Example sentences of "[prep] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm , and it 's quite an early start so it 's , it just makes it such a late night to for eating by the time you 've come out the cinema it 's erm |
| 2 | For all index-linked stocks issued prior to January , 1987 , it is necessary therefore to adjust downward their base for indexing by the multiplicative factor of 100/394.5 . |
| 3 | Plenty of that , no doubt , in this overgrown , untended woodland , even after it had been combed for firing by the urchins of the Foregate . |
| 4 | A spokeswoman said yesterday that the exact timescales depended on finding suitable alternative properties for the current occupiers of the builders ' yard , but the development is expected to be open for trading by the summer of next year . |
| 5 | The negotiations , under the auspices of the UN Economic Commission for Europe , aim to reach agreement on a new " sulphur protocol " , due to be ready for signing by the end of the year . |
| 6 | The first four sections of Chapter II of Part VII replace , with amendments , the concessions to smaller companies originally afforded by the 1981 Act as permitted by the Fourth Company Law Directive . |
| 7 | After lobbying by the company ( the only extant reference to the matter ) Gloucester found that it was a matter of mutual rancour , of no danger to the crown , and remitted it to the goldsmiths . |
| 8 | After lobbying by the company ( the only extant reference to the matter ) Gloucester found that it was a matter of mutual rancour , of no danger to the crown , and remitted it to the goldsmiths . |
| 9 | After marking by the tutor , the question and answer papers are returned to a moderator appointed by the Secretary of the NEC at the time of application who , in turn , returns them to the tutor . |
| 10 | While it was unquestionably the most important candidate for saving by the nation , if all efforts had been concentrated on it to the exclusion of others the nation would have lost Belton and Calke . |
| 11 | The scenery alongside is mostly dull and uninteresting with occasional vistas worth capturing by the camera , the rocky and indented coast contributing greatly . |
| 12 | Southend pumps its sewage into the sea after primary treatment ; the beach at Westcliff has just been called unsuitable for swimming by the Heinz Good Beach Guide . |
| 13 | The superiority of the abstract over the concrete , the theoretical over the practical , was taken for granted by the Greeks , and also by all education based on the classical model . |
| 14 | It is simply taken for granted by the public that curriculum and examinations go together . |
| 15 | More to the point is that the Discourse indicates the scientism of the period : it is taken for granted by the lecturer that Turner ought to paint a tree of a recognizable species , for example , and assumed that portrait painters are after an exact likeness . |
| 16 | Tillyard suggested the principle of order was so taken for granted by the age that it was rarely directly articulated — ‘ the utter commonplaces too familiar for the poets to make detailed use of except in explicitly didactic passages , but essential as basic assumptions and invaluable at moments of high passion ’ . |
| 17 | The first degree of love in Ego Dormio shown by an unshakeable adherence to the teaching of the Church and necessary to every man " will be safe " ( 63.91 ) seems to be taken for granted by the time of the later text . |
| 18 | Unless you are certain that you will finish the job in 24 hours , go for hiring by the week . |
| 19 | Sharing and co-operation between siblings can be observed , and if fights break out the method of handling by the parents provides on-the-spot evidence of management skills . |
| 20 | Mr Robert Mayor was n't too sure how he would vote in a council election , because of concern over reports of overspending by the hung Wirral authority and the effect on the poll tax . |
| 21 | If you need a little bit of nudging by the people working with you , er , then there 's a possible two points for the team . |
| 22 | Karen kept The Joy of Sex by the bed and The Joy of Cooking by the stove , and approached both activities with the same brash , cheerful , unsubtle gusto . |
| 23 | Symptoms of poisoning by the chemical , which is used in sheep dip , include nausea , headaches and muscle spasms . |
| 24 | The mice showed symptoms of poisoning by the Alexandrium toxins produced by phytoplankton , but comparisons with known Alexandrium toxins proved negative . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't like the idea of dying by the law , ’ said Silver . |
| 26 | Instead of dying by the age of about 40 , more were living to an age at which they could not continue to work and had to be supported . |
| 27 | From here , instead of returning by the same route , it is possible to descend the mountain 's opposite side by taking the other cog-wheel railway from the Rigi Kulm to Arth , the bottom station near the Arth-Goldau junction station on the Swiss Federal Railway main line from Luzern , Basel , Zurich and the Gotthard line . |
| 28 | To save time , I determined to cut straight across the desert to Afdam instead of returning by the longer route we had come by . |
| 29 | Instead of returning by the old fence , however , ( which looked much worse from the top ) , I continued down the main ridge until the final spur , but this was just as steep . |
| 30 | Accusations of cheating by the use of borrowed external power could easily be met . |