Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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. |
| 5 | ‘ 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 ; … |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Laid down by the Supreme Court . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 ) . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | " 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 ] . |
| 15 | Their purpose is to activate local debate but on terms laid down by the dominant ideology . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Forearm and shin guards must also be worn in accordance with the strict safety standards laid down by the governing body . |
| 18 | She knelt down by the low window , put her head on her arms and cried bitterly . |
| 19 | The years of abundance in America began in 1950 with the defence expenditure triggered off by the Korean War , and the boom continued with only a hiccup or two of recession in 1954 and 1958 . |
| 20 | We drew up by the main entrance and Tony and I went through the swing doors at speed and headed for the secretary 's office . |
| 21 | It 's possible that he tiptoed down the passage and came in by the main door . |
| 22 | The corals were presumably killed off in glacial periods by emersion , by the decrease in sea temperature and by the increased amount of mud stirred up by the lowered sea level . |
| 23 | Not for them the comprehensibility or even the logic spelt out by the Prime Minister shortly after his election as leader of the Conservative party when he rightly said that there was something wrong with a tax that resulted in 50 per cent . |
| 24 | Interestingly , the message spelt out by the ideological right in the United States is rejected by the ideological right in Britain . |
| 25 | She ran back through the kitchen and down the steps into the lower scullery , but when she came out by the back door and looked across to the wall , Tristram was not be seen . |
| 26 | It was unfair to the defendant and came about by the calculated action of the police to lull Newall into a false sense of security , he added . |
| 27 | A-cups are Janet-Reger-ites , turned on by the decadent thrill of spending enormous sums on scraps of silk only their lovers will ever see . |
| 28 | Shone on by the temperate sun , it stretched |
| 29 | At first sight this provision might seem to be a contradiction in terms , but some light is cast upon it by the Declaration appended at the end of the Single European Act , which , whatever its legal status may be , states that the conference considered that the provisions of Article 130R(5) ( 2 ) did not affect the principles resulting from the judgment handed down by the European Court in the ERTA case . |
| 30 | She turned up ten days later , stranded on a coral reef in the Bahamas with most of her gear missing and her starboard bilges half ripped out by the savage coral heads . |