Example sentences of "[adj] by [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in a more sophisticated sense it means that the level of unemployment ‘ is not controllable by variations in demand-management ’ [ ibid. , 96 ] . |
| 2 | But there are fears that the MPC could wind up staffed by members of France 's closely knit financial elite , whose pals roam the corridors of political power . |
| 3 | These are driven direct by gears on the radio-controlled servo output spindles . |
| 4 | But if we begin from situations in which the community does not find it necessary to impose standards , we find , in the very simplest cases , full confidence and agreement in evaluating , untroubled by worries over differences of taste . |
| 5 | The skin was unbroken and smooth , as if it were now untroubled by worries in endless sleep . |
| 6 | Our biggest problem is non-attendance authorised by parents for what might be considered unacceptable reasons . |
| 7 | Although there was plenty of loutish and rough behaviour in public by groups of juveniles , there was always a counterbalancing influence within male culture . |
| 8 | An excellent example of such a walk has been developed and waymarked by councils in the eastern county of Gwent — a move which in itself is a sign of changed official attitudes and priorities . |
| 9 | He is also facing an inquiry over the taxpayer picking up part of his £24,000 bill to evict a self-styled sex therapist from his home and was embarrassed by revelations about his Access card . |
| 10 | The pollsters , who are publicly embarrassed by episodes like these , will be conducting their own inquest over the next few weeks . |
| 11 | Haig and Kendall look anxious and quickly explain that at night the watch is self-contained : they work uninterrupted by calls from headquarters . |
| 12 | I think young couples should enjoy their privacy uninterrupted by cauldrons of soup . ’ |
| 13 | Until the 1983–84 submission to the CNAA ( discussed below ) , for example , several new areas felt constrained and unconvinced by aspects of the operation ( especially timetabling ) which made perfect sense for a full-time course in science but considerably less for other kinds of demands . |
| 14 | Gathered in a city stadium , they declared themselves unconvinced by promises of improvements made by senior officials despatched from Bucharest to address them following warning strikes on Aug. 20 organized by the independent local Infratirea ( " Fraternity " ) trade union federation . |
| 15 | The solutions provided in one society may well be regarded as indefensible by members of other societies . |
| 16 | It would be wrong not to acknowledge the allegation that that educational philosophy had , in practice , many damaging results in modern European higher education , for example the separation of students from professorial staff , so that the students were often left too much alone by professors who were much more interested in their own inquiries ; the free movement of students across universities and its impact on the coherence of the students ' programme of studies ; and the slow completion and very often non-completion by students of their courses . |
| 17 | There is also a new provision which treats voting rights exercisable by trustees as voting rights exercisable by a member of the individual 's family . |
| 18 | I spun round , threw myself down , and rolled over — rolling , as it happened , off the track into a ditch , more or less marked by tussocks of coarse grass . |
| 19 | Power is legitimate authority in that it is generally accepted as just and proper by members of society as a whole . |
| 20 | If the poor have their faces ground into a mud made sharp and painful by slivers of diamond and chunks of ruby , whose fault is that ? |
| 21 | Untouched by shots over the sea , |
| 22 | Apart from the agitation over conditions and pay in the mid-1960s which led to a new contract and the " renaissance of general practice " the profession was virtually untouched by governments of either party , although the escalating demands on the hospital service which successive governments tried to grapple with were largely GP-induced . |
| 23 | Food charges at the Married Unaccompanied Food Charge Rate are payable by personnel in Marital Categories 1 and 2 when occupying single accommodation and also by those in receipt of the special allowances mentioned above in relation to Categories 3 , 4 and 5 ’ . |
| 24 | At all levels , there is a general-purpose fee payable by families for extra-curricular and additional facilities . |
| 25 | FOLLOWING the lifting of EEC trade barriers , light dues [ a service charge paid by vessels calling at ports in the UK to cover the costs of lighthouses , etc. ] previously payable by vessels to Trinity House , will no longer be collected by HM Customs . |
| 26 | They fix or determine the fees payable by applicants to the Health and Safety Executive in respect of a variety of applications for the approval of plant , equipment or protective equipment . |
| 27 | These include an increase to £250,000 in the maximum loan for established businesses , an increase in the Government 's guarantee to cover 85 per cent of the loan , and a reduction in the premium payable by borrowers for fixed rate loans . |
| 28 | Permission was given to Coral Estates Ltd. by planners at East Hampshire District Council last week . |
| 29 | He admitted that some people in Hong Kong had been alarmed by reports of carnage in Peking but said this was only because they ‘ misunderstood ’ or had been misled by the ‘ false reporting and even rumour of some news media ’ . |
| 30 | Friends kind enough to offer to do the ironing or a bit of hoovering could be alarmed by cries of , ‘ No , no ! |