Example sentences of "be [vb pp] by them [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The deputy head took a similar view , saying that it was constructive , that good points had come out — for example , that relationships were good — and that it had been taken constructively by staff in general because all the things that had been criticized had already been criticized by them in the self-appraisal . |
| 2 | As in the case of the banks , the assets of these institutions represent paper claims against money which has been lent by them to the public sector , to industry and to persons . |
| 3 | Though she had said she was too young for them she had been enraptured by them in a tiny jeweller 's in Pollensa but Fernando had hurried her away saying he would buy her the real thing one day . |
| 4 | that ‘ would be inconsistent in any respect with any statement of planning policy adopted by the county planning authority or with any proposals of theirs for development which in either case have been notified by them to the district planning authority ’ . |
| 5 | Despite some of the language problems he grew to know and like the black and white constables of the patrols to which he was attached ; and to be accepted by them as a trusted companion under fire . |
| 6 | He was , however , concerned that information obtained by the SFO might be disclosed to other authorities , and might be used by them for a prosecution ; this concern did not lead him to believe that it would be proper to order the disclosure of the transcript to the SFO without any conditions . |
| 7 | court of appeal decision : unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendant could be used by them at the trial . |
| 8 | Even if the workers themselves made no contribution to the scheme it was argued that the cost of family allowance schemes to the employers would be used by them as an excuse to reduce wages or at least hold back wage increases or to put up prices . |
| 9 | Most importantly , the event will be experienced by them as a reality which is happening in the here and now and not as a replay of frightening and damaging early experiences . |
| 10 | In May 1412 a treaty ( that of Bourges ) was sealed between Henry IV and the dukes of Berry , Bourbon , and Orléans which gave the English king much of what his predecessors had spent years fighting for : a recognition that Aquitaine was rightfully English , and an undertaking to help the king defend it ; the cession of twenty important towns and castles ; and agreement that certain lands , notably Poitou , were to be held by them of the English crown , and would revert to it when the present holders died . |
| 11 | Darlington argues persuasively that Marx believed the process of evolution to be by direct Lamarkian and not by indirect Darwinian , or selective means : that is to say , that the environment in which individuals found themselves operated directly upon them to adjust them to it and that the adjustments were transmitted by them to the next generation ; and not that , fortuitous mutations having occurred in the genetic package , they would when favourable equip the mutant for greater success in the given environment than the unmutated form could achieve . |
| 12 | Before exploring some of the attitudes held towards the issue of assessment by the arts teachers interviewed , it might help to look at the philosophies being advanced by them towards the teaching of their respective specialisms . |
| 13 | In this case the findings of the justices and their reasons , so far as concerns the making of the order for costs , were announced by them in the following terms : |
| 14 | No further action is planned by them at the moment . |
| 15 | Under TA 1988 , s677(10) there shall be treated as a capital sum paid to the settlor by the trustees of the settlement any sum which is paid by them to a third party at the settlor 's direction or by virtue of the assignment by him of his right to receive it or is otherwise paid or applied by the trustees for the benefit of the settlor and which would not otherwise be treated as a capital sum paid to the settlor . |
| 16 | ( 3 ) Where co-owners of an estate or interest in any land , … not being itself partnership property , are partners as to profits made by the use of that land or estate , and purchase other land or estate out of the profits to be used in like manner , the land or estate so purchased belongs to them , in the absence of an agreement to the contrary , not as partners but as co-owners for the same respective estates and interests as are held by them in the land or estate first mentioned at the date of the purchase . |
| 17 | Medicines do not come without risks , and patients are harmed by them through no fault of the drug or the prescriber . |
| 18 | Cromwell had thrown in his lot with the Levellers when it suited him two years before and so was regarded by them as no better than a mutineer himself when he turned against them . |
| 19 | In the present case , the primary argument of the revenue has been that the repayment of sums paid by Woolwich was made by them on a voluntary basis , i.e. that the payment was repaid ex gratia . |
| 20 | He was not in control of security and Ho Chi Minh ( as we may now begin to call him ) was suspected by them as a Japanese spy . |
| 21 | R. v. Ford Motor Company ( 1974 ) caused the Court of Appeal to consider two questions — ( i ) Had the defendants ‘ applied ’ the trade description ‘ new ’ when a car was supplied by them to a dealer for him to sell to a customer ? ( ii ) Was the trade description ‘ new ’ a false one in this case ? |
| 22 | When it was suggested to them as a possibility it was understood by them as an opportunity for a breathing space in the absence of any other alternative . |
| 23 | Had the situation been different and plastic bullets had been fired , the longer-term consequence would have been to have moved the police significantly towards the position where the use of baton rounds was perceived by them as an appropriate method of crowd dispersal during large-scale civil disturbance . |
| 24 | Mitch Cook 's free-kick was hacked clear to Steve O'Shaughnessy on the edge of the box , where the Bradford old boy he was released by them as a youngster let fly with a powerful right-foot shot which Bradford keeper Paul Tomlinson allowed to slip under his body . |