Example sentences of "be [verb] by [noun] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Denktash had been rebuked by Boutros-Ghali on Nov. 6 for being " in total opposition to all UN resolutions , to the society of nations and to the Security Council " , refusing to accept the return of refugees , insisting on two separate states and separate sovereignty , rejecting the proposed map and refusing to hand over Varosh , the Greek suburb of Famagusta , to UN administration . |
| 2 | A further comparison is made between pensioners ' clubs which are organised by volunteers on behalf of charitable bodies and those which are run by old people for themselves . |
| 3 | The fact was , that he made the journey ; shabby and penniless , he had to look up addresses of kinsfolk in English towns ; he had been robbed by con-men on board the ship , for Dad was a simple , trusting person , one might say , naive . |
| 4 | Chlorinated solvents have been produced by ICI on Merseyside for over 50 years but new ways to develop and expand the business in the face of stiff international competition are continually being sought . |
| 5 | COMPANY bosses are leading by example on pay restraint . |
| 6 | Mental repetition has been shown by research on basketball players to be as effective as going through the actions . |
| 7 | Relevant constitutional changes , including the enfranchisement of EC citizens in municipal elections , had been approved by parliament on Nov. 17 . |
| 8 | On Nov. 29 , 1989 , Bush signed a $305,000 million military authorization for fiscal 1990 ( beginning Oct. 1 , 1989 ) , which had been approved by Congress on Nov. 19 after prolonged debate . |
| 9 | His decision followed an examination of the material and a withdrawal of Rubino 's objections to its broadcast on the grounds that the only excerpts which related to client-attorney confidentiality had already been aired by CNN on Nov. 9 . |
| 10 | Entrenched positions may be established easily between the two with the result that claims are prepared and argued merely to prevent loss of face when in reality the matter could and should have been settled by discussion on site when the problems arose . |
| 11 | The treaty 's economic implications had been underlined by Kuchma on Oct. 31 when he claimed that Ukraine 's budget did not permit " the multi-billion dollar expense " involved in removing strategic missiles . |
| 12 | The new booklets complement those already available on assessments ( regulation 6 ) , health surveillance ( regulation 11 ) , setting in-house occupational exposure limits ( regulation 7 ) , and information , instruction and training ( regulation 12 ) and will be joined by booklets on COSHH and product distribution , contractors and occupational exposure limits for mixtures , during the first quarter of this year . |
| 13 | The tort may be committed by entry on land , remaining on land , or by placing objects on land . |
| 14 | Had the Home Office research shown that the majority of offences within reported crime were thought to be committed by people on probation , under SSD supervision , or on community programmes , one could have understood a post-trial response . |
| 15 | One booking for any one day may be made by telephone on Harlow 635100 or by personal visit at Reception . |
| 16 | One booking on any one day may be made by telephone on Harlow 635100 or by personal visit at Reception . |
| 17 | He had drawn his sword and held it , not yet in challenge aloft , but where the naked blade could just be seen by men on horse-back . |
| 18 | The exact electoral procedure was to be approved by Parliament on Feb. 17 , with a first round of voting due on Feb. 23 . |
| 19 | All the sheep were on lower ground where they could be reached by men on horseback , and the womenfolk had laid in stocks of flour and yeast , so that there was no shortage of food . |
| 20 | But a decision whether nitrate contamination of water is to be reduced by curbs on land use or by treatment with untried technology is being held up by a conflict in Whitehall on whether farmers should be compensated for income losses resulting from land use controls ’ . |
| 21 | These heroic bouts of campaigning would be followed by discussions on aspects of international politics which would last well into the early hours . |
| 22 | English Third Division champions Cardiff City will be entertained by Derry on Sunday July 25 . |
| 23 | Influence is the process by which one person in an organisation , A , directs or modifies the behaviour or attitudes of another person , B. Influence can only be exerted by A on B if A has some kind of power from which the influence emanates . |
| 24 | Both points can be illustrated by studies on frogs . |
| 25 | Few unions intend to ballot their members paying the political levy before casting their block votes and most decisions will be taken by activists on executives or at union conferences . |
| 26 | It is open to public inspection ; as described above an official certificate may be obtained by application on Form 96 to confirm the land you are buying is not already registered ; and to confirm there 's no caution or priority notice against first registration registered against it . |
| 27 | On Sept. 29 , the Serbian Assembly adopted by 169 votes to 13 ( with 20 abstentions ) a constitutional amendment , to be confirmed by referendum on Oct. 11 , allowing early elections in the republic . |
| 28 | In Workman Clark v. Lloyd Brazileno ( 1908 C.A. ) the seller was building a vessel for the buyer and the price was to be paid by instalments on dates to be determined by reference to the stage of construction . |
| 29 | A role for this messenger in controlling mitosis has been supported by experiments on Xenopus embryos in which injection of heparin or a monoclonal antibody against PtdIns(4,5)P 2 was found to arrest the cell cycle . |
| 30 | Whether they would have been swayed by representations on behalf of any of the parties one knows not , but it is a defect in the proceedings which strengthens the application on the part of the local authority for reconsideration of the justices ' decision . |