Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb pp] to [pers pn] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | With its incredible wealth — about £6 million estimated annual income has been suggested — and ownership of about nine thousand manors came inevitable corruption as the Templars took advantage of the privileges granted to them by the Pope . |
| 2 | This person was in fact an undischarged bankrupt who wrote to the plaintiff as being recommended by the editor and who misappropriated the funds sent to him by the plaintiff for investment . |
| 3 | Although , in principle , the communities of interest are allowed to raise in ‘ contributions ’ only the amounts agreed by the delegates from their member ‘ organizations or associated labour ’ , in practice , such organizations have little option but to agree with proposals presented to them by the community managers . |
| 4 | He is not entitled to withhold the goods until other debts owed to him by the buyer are paid . |
| 5 | Convocation has a role defined in the Charter : it may ‘ discuss and pronounce an opinion on any matters whatsoever relating to the University including any matters referred to it by the Court or the Council ’ . |
| 6 | He knew the way vaguely from the journey the night before and the careful directions given to him by the Prior . |
| 7 | When they had passed under the Ponte di Rialto , with a disappointing view of the backs of its double row of shops , she checked the directions given to her by the hotel clerk , and , along with a jostling crowd of people , some tourists , some locals , disembarked at Sant'Angelo . |
| 8 | Furthermore , sometimes the government expressly delegates public administrative functions to non-governmental bodies : for example , under the Financial Services Act 1986 the Securities and Investments Board exercises a wide range of regulatory functions delegated to it by the Secretary of State ; the Board of Deputies of British Jews plays an important role in policing certain Sunday Trading laws ; the Wood Green Animal Shelter in North London runs the government 's computerized register of fighting dogs ; and the Rowntree Trust ( a private charitable organization ) administers the Family Fund ( a public fund to assist families of severely handicapped children ) . |
| 9 | France , the papacy , Poland and perhaps other states , also honoured Venetian ambassadors in these ways , while in 1603 the doge in Venice knighted a group of seven ambassadors sent to him by the Grisons league in Switzerland , and in 1621 James I did the same for six deputies sent to London by the Dutch republic . |
| 10 | ‘ Between 30 October 1984 and 9 January 1985 each of the first four plaintiffs entered into a mortgage debenture charging its assets to secure repayment of moneys advanced to it by the first defendant , which was then known as Johnson Matthey Bankers Ltd . |
| 11 | The research will monitor what coping strategies governing bodies are using to deal with the tasks and responsibilities given to them by the new educational legislation and will also focus on the identification of power relations ( including gender and race/ethnicity ) , decision making processes and networks of influence operating in the eight governing bodies . |
| 12 | Immediate Svengali Andrew Loog Oldham with two sleeve-design awards presented to him by the NME in 1969 |
| 13 | In the light of later events , it is possible to doubt Scott 's altruism in taking the initiative in this case ; clearly after the change of government with Manners ' well-known enthusiasm for the Middle Ages , the chances were that a Gothic design would be acceptable , and Scott was the best placed of the Gothic competitors , although of course he was completely unaware of the ultimately crucial placings awarded to him by the assessors . |
| 14 | If they desired that the should stay and that the crown should retain the powers given to it by the constitution he should be informed . |
| 15 | If one wants to deliver a caring service one will deliver a better caring service if one manages it efficiently and uses the resources committed to it by the taxpayer to the maximum possible extent . |
| 16 | Where the defence arises our courts will act upon the so-called ‘ M'Naghten ’ rules , propounded by the judges in response to questions addressed to them by the House of Lords . |
| 17 | Until the 1930s , for example , it was a routine practice of the London police to record thefts reported to them by the public as ‘ lost property ’ . |
| 18 | The ultra vires doctrine was used by the courts to keep corporate bodies within the narrowly defined powers granted to them by the statute or charter of incorporation conferring corporate identity upon them . |
| 19 | Mr Yeltsin stressed , however , that he would fight any attempts to cancel the emergency powers granted to him by the last Congress in October . |
| 20 | The SIB has wide powers granted to it by the Secretary of State under the FSA , and has a broad authority in enforcing the Act ( and can override the decisions of the SROs ) . |
| 21 | As is well known , the word jade was an outcome of the medical qualities attributed to it by the Aztecs . |
| 22 | They appear in the form of a pair of vermilion ‘ chops ’ on our family note-paper and on quite a number of original Chinese paintings inscribed to us by the artists . |
| 23 | I spent two hours responding to questions put to me by the Select Committee only a fortnight or so ago . |
| 24 | Reagan gave replies which were videotaped to 159 questions put to him by the lawyers of his former National Security Adviser , Rear Admiral John Poindexter , whose trial was due to open in Washington DC on March 5 . |
| 25 | The head , operating under powers delegated to him by the governors , would set up criteria for the policy and appoint one of the staff to run the scheme . |
| 26 | in the exercise of the intervention powers delegated to it by the Secretary of State ( as to which see section 97 of the Act ) . |
| 27 | However , what I have done is to use detailed assignment printouts given to me by the County Council , it 's erm these things here , to look at the changes in traffic flow along the whole length of the A sixty one between its southern junction with a proposed western relief road and its northern junction with a western relief road . |
| 28 | The tax payers were director-shareholders in a close company ; they agreed to sell their shares in consideration for some cash and a novation to the purchaser of their liability to repay loans made to them by the company . |
| 29 | The same was true in Normandy , where Henry II 's concession to Rouen between 1160 and 1170 , soon to be a model for other cities across the Angevin empire , permitted internal self-government by a mayor and town council , but also allowed the duke to choose the mayor from a list of three names submitted to him by the council , and protected the ducal right to military service . |
| 30 | Accordingly , I will reach my decision on the basis of the evidence and arguments submitted to me by the parties . |