Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by this " in BNC.
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| 1 | In recent years the head offices of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael have taken steps to increase their influence on this process , and have aroused the resentment of local favourites whose chances of nomination have been jeopardised by this " interference " . |
| 2 | By the time he 'd got it , the two dead girls the scribe wanted to see had been joined by this third . |
| 3 | The European Convention on Human Rights has not been made part of our law by statute , so it does not in itself create rights enforceable in our courts ; but having been ratified by this country it is binding on us as a matter of international law . |
| 4 | It had been realised by this time that , even if polythene did not fit into the then accepted mould for plastics , which tended to be glassy substances like polystyrene and Perspex , it might still be useful . |
| 5 | They are easy to find and children are fascinated by this unit . |
| 6 | I place it on record that Blackbird Leys , Barton and the other parts of Oxford that are plagued by this menace are good places , with a terrific community spirit . |
| 7 | These simple propositions are truisms , but their importance and the dangers of departing from them are highlighted by this appeal , which we allowed on 13 March 1992 . |
| 8 | Chemical weathering is of the greatest importance in producing fine material , as clay minerals are formed by this process . |
| 9 | The birch forests of Siberia , so upright , so elegant in autumn , had been broken by this winter campaign . |
| 10 | Athelstan felt pleased , even more so as the great frost had been broken by this sudden bright snap as if Christ himself wanted the weather to improve for his great feast day . |
| 11 | There is mounting suspicion , too , that Britain 's market in cars , car parts and servicing has been poisoned by this system . |
| 12 | " Ladies and gentlemen , I need not tell you how we are ravaged by this disease in Krishnapur ! |
| 13 | But the Wills Act 1968 provides that if a will is already duly executed with two other qualified witnesses , the attestation of any person who would have been caught by this rule must be disregarded . |
| 14 | He could get items that had once been owned by this author or that author , and there was a market for these , particularly for letters . |
| 15 | The internal politics of the profession in a recession economy have not been resolved by this scheme ( Smith and Thomas 1978 ) but it illustrates the irrecon-cilable tensions between individual economic advancement , collegiate unity and community/client interest , tensions which were recognised by our respondents . |
| 16 | Perhaps Webern was aiming at just such a lack of definition , and certainly many composers have been attracted by this very quality , as well as by his intellectualism , over the last thirty years . |
| 17 | Trade union representatives saw themselves as being accountable either to their respective trade union or to the regional TUC ( the nominating body ) , although virtually no employers ' representatives saw themselves as being accountable to regional or national CBI and many were unaware they had been nominated by this body . |
| 18 | They tell me their communities are sickened by this latest outrage . |
| 19 | But this issue has not been the subject of legislation , nor previously been considered by this court or the House of Lords , and in such circumstances the alternatives are either to dismiss the appeal despite the relevance of article 10 and wait for Parliament to reconsider the state of the law ; or , as the courts have from time to time demonstrated their ability and willingness to do , venture into relatively unchartered waters and declare the present state of the law . |
| 20 | The only occasion upon which they appear to have been considered by this court was in Reg. v. McNiff [ 1986 ] Crim.L.R. 57 , in respect of which we have been helpfully provided with a transcript of the judgment . |
| 21 | We have not addressed whether the protein that recognises this DNA element will also recognise RNA nor have we addressed whether any mRNA molecules are encoded by this region of the PPT promoter . |
| 22 | 6.6 Insofar as this Agreement is less restrictive or onerous on the recipient Party in respect of the disclosure or use of any particular information than any undertaking given by the recipient Party prior to the execution of this Agreement in respect of the same information , such information shall to such extent be deemed to have been superseded by this Agreement . |
| 23 | This page enables you to provide information about any DCs which have been superseded by this DC , up to a maximum of 10 . |
| 24 | There will then be all sorts of rumours buzzing through servants ' halls up and down the country to the effect that he has been approached by this or that personage or that several of the highest houses are competing for his services with wildly high wages . |
| 25 | The first three chapters of I Corinthians are dominated by this problem . |
| 26 | They perceive it as standing for the interest of society as a whole , and are constrained by this ideological view to tolerate its infringements of their sectarian interests , providing that these are not too severe . |
| 27 | Three adults who have been prepared by this group will be received into the Church at the Easter Vigil . |
| 28 | In the case of the ACCA , we have been able to identify only one listed company whose auditors are regulated by this body , while the ICAS regulates the auditors of 15 listed companies . |
| 29 | There are , nevertheless , tensions between the conservative and liberal variants of the normativist style which are revealed by this study . |
| 30 | I take that view because the point has never been decided by this court or in the House of Lords and , as I have explained above , this court , in considering whether private corporations can sue for libel at common law , has not laid down any principle which is conclusive of the point raised in this case . |