Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |
| 2 | There are plenty of examples of such a control being effected by the use of coercive sanctions in the world today — from the killing of real or imagined enemies by despots to the widespread use of torture and incarceration in prisons and camps in many different countries . |
| 3 | They may alter the predicted times of high or low water by up to one hour , but the effects are much less easy to quantify as winds are very variable and are strongly influenced by the topography of the local area . |
| 4 | Too many incidents of neglect , carelessness or thoughtlessness are leaving us vulnerable to opportunist crime or possible prosecution by Health and Safety authorities . |
| 5 | ‘ ( 2 ) Determinations of complaints under recognised schemes shall be made by reference to what is , in the adjudicator 's opinion , fair in all the circumstances of the case and any direction given to a building society or associated body by an adjudicator may ( if the complainant accepts the determination ) require it or the complainant not to exercise or require the performance of any of the contractual or other obligations or rights subsisting between them . |
| 6 | ‘ Isadora ’ from the Munro & Tutty Collection by Dorma . |
| 7 | Bedwear in ‘ Tabriz ’ ( pastel ) , ‘ Isadora ’ ( deep ) , and ‘ Wallace ’ ( deep ) from the Munro & Tutty Collection by Dorma . |
| 8 | ‘ Wallace ’ from the Munro & Tutty Collections by Dorma . |
| 9 | Some European legislation , e.g. directives , requires further legislative or administrative action by the authorities of member states for it to become effective . |
| 10 | Growth , on the other hand , involves technical or administrative improvement by which it is possible more effectively to accomplish old objectives . ’ |
| 11 | Of a random sample of 644 female householders who were or had been married , 87 or 14% had been the victims of rape or attempted rape by their husbands or ex-husbands . |
| 12 | I have to acknowledge too that since you ought to be aware from your fellow 's viewpoints and incline towards their benefit as well as your own , and ought also to be aware that individuals can not benefit themselves or each other by community without agreeing on common rules , the rules you follow in acting towards your fellows should be those of your community and not of mine . |
| 13 | The other quarry produces about 6,000 tons per annum , which is ground on the spot , and sent seven or eight miles by road for shipment by canal , a traction engine and trucks being used for the road haulage , which takes coals back to the quarry on the return journey . |
| 14 | The Parliament now proposes , and the Council of Ministers has agreed , that an SE may be formed by a public or private company by merging or forming a holding company , or indeed , if it has a presence in more than one Member State , by transforming itself into an SE . |
| 15 | loss of or damage to equipment contents or personal effects by burglary housebreaking or theft while the Caravan or private car by which it is being drawn is left unattended without being closed and locked |
| 16 | Literariness , and not this or that work by this or that author , is the object of literary studies . |
| 17 | As a result , the scrutiny of the estimates in the Committee of Supply became a formal vote to reduce the money for this or that department by a nominal figure so as to permit a general attack on the government 's policy in that field . |
| 18 | Ghede will live by the village crossroads , where the souls of the dead or enchanted pass by . |
| 19 | The second is to facilitate a common market or a political or economic grouping by harmonizing national laws governing domestic transactions , so that State boundaries within the geographical area covered by the members of the market lose much of their significance within the fields covered by the harmonizing measures . |
| 20 | Glycerophosphates are still the main constituents of the tonics chemists sell , even though there is little theoretical or experimental justification for their wide or extensive use by people who are tired , chronically sick , aged or in poor health . |
| 21 | But this view was rather hard upon farmers with crops adjacent to a railway line and a compromise was effected by the Railway Fires Acts 1905 and 1923 , which cast upon railways a liability not exceeding £200 , even if the total damage claimed and done is much in excess , for damage caused to agricultural land or agricultural crops by fire arising from the emission of sparks or cinders from their locomotives , although the locomotive was used under statutory powers . |
| 22 | Instead , the governments in the Middle East — survive to a greater or lesser degree by simple repression . |
| 23 | They range in style from genuine musique mesurée ( Guedron 's ‘ Lors que Leandre ’ ) , through songs influenced in greater or lesser degree by it ( e.g. the same composer 's ‘ Heureux qui se peut plaindre ’ ) , to light melodious chansons , ballet airs , and dramatic recits like those composed for the court ballets . |
| 24 | In the written language the reader is left to make up his mind which are important words , helped to a greater or lesser degree by the style of the author , by italicisation , spacing , punctuation and so on . |
| 25 | It may be questioned whether such elaborate surveillance ( engaged in not only by the KGB but to a greater or lesser extent by other security organizations ) is really necessary or produces results commensurate with the time , energy and expense involved in the operations . |
| 26 | They are backed up to a greater or lesser extent by many powerful bodies , such as the foreign trade agencies of the major hegemon powers , and ( in parts of the Third World ) specialized bodies like the World Bank and the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) . |
| 27 | To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he has any plans to increase the penalties for the unlawful occupation of private or public land by traveller families ; and if he will make a statement . |
| 28 | The buildings in question , used for educational or cultural purposes by the churches before their nationalization in 1948 , currently belonged to the state . |
| 29 | Afterwards , he could always claim that it was sent to an old or wrong address by mistake , or that it must have got lost in the post . |
| 30 | Bristol , which hopes to grow to 10 or 12 people by year 's end and is looking for qualified X-Windows and Motif programmers , says it now has a positive cash flow . |