Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the meticulous Davis was the last player one would expect to lose in such a manner , the six-times Masters champion retained his reputation for sportsmanship by the grace with which he accepted the verdict . |
| 2 | Most of the Kabye living in Lomé had been rounded up for protection by the army , saying their houses had been ransacked by the Ewes . |
| 3 | Some of the documents are those listed above for preparation by the seller 's conveyancer ; some will be those received from the buyer 's conveyancer . |
| 4 | The research showed there to be virtually no knowledge among arts projects personnel of available strategies for guiding schools in staff development except for a recognition of criteria by which to identify schools ready for development ( Shipman 's concept of a ‘ healthy school ’ in Slater 1985 ; viz. a recognition of the need for change by the school staff , a supportive headteacher , the active involvement of a senior member of staff , and a professionally interactive staff ) . |
| 5 | A couple of years ago I was staying in Malham for a few days and decided to set out one morning for Attermire by the old pack lane from Settle to Malham . |
| 6 | The NEA comes up for re-authorisation next spring , while the current chairman has recently rejected grant applications recommended for funding by the advisory Council on the Arts . |
| 7 | Thank you for your letter of 8th July about suitable projects for funding by the Rural Development Programme 1993/94 . |
| 8 | At 5.30 am on the Tuesday after the Sale , Gilbert Clark jnr. , went straight from night shift to St. Andrew 's & St. George 's , where he and his father , Gilbert snr. , of St. Columba's-by-the-castle , shifted several tons of waste paper for removal by the lorry due at 7.30am . |
| 9 | The spoken word has vast opportunities for variety by the use of tone , stress , inflexion and in the way that our words are delivered . |
| 10 | An epidemic of infertility caused by widespread toxic contamination means that known ‘ breeders ’ are herded together and eventually selected for insemination by the powerful . |
| 11 | Not only manufacturers are involved ; retailers must ensure that appropriate labels are displayed , and records of furniture supplied must be retained for 5 years and be available for inspection by the Trading Standards Office . |
| 12 | Lifeboats from several European lifeboat services assembled at Oslo for inspection by the delegates , including two from the RNLI . |
| 13 | An Italian , Gionesca , was absent from parade one morning as we lined up for inspection by the Sergeant-Major ; Corporal Herve , a scarred Frenchman who had taken over from Vigno as duty NCO , went upstairs to find him . |
| 14 | The significance of the support system is that these messages are not held for inspection by the children themselves ; rather , it is the action of the adult doing this — by simple repetition — that brings the message into the children 's awareness . |
| 15 | It was one of five selected selected for inspection by the Assessors from a total entry of 15 . |
| 16 | However they should no longer be used for summative assessment and need not be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor . |
| 17 | When case studies and assignments are being used for summative assessment they should be retained for inspection by the Subject Assessor . |
| 18 | The Society shall maintain a list containing the name , registered office and other place or places of business of every body for the time being recognised by the Council under these Rules , which list shall be available for inspection by the public . |
| 19 | ( f ) directors ' service contracts to be available for inspection by the company 's members ( s318 ) ; |
| 20 | Members was raised and it was decided to defer this for decision by the A.G.M. as to the merit of the suggestion , and if agreed , whom the Society would wish to make Hon. |
| 21 | The motion that the Prime Minister has proposed for decision by the House tonight is intended to be so meaningless that any Tory Member can vote for it while interpreting it to suit himself or herself . |
| 22 | Loss of effectiveness in a shock US is amply demonstrated , for instance by the loss of the CR that occurs with prolonged training . |
| 23 | Angered for instance by the archetypal ‘ freaky ’ artist of their student days , ‘ with special whiskers and special sandals ’ , they adopted formal suits . |
| 24 | Indeed , this sexual labelling had less to do with actual sexual practices than with the extent to which young women 's behaviour conformed to the popular ideas of ‘ femininity ’ — for instance by the use of swear words or loud behaviour , ( this is more fully discussed in Sue Lees , 1986 ) . |
| 25 | Secondly , as Smart points out , later in the 1950s prostitution came to be linked with fears about immigration , not only , she suggests , because prostitutes were often linked with pimps who were , for example , Maltese , West Indian or Italian , but because it was also believed , for instance by the Wolfenden Committee and many in Parliament , that the ranks of prostitutes were being swollen by large numbers of immigrant women . |
| 26 | A new American–based organisation the American Friends of the Warburg Institute has been set up to raise funds that will allow research to continue through the enhancement of the collections ( for instance by the purchase of scholarly databases ) and the promotion of its function as a international research centre . |
| 27 | This charge will not be limited to the straightforward case where a shareholder elects to take scrip in place of a particular cash dividend , but will also cover other arrangements which achieve a similar result , for instance by the issue of a separate class of shares carrying the right to a stock dividend . |
| 28 | Gaddafi again held out the possibility of handing over the two men for trial by the Arab League in an Arab country , saying such a solution would be ‘ fine ’ . |
| 29 | This generous loan from the Vatican is in exchange for payment by the German episcopal conference for a new air conditioning system in the Vatican Library 's book stacks , a deal arranged by the Stuttgart Belser-Verlag which also paid for the exhibition 's catalogue ( by Jonathan Alexander , Eberhard König , Jean Michel Massing and others ; DM98 ) . |
| 30 | Held , ( 1 ) that section 18(1) and ( 2 ) authorised an order for payment by the board of that part of the costs of the proceedings determined in the defendant 's favour incurred by him personally at any time when he was not receiving legal aid and was thus an unassisted person ; that , accordingly , the House had jurisdiction under the section to order payment by the board of the defendant 's costs incurred before the issue of his legal aid certificate ; and that the appropriate course was to adjourn the defendant 's application under regulation 143 of the Regulations of 1989 for him to pursue his claim in accordance with regulation 147 ( post , pp. 199G , 201A–B , E , H — 202A , 203B–D ) . |