Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The groups formed by the females and kids are small , and solitary animals , usually males , are far from uncommon . |
| 2 | In addition to the services of every kind asked by the voters , effective management would also involve the politician in substantial expenses , for any major political figure owed it to his position in society to give generously for any public concern . |
| 3 | A good proportion of our work concerned our availability to act as an unacknowledged arm of the social welfare service to drug users in crisis situations , providing a front-line service for the ‘ speed freaks who 's OD 'd on the results of a bent script ’ , or the ‘ acid heads having a bad trip ’ , for we were in the streets , the pubs , the clubs , the crash pads , and communal houses frequented by the new ‘ alternative society ’ . |
| 4 | When this last measure failed to force some authorities sufficiently into line , the Conservative government , in 1984 , introduced a measure called rate capping that made it illegal for authorities designated by the Secretary of State to levy more than a certain amount in rates , their only form of independent finance . |
| 5 | In 1878 she published a novel Change upon Change ( American title , A Reed Shaken by the Wind , 1873 ) and in 1872–3 made her first visit to North America . |
| 6 | From these expressions it is clear that , for specific choices of initial data , the curvature singularity formed by the interacting waves degenerates to a coordinate singularity . |
| 7 | The baby had rejected milk given by the foster mother . |
| 8 | He found it hard to believe that the 3 per cent of allegations of racial discrimination sustained by the authority could reflect the true picture , and he supported an independent investigatory agency to handle all aspects of complaints against the police . |
| 9 | The primary source of this would be accounts given by the Banking , Insurance and Finance Union . |
| 10 | Volume was measured separately for each outstanding futures contract by the number of contracts traded during the day . |
| 11 | The impetus behind this increase was probably provided by a decision given by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 which declared forced segregation unconstitutional in all public educational institutions . |
| 12 | The recurrence of Gough 's injury looks , if the reaction of his team-mates was a reliable barometer , to be a serious one and is the latest blow sustained by the Ibrox captain in a season that has been punctuated by mishaps . |
| 13 | Outside stood a young man in oilskins , the hood blowing back from a soaking tangle of brown hair blackened by the rain , and one hand gripping a duffel bag . |
| 14 | The table below gives an indication of possible early encashment values per £1,000 of single premium invested and are calculated in accordance with the rules prescribed by the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) . |
| 15 | The establishment of the NIRC was a political act aimed at trying to contain trade union power within particular rules prescribed by the Industrial Relations Act 1971 . |
| 16 | The cynic may perhaps be forgiven for commenting that the freedom given by the Use Classes Order and the GDO is so hedged by restrictions , and frequently so difficult to comprehend ( though he may note with relief that painting is not subject to control , unless it is ‘ for purpose of advertisement , announcement or direction ’ ) that it would be safer to assume that any operation constitutes development and requires planning permission . |
| 17 | Differences between the studies include the fact that Canadian workers ‘ receive a substantial proportion ( 20–40% ) of their total exposure as an internal dose ( largely due to tritium ) , ’ that workers in Ontario did not have the types of chemical exposure received by the Sellafield workers , and that some of the control fathers with high doses were uranium miners . |
| 18 | Many of the activities undertaken by the partnership can be provided by a school without using this form of organisation . |
| 19 | The proportion allocated , it says , reflects an assessment of the activities undertaken by the manager in pursuit of the company 's investment objectives . |
| 20 | Users must be fully isolated from any development activities undertaken by the Computer Group . |
| 21 | This implies a rejection of any activities undertaken by the mass of the population ( always with the exception of direct revolutionary action ) as a possible basis for learning about the future development of our society . |
| 22 | As one of its responses to the International Statistical Year , the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development had commissioned a comparative study of national R and D efforts , based on an officially agreed definition of research and development activity ; the so-called ‘ Frascati definition ’ , named after one of a number of pleasant resorts favoured by the OECD for conferences . |
| 23 | Diamant A rockets also placed into orbit three satellites developed by the CNES . |
| 24 | Nevertheless , there is bound to be substantial job displacement and creation , and the various tendencies highlighted by the Council for Science and Society ( CSS 1981 ) , and by such writers as Mike Cooley ( n.d. ) and Tony Watts ( 1983 ) , have to be taken seriously . |
| 25 | More than forty thousand people were moved from the old city centre to make way for the new buildings , but even though stereotyped blocks of flats were put up around the site of the palace and were in many cases completed by the spring of 1988 , they remained empty until after the revolution . |
| 26 | The Maggot 's Beechcraft clawed higher , its progress punctuated by the alarm sirens that the Maggot ignored and which the senator had learned not to worry about . |
| 27 | It 's not clear how many people participated in the event in Britain or elsewhere by carrying out local ascents , raising sponsorship for the ten lifeline projects designated by the United Nations . |
| 28 | It were a bit charred by the lightning , but they plugged it in and music came out and the words to the music came up on the little television screen . ’ |
| 29 | In each of the cases heard by the jurors , the excuses for the withdrawal of statutory funding was slightly different . |
| 30 | This is achieved by limiting the range of cases heard by the High Court , by extending the jurisdiction of the county court , ensuring that , in most cases , the same remedies are available in the county court as in the High Court , amending the transfer system , reviewing the costs sanction system that applies when a case is taken inappropriately in the High Court , improving the trial facilities at county courts by concentrating trials at centres where continuous trial facilities are available , providing new centres , creating a new tier of Circuit judges to take additional civil jurisdiction burdens , and increasing the number of people eligible for appointment as county court and district registrars or district judges . |