Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All around him , the other England players gradually acclimatised to their new surroundings , pleasantly suprised by the facilities laid on by the Indian authorities . |
| 2 | The hospitality extended to a good meal , and before leaving we were given the facilities of a nearby chateau , where the jeep driver and I had the luxury of a hot bath , laid on by the local Mayor . |
| 3 | UN specialists say that the regulations , plans and treaties agreed on by the Mediterranean countries have not significantly curbed the outpouring of sewage and industrial effluent from the 360 million people who live around the Mediterranean basin . |
| 4 | A statement agreed on by the Foreign Ministers asserted " the illegitimacy of all forms of Israeli settlement " in the occupied territories and stressed the importance of " full UN participation " and " effective EC participation " in the peace process . |
| 5 | Each Tuesday he meets his unelected Cabinet , the Executive Council , and they approve — ‘ rubber stamp ’ is how critics describe it — legislation passed on by the Civil Service . |
| 6 | What I do not possess , however , is any suitable travelling clothes — that is to say , clothes in which I might be seen driving the car — unless I were to don the suit passed on by the young Lord Chalmers during the war , which despite being clearly too small for me , might be considered ideal in terms of tone . |
| 7 | And just as human wisdom is only perceived and passed on by the human spirit inside us , so it is with the truth of God . |
| 8 | This reiterates the whole catch-all section 2 of the Official Secrets Act of 1911 , as well as the scale of punishments laid down by the Official Secrets Act of 1920 for those who |
| 9 | Procedural due process is a matter of the right procedures for judging whether some citizen has violated laws laid down by the political procedures ; if we accept it as a virtue , we want courts and similar institutions to use procedures of evidence , discovery , and review that promise the right level of accuracy and otherwise treat people accused of violation as people in that position ought to be treated . |
| 10 | 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. |
| 11 | ‘ In determining any question as to the meaning or effect of any provision contained in Schedule 4 — ( a ) regard shall be had to any relevant principles laid down by the European Court in connection with Title II of the 1968 Convention and to any relevant decision of that court as to the meaning or effect of any provision of that Title ; … |
| 12 | Does the Foreign Secretary accept that there should be general acceptance of the criteria laid down by the European Community on recognition , but that there might be some stricture about the speed of recognition , especially for Yugoslavia ? |
| 13 | Procedures laid down by the International Stock Exchange of the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland Limited ( " the Stock Exchange " ) may be relevant if either the vendor or purchaser are quoted companies or are subsidiaries of quoted companies . |
| 14 | The Acts include a general clause which says that the corporation should keep proper accounting records and should present its accounts in a form laid down by the relevant Secretary of State . |
| 15 | So the Minister has to be very clear , when he comes to the Dispatch Box , whether any company applying to take over STG subsidiaries will be required to take on board the specifications laid down by the disabled persons transport advisory committee . |
| 16 | They claim for each piece of work done and are paid according to rates laid down by the Dental Estimates Board . |
| 17 | Laid down by the Supreme Court . |
| 18 | The Yorkshire Television helicopter , which had lifted the crew in , landed in pitch darkness , totally against the ground rules laid down by the Civil Aviation Authority , and lifted out the film equipment . |
| 19 | For two and a half years she has received no medical attention and has thus been denied one of the most basic conditions laid down by the United Nations for the detention of prisoners awaiting trial — namely , the right to choose her own doctor . |
| 20 | The LCCI Examinations Board Retailing NVQ Certificate have been developed by the Board to meet the criteria for accreditation laid down by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 21 | For his purposes data sheets are ideal and standard tests laid down by the national standards institutions are the methods that he uses . |
| 22 | British Nuclear Fuels has always denied that its operations cause the sort of dangers alleged by its critics , and affirmed that its discharges and exposure levels are kept within the limits laid down by the regulatory authorities . |
| 23 | They do not only meet the minimum standards laid down by the English Tourist Board but the even higher standards set by the Brighton and Hove Accommodation Standards Joint Committee ( see the Tourist Charter information on page ii ) . |
| 24 | the local community — to decide within the broad financial constraints laid down by the local authority and in accordance with more general policies , what pattern of schooling would be best suited to the needs of the local community . |
| 25 | " The European Council notes that 11 member states desire to continue on the path laid down by the Social Charter in 1989 [ see p. 37132 ] . |
| 26 | Their purpose is to activate local debate but on terms laid down by the dominant ideology . |
| 27 | Some of these legendary figures may be dead , so , for instance , the Yorkshire Ripper took up a mantle laid down by the original Ripper in the last century . |
| 28 | Forearm and shin guards must also be worn in accordance with the strict safety standards laid down by the governing body . |
| 29 | She knelt down by the low window , put her head on her arms and cried bitterly . |
| 30 | When once the German impetus had exhausted itself , ground down by the lethal barrages from the Bois Bourrus guns , the inevitable French riposte would — within 24 hours — push the survivors back again . |