Example sentences of "[coord] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 3 March 1987 the originating summons was amended by adding the seventh and eighth plaintiffs , and on 19 March 1987 it was further amended to seek accounts of all transactions entered into , and of all dealings with the property of the plaintiffs by the first defendant , and of all moneys received by or payment made by the first defendant or by the second or third defendants , and an inquiry whether any sums were due from the first defendant to the plaintiffs . |
| 2 | An action does not become good simply because it is motivated by a good will , or by the right kind of ‘ thinking ’ , at least not in international relations . |
| 3 | Guests relax on the beach or by the salt-water pool situated on a flower-bedecked terrace . |
| 4 | When they are , ( probably not before April 1992 ) Age Concern Groups will almost certainly come under the network exemption , provided that they are recognised as groups by Age Concern England , or by the relevant major group . |
| 5 | If a Request is sent to an authority which is not competent to execute it , it must be sent forthwith to the correct authority , either by the former authority direct , or by the Central Authority . |
| 6 | The truth , both for Owen and Marx , is likely to be this : that in the pervasive optimism of the time , it was natural for the revolutionary to suppose that the change to usher in the new order was at hand , whether prompted by an Owenite vision of human perfectibility or by the culminatory movement of the perfecting Marxist dialectical materialism . |
| 7 | And I mean er er you could argue that you know , because he 's er erm you know targeting the young and people who are at school in particular , the fact that , you know , if he 's successful in targeting those , then by nineteen forty nine those school children will be sort of will be the , the peasants , will be farmers and therefore will be more willing , you know , having been indoctrinated by his thoughts er or , or by the communist way of thinking , then erm for the revolution . |
| 8 | However , for the non-colinear case this is replaced by two non-linear equations , or by the complex Ernst equation . |
| 9 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 10 | Induction of colitis , by the intracolonic instillation of trinitro benzene sulphonic acid/ ethanol , acetic acid , or ethanol or by the oral administration of carrageenan is associated with systemic endotoxaemia . |
| 11 | There is a speculative element here , for such patchy symptoms could be explained in other ways ( for instance by increased consumption of cereals , or by the increasing impositions of lordship in some localities ) . |
| 12 | A proposal to hold such referendum could be submitted by either the Czech or the Slovak parliament , or by the Federal Assembly , but it could be vetoed by the federal President , Vaclav Havel . |
| 13 | On the other hand , it might be seen as an opportunity to enhance family life by the more equal opportunities offered to women to take up employment , as well as bringing up a family ; or by the enriched experiences children bring back into the family as a result of their attendance at nursery school or playgroup . |
| 14 | But they were still respectful to the Emperor ; as fellow-Muslims they were part of the group that had dominated India for centuries , and it is unlikely that he was nearly as worried by their attitude as he was by the threat of Persian invasions like the one that led to Delhi being captured and plundered in 1739 , or by the rebellious Marathas of western India , Hindu in religion and devoted to cavalry raids to plunder their neighbours . |
| 15 | It is this too which causes me personally to be deeply resentful of the practice so prevalent in the mass of fiscal and planning legislation of relegating provisions of real substance to Schedules which are sometimes cross-referenced between one another , so that construing the statute becomes a sort of verbal jigsaw puzzle that can only be solved by laying out numerous copies of the Act open at different pages or by the judicious use of more fingers than the number with which nature has been pleased to endow us . |
| 16 | If a comprehensive settlement included the repatriation of the refugees ( admittedly a wholly inconceivable eventuality at present ) , Jordan would cease to have either economic or political importance , and would probably be absorbed eventually either by Syria or by the Palestinian state . |
| 17 | Sharif , a former protegé of President Zia ul-Haq and Chief Minister of Punjab until the Aug. 6 dissolution order [ see pp. 37652-53 ] , was ( contrary to expectations ) not challenged for the post of Prime Minister either by Mohammad Khan Junejo ( Prime Minister from 1985-88 ) or by the interim Prime Minister , Ghulam Mustapha Jatoi [ see p. 37652 ] . |
| 18 | In one statute ‘ confidential information ’ means information disclosure of which is forbidden by statute or by the civil servant who gave it to the local authority . |
| 19 | Any sociologist who is trying to identify the causes of social events and behaviour is going to be involved in making comparisons , whether by means of conducting surveys among different groups of people , or by conducting experiments with control and experimental groups , or by the comparative methods described above . |
| 20 | In many cases there is a hefty bank and ditch marking the village boundary , but in others this may be marked only by a slight change in level or by the continuous line of the rear of the platforms . |
| 21 | It is possible that Offa would have liked Ecgfrith to have been consecrated either by the pope or by the papal legates . |
| 22 | Attempts to delay stent clogging by prescribing long term antibiotics or by the mucolytic action of aspirin have met with little success , though recent studies suggest that silver impregnation of the stent and omitting side holes may be helpful . |
| 23 | The position appears to be beyond question as a result of the decision of the House of Lords in Geo Mitchell ( Chesterhall ) Ltd v Finney Lock Seeds Ltd [ 1983 ] 2 AC 803 , and in cases covered by the UCTA 1977 , s9 makes clear that a clause may be judged reasonable , and enforceable , even though the contract has been terminated either by the breach , or by the innocent party in response to the breach . |
| 24 | Transport is provided for those parents who require it , either by the caretaker using the school 's mini-bus or by the part-time school social worker . |
| 25 | The whole of the property had been destroyed in the Great Fire of London in 1666 , and the land occupied by the three houses in Foster Lane was either soon after or by the early nineteenth century incorporated in the Goldsmiths ' Hall . |
| 26 | However , ICI 's new initiative will provide more comprehensive information than that required by law or by the regulating authorities . |
| 27 | Nor did the kingship make for singleminded action on the battlefield : Sparta found ways of getting round the more obvious difficulties of dual command , but a king could always be brought to book by the oligarchic element ( the gerousia or council of elders , which was responsible for political trials ) or by the democratic — the Assembly , which could fine a king and limit his powers ( cp. p. 161 for Agis in 418 ) . |
| 28 | But rather than be diverted by the red herring of whether or not such a category should exist or by the tricky question of how love should be expressed outwith marriage , let us not look for the borderline . |
| 29 | On your arrival you may be greeted by the pretty Welsh Palomino pony nodding to you from the field beside the car park , or by the friendly Great Dane , known as ‘ Puppy ’ . |
| 30 | ( a ) Conventions are non-legal rules of constitutional behaviour which are considered to be binding upon those who operate the constitution but which are not enforced by the courts or by the presiding officers in Parliament . |