Example sentences of "[adv prt] by the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it became the first PGA Tour venue to lose a tournament because it does n't conform to the anti-discrimination rule laid down by the United States PGA . |
| 2 | As David Trippier from the Department of the Environment said , this is two-and-a-half years ahead of the schedule laid down by the Montreal protocol — and the government would have liked it even faster . |
| 3 | It was n't that the new treatment was particularly bad , it was just that the very idea of a re-mix fell directly against the grain of the code of ethics publicly laid down by The Smiths . |
| 4 | For ages he had been meaning to call in at a place down by the Elephant and Castle where they sold gramophone parts , but it was not until this morning that he had finally got around to it . |
| 5 | The vaccine brings hope to 1,300 young children struck down by the Hib form of deadly disease every year . |
| 6 | These have now been laid down by the UKCC in its Code of Professional Conduct for the Nurse , Midwife and Health Visitor . |
| 7 | And yet that inn , the Hotel de perigord , being set down by the Dronne , is on the outskirts of Aubeterre. for Aubeterre is a hilltown , set on a chalky cliff above the river ( whence the name — Aubeterre , Alba Terra ) . |
| 8 | Taff 's answer was his usual ‘ Not German shells , Boyo , its those bastards down by the Orne who are dropping their shells about . |
| 9 | ( e ) Every member state adopting nationality requirements consistently with international law would be in breach of Community law , presumably since the end of the transitional periods laid down by the E.E.C . |
| 10 | They were judged on the criteria laid down by the EC Directive — that they should be unbiased , should properly examine alternatives , and should detail the measures that would be taken to mitigate any environmental damage . |
| 11 | Those who prepare courses of initial teaching training must ( in addition to meeting conditions laid down by the CNAA ) also satisfy the requirements of the Government 's Advisory committee on the Supply and Education of Teachers ( CATE ) . |
| 12 | There is serious doubt about whether Italy can achieve the norms laid down by the Maastricht Treaty , and qualify for membership of the European Community single market next year and full monetary union by 1997 or later . |
| 13 | This removes any realistic prospect of a government introducing severe economic reforms to reduce Italy 's huge public debt to fulfil norms for the EC single market laid down by the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 14 | Much of the time the narrative is weighed down by the Boehemer 's perceived seriousness of the subject matter — politics , race and violence in South Africa give new meaning to the phrase ‘ well-worn themes ’ — so that the characters are simply vehicles for the points she wants to make . |
| 15 | The five ancestors are generally regarded as the sole survivors of the Shaolin temple after it was sacked and burned down by the Ching emperor 's army . |
| 16 | Proposals for bilateral agreements , put forward by both these countries , have been turned down by the UK Department of the Environment on the grounds that Britain , along with other European Community countries , is aiming to achieve self-sufficiency in waste disposal . |
| 17 | At times Great Chaos beasts find a way down to Avelorn from the Annulii and ravage the land , but they are swiftly and ruthlessly hunted down by the Everqueen 's would-be consorts in an effort to gain her favour . |
| 18 | The Commander embarked on one of his monologues on the supineness of the Tory government and the unregenerate socialism of the opposition , interrupted only by murmurs of approval from Fagg , who contributed the insight that rioting yobs in a northern city should have been put down by the Gurkhas . |
| 19 | Is there one down by the Causeway ? |
| 20 | Whether struck down by the Lord 's retribution or by his failure in Italy or by the neglect of his sponsor the Emperor , the ninth Pope Leo , Bruno de Nordgau , died in April in the city of Rome , far from his beloved Toul and the Vosges of his family . |
| 21 | There was a crowd of us at the dancing in Panama Jax , a disco just down by the Clyde . |
| 22 | For all this to take place in so remote an area required not only payment of high wages but elaborate logistic arrangements on a massive scale , particularly with the strict conditions laid down by the Shetlands Islands Council to protect both the environment and the local way of life . |
| 23 | OK , so you 'd probably end up getting gunned down by the SAS or something , but that 's got to be a better end for a bunch of real rock terrorists than ending up as a Levi 's advert . |
| 24 | Their excellent record as landlords and non-involvement in local politics saved Riverstown from being burnt down by the IRA in 1922 . |
| 25 | All the same , she wished she had been stronger in her advice to Nona not to go down by the Cutty Sark . |
| 26 | Down by the Cutty Sark , the police search had begun again . |
| 27 | A request from Shetland farmers to ban all imports of dairy cattle to save their stocks from BSE infection has been turned down by the Shetland Island Council . |
| 28 | Ministers have already decided that they will have to give cable operators a free choice on the technology they use , provided it meets the basic requirements already laid down by the DoI and endorsed last month by the Eden Committee . |
| 29 | As I helped myself to a drop of Taff 's tea the guns down by the River Orne opened up again , the shells all heading in the direction of the German positions . |
| 30 | An initial scheme not to include the College of Art in the Polytechnic was turned down by the DES . |