Example sentences of "[verb] by one [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the degree to which the maintenance behaviour is absorbed by several people appears to depend on the strength of the task-oriented actor(s) ; that is , if the group is dominated by one person , then , to restore balance to the group , most other members , for reasons which are difficult to understand , may adopt a consensus-seeking , team-building posture . |
| 2 | So a ‘ power ’ culture is dominated by one individual with the effect that others have little power . |
| 3 | This structure , made up of a succession of different levels or instances , is dominated by one form of production which forces the unity of any conjuncture , the non-economic structures determined ‘ in the last instance ’ by the economic ( 99 ) . |
| 4 | The accession of a child-king was also a dangerous time , especially if he , or indeed a mature monarch , was dominated by one group at the expense of others . |
| 5 | These are usually made up of a central pit or cup , surrounded by one ring or concentric rings or spiral turns . |
| 6 | Information disclosed by one party to another in the course of negotiations will be subject to the obligation of confidence where information relates to the subject matter of the negotiations and has the necessary quality of confidence . |
| 7 | Langhorne was it just then , and the race was won by one A. J. Foyt , not by Mario , who came in ninth in his Windmill Truckers Special : for $637 , to be split with the owners , and with hands like hamburgers . |
| 8 | The 72-hole tussle ended square at two games each but the countback , including a recount , concluded that XEU had won by one hole . |
| 9 | The move was attacked by one union leader as just another attempt to drive down wages . |
| 10 | The Doctor ordered Howard to stop the car at the top of the road leading down into the city , weighing up the risks of being attacked by one side or the other . |
| 11 | A horse that has been continually galloped by one owner , is not going to change its expectations of being ridden just because it has been bought by someone who wants to travel at a more sedate speed ! |
| 12 | The symbolic importance of cabinet members being regularly drawn into the White House ambit was stressed by one participant . |
| 13 | A 5 p.c. reduction in gross margins on lower-margin desk-top computer products and the weakness in the market were blamed for last year 's downturn but ICL says its share of the British computer market rose by one point to 19 p.c . |
| 14 | Referring to dual seats , the HSE has long advocated that tractor cabs should only be occupied by one person . |
| 15 | a large transient hotel with a high percentage of double rooms , very often occupied by one person only ; therefore : |
| 16 | This case before me definitely raises the question of the contractual duty of a person who lets a furnished house lately occupied by one suffering from an infectious disease . |
| 17 | The volume occupied by one mole of the gas at its critical temperature and pressure is called its critical volume , Vc . |
| 18 | Here the houses would be occupied by one family and not by a dozen or more assorted tenants . |
| 19 | Only one person remarkably said that Oxford United would win by one goal to nil , I think loads of people go for the three ones or the four ones or things like that . |
| 20 | Life on board these opulent ships was claimed by one tourist to be ‘ the perfection of human existence ’ : electric light , carpets , libraries , ladies ' saloons , gleaming brass , and white-robed servants with red tarbooshes to provide excellent service . |
| 21 | A. All the machinery in the picture is owned by one farmer in East Anglia . |
| 22 | For example the leases of the factories may be owned by one service company whereas the long term supply or customer contracts are held by a different company . |
| 23 | If , for example , the rugs in a sale belong to a number of different vendors , it is extremely unlikely that they will be allowed to exchange an item owned by one owner for something owned by another . |
| 24 | Affray may be committed by one individual , and , like the other offences , it may be committed in a private place . |
| 25 | An agreement to induce a breach of contract might be thought to fall outside this protection because inducement is a tort if committed by one person , but this is not so if the inducement is protected by section 13(1) . |
| 26 | Divorce of this kind was first introduced into English law by the Matrimonial Causes Act 1857 , and from then until 1969 it was based upon the doctrine that some matrimonial offence ( such as adultery or desertion ) must have been committed by one spouse before the other could obtain relief . |
| 27 | What they have in mind here is the common situation that , while hunting , the quarry is first wounded by one hunter 's spear but ultimately brought down by another spear thrown by a second huntsman . |
| 28 | Mr Peter Giddings , Test Valley council treasurer , said : ‘ We were approached by one village shopkeeper in financial trouble who asked if there was anything we could do . |
| 29 | But there are many routes at VS to E1 , which are approached by one abseil from the rim . |
| 30 | Erm , are now in the process of following up to see if who has made er the switch to the new regime , and I have been approached by one project leader who has two programmers who refused to change , and has asked for help . |