve was the flagship of Project Tiger , the recovery programme set up by the Indian government and the World Wide Fund for Nature in 1972 . |
| 15 | Or maybe she was experiencing a sort of nightmare or hallucination — some kind of unfortunate delusion brought on by the overwhelming stress and strain of her job … ? |
| 16 | ‘ Memphis ’ is the name of the design partnership set up by the Italian designer Ettore Sottsass in 1981 when he exhibited the furniture which has now become pseudonymous with this name at the Italian Furniture Fair . |
| 17 | Since one has reason to express such an attitude in this way doing so enables one to conform to reasons which apply to one , which is the condition laid down by the normal justification thesis . |
| 18 | One is the change in product mix brought about by the changing relative price of products which have had microelectronics incorporated into them . |
| 19 | The patriarchate was abolished and ecclesiastical administration taken over by the Holy Synod ( 1721 ) , a department of state headed by a layman . |
| 20 | The analysis of crime put forward by the present Nicaraguan leadership is one based mainly on social deprivation , lack of opportunities and corruption by values of greed and individualism . |
| 21 | ‘ The choice for the people of East Hampshire will lie between the discredited policies of the Tory government and the positive programme put forward by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 22 | It would be inappropriate to penalise the relatively harmless social use of alcohol by 90% of the population in order to try to control the damage caused mainly by the alcoholic 10% . |
| 23 | We are working within a straight jacket imposed by central government , but our choice was that budget , for all its faults in totality , for the fact that it was half a million less than it could be , and the budget put forward by the Labour party who had totally refused to negotiate on their budget , and therefore we ought to look at that budget in detail to see what was on offer , because it was n't very pretty . |
| 24 | Both the trial judge and the Court of Appeal applied the law laid down by the Divisional Court of the Queen 's Bench Division in Reg. v. Commissioner for Local Administration , Ex parte Croydon London Borough Council [ 1989 ] 1 All E.R. |
| 25 | Their energy standard will be assessed by an energy audit carried out by the local authority 's energy efficiency unit . |
| 26 | With much of the labour flow into industry permanent , rather than of the temporary migrant pattern common in the prewar years , the population structure of many rural areas is distorted , with most agricultural work carried out by the elderly , women and children . |
| 27 | The profession has played a significant part in the development of products for long-term insurance companies and this has been helped considerably by the work carried out by the CMI Bureau , something which is unique in Europe . |
| 28 | If longer is required , further to admire the art work carried out by the local mortician/beautician , you merely press a button and are then given another three seconds . |
| 29 | An amazing amount of work carried out by the three members of the pest control team , with some additional help with larger jobs during the summer period . |
| 30 | Written by Linda Headland on the basis of work carried out by the Scottish Action on Dementia Working Group on Private Care . |