Example sentences of "are [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact , pay-scales are mostly fixed by reference to other jobs in their sector rather than the rest of the art world , let alone in industry or the professions . |
| 2 | Under a contract of sale , these rules are reflected by the rule that damages for non-delivery or non-acceptance are normally assessed by reference to the market price rule ( SGA 1979 , ss50,51 ) . |
| 3 | The terms of the review are best illustrated by reference to the contrast between the field of social policy and the discipline of sociology . |
| 4 | Some parts of the new law are best explained by reference to the defects of the old , e.g. s.5(4) is difficult to understand without reference to Moynes v Coopper [ 1956 ] 1 QB 439 . |
| 5 | Benefits under a tax-approved company pension scheme are always limited by reference to earnings from the company . |
| 6 | Benefits under a tax-approved company pension scheme are always limited by reference to earnings from the company . |
| 7 | The welfare gains from decentralization are often considered by reference to those deadweight losses that result from centralization ( Oates 1972 ) . |
| 8 | If we go on to admit that the latter are partially justified by appeal to the former , we reintroduce the circle of conditional justification whose sceptical consequence was that nothing was ever actually justified . |
| 9 | Over half ( nine ) of the female characters are initially typified by reference to physical characteristics . |
| 10 | Locke explains how property rights are initially obtained by reference to the labour expended on the property by the acquirer . |
| 11 | Concentration on the imposition of duties does not , however , distort our understanding of authority since all the other functions authorities may have are ultimately explained by reference to the imposition of duties . |
| 12 | I say this because these bods are completely enraptured by N-JOI to the point of becoming mere vessels for affirmative emotions . |