Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] by the [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Our chalet was spacious and the meals laid on by the live-in girl were cordon bleu quality . |
| 2 | Despite their early start , they still attended the dinner laid on by the Flanders rugby authorities . |
| 3 | They were judged on the criteria laid down by the EC Directive — that they should be unbiased , should properly examine alternatives , and should detail the measures that would be taken to mitigate any environmental damage . |
| 4 | Wolverton had the opportunity of giving concrete expression to a gift from the Canadian Government to the Home Office ( Fire Office Division ) by way of the manufacture of 18 mobile kitchens constructed to standards laid down by the Home Office . |
| 5 | You will be offered training in at least three different areas of law , taken from a list laid down by the Law Society . |
| 6 | As David Trippier from the Department of the Environment said , this is two-and-a-half years ahead of the schedule laid down by the Montreal protocol — and the government would have liked it even faster . |
| 7 | We understand that we do not satisfy stringent criteria laid down by the Charity Commission for formal registration , and in the event we would prefer to avoid the substantial cost of registration and the administrative burden that would accompany it . |
| 8 | There is serious doubt about whether Italy can achieve the norms laid down by the Maastricht Treaty , and qualify for membership of the European Community single market next year and full monetary union by 1997 or later . |
| 9 | This removes any realistic prospect of a government introducing severe economic reforms to reduce Italy 's huge public debt to fulfil norms for the EC single market laid down by the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 10 | In practice , this means that the analyst needs to take account of such factors as the rules , regulations , and criteria for performance laid down by the parent organisation . |
| 11 | Within the requirements laid down by the Franks Report of the need for openness , fairness and impartiality , the objective is to achieve a formal procedure with an informal atmosphere . |
| 12 | The brief for the architects , Hunt Thompson Associates , from their housing association client , was to explore the suitability of the building for conversion into flats , subject to the standards and cost limits laid down by the Housing Corporation and the Department of the Environment . |
| 13 | ( b ) Formation of regulated consumer credit agreement The consumer credit agreement must contain certain information which is set forth in a prescribed manner laid down by the Consumer Credit ( Agreements ) Regulation 1983 ( SI 1983 No 1553 ) . |
| 14 | If he does cause a byelection , he will face the charge that he is not prepared to play by the rules laid down by the party conference . |
| 15 | Users had to present their data in ways laid down by the DP department ; they found themselves bound by the DP department 's priorities rather than by their own ; and , in addition , they had to compete with colleagues for use of the computer 's facilities . |
| 16 | They must conform to the pattern and standard size laid down by the Post Office . |
| 17 | It meets , and even surpasses , all the criteria laid down by the World Cup committee after the inaugural event in 1987 ; that there should be healthy commercial environment , that the event should be well supported and that it should take place in only one country . |
| 18 | They were to use a scale of marking laid down by the Forest Court of Attachment in 1790 — that is , one horse or two cows for each £4 per annum rent paid by the commoner , and one horse or two cows ‘ for every poor cottager having a family and right of commoning ’ . |
| 19 | A possible example is Article 35 ( 2 ) of the Statute of the International Court which makes the Court open to non-parties upon conditions laid down by the Security Council . |
| 20 | House dating back to 1475 , lived in by the Proby family since the early 17th century . |
| 21 | This resolution was offered as a substitute for that reported out by the Budget Committee , and if accepted would give the president virtually all the cuts he had asked for . |
| 22 | I came in by the south door as usual and locked both it and the door in the grille after me . |
| 23 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 24 | The indignation stirred up by the gutter press in Nuremberg focuses on Dr Fohrbeck 's religious convictions . |
| 25 | ‘ You went out and came back by the yard door ? ’ |
| 26 | The specks of dust consisting of heavier particles flung off by the Sun aggregate into larger lumps ( a process which can be duplicated in a laboratory ) . |
| 27 | Application 02/91/0180 for a residential development on this land was made by the Land and Properties Sub-Committee , and turned down by the Planning Committee on 4th April 1991 . |
| 28 | This clock can be turned on by the START signal , causing the motor to run at a stepping rate equal to the clock frequency , and turned off by the STOP signal , in which case the motor is halted . |
| 29 | It is hoped that the managers , spurred on by the profit motive , will have an incentive to improve efficiency , as will the workforce , aware that the state will not be there to bail out loss-making enterprises . |
| 30 | However , the atmosphere was so friendly and relaxed that it was n't long before we made lots of friends and , spurred on by the Animation Team , joined in the occasional game of volleyball or tennis — you can hire racquets and even have expert tuition if you want to improve on your technique . |