Example sentences of "[subord] [verb] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Santa Cruz Operation Inc Unix products are also available for the platforms where required by customers , it says . |
| 2 | In a series of chapters edited by Hewitt ( 1983 ) it is demonstrated how natural hazard is not uniquely dependent upon geophysical processes , human awareness is not dependent upon the geophysical conditions , and reaction to disaster may be dependent upon ongoing social order rather than explained by conditions or behaviour to calamitous events . |
| 3 | If water can be diverted to a drain in a yard , rather than lifted by mops , squeegees are preferred . |
| 4 | The European Recovery and Recycling Association has stated its preference for schemes which are commercially-XXXX driven , rather than imposed by regulations , while the Industrial Council for Packaging and the Environment ( Incpen ) has criticized its lack of flexibility . |
| 5 | It would be infinitely better if these feelings could be translated into action by the islanders themselves , rather than imposed by outsiders who , by their very upbringing , may never fully understand the ways of islanders . |
| 6 | Although it had become easier for some middle-class men ( or their sons ) to earn membership of the national ruling culture by Edwardian times , their status as true " gentlemen " remained equivocal in an atmosphere of continued mistrust of the business community , albeit tempered by outbreaks of anxiety over the volatility of the lower orders which it was felt the task of their middle-class superiors to defuse . |
| 7 | Although yields might be increased in certain high-latitude regions , notably Canada and Russia , this would be more than offset by decreases in the tropics . |
| 8 | Since exports were expanding from a much smaller base , however , the merchandise deficit continued to widen , but was more than offset by earnings from foreign exchange transactions in the banking system with the result that the overall balance of payments remained positive . |
| 9 | A strong merchant banking contribution was more than offset by losses on investment management and stockbroking and some heavy loan provisions . |
| 10 | Bekaert concluded that the potential gains in unit costs would be more than offset by losses in terms of lack of focus on customer service needs . |
| 11 | The DES ( 1983 , 1984a , 1986b ) have used the most recent year for which data are available , arguing that although there were government-induced reductions in the entry of UK students to universities in the early 1980s these were more than offset by increases in the public sector . |
| 12 | An enlarged trade deficit was more than offset by remittances , capital inflows and invisible earnings in 1989 creating a balance-of-payments surplus of Bel$22,700,000 . |
| 13 | The analysis of the preceding paragraphs suggests that there is no theoretical justification for condemning monopoly and/or merger outright , since the ill effects of output restriction could be more than offset by reductions in costs . |
| 14 | This was attributable mainly to an increase in the number of branches , from 158 in 1953–54 to 189 in 1957–58 ; losses in Bedfordshire ( 15 branches down to 11 ) and the Fenland ( 23 down to 15 ) , both of which had been without a tutor-organiser for much of the period , were more than offset by gains everywhere else , notably in Essex ( 27 branches up to 40 ) and Suffolk ( 14 up to 32 ) . |
| 15 | A search for independence rather than dependence , for control over self rather than control by others ( autonomy ) . |
| 16 | Many also were prepared to accept state welfare reform if it was to be truly redistributive from rich to poor , rather than financed by taxes on the poor themselves . |
| 17 | Williamson 's theory of the firm , presented in Section 2 , is an explanation of why some resources are managed , rather than allocated by markets , and why managerial functions are divided into several different , specialized roles within the firm . |
| 18 | He knew better than to judge by appearances . |
| 19 | Although led by communists , Hannington 's movement was criticized by the Communist party for failing to politicize the unemployed , large numbers of whom joined the movement only to leave it quickly once work was obtained . |
| 20 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 21 | The acquisition of existing agencies has significantly widened our geographical representation and has been achieved at considerably lower costs than incurred by others who had previously entered the business . |
| 22 | The garrison of some 250 had been more than doubled by soldiers seeking refuge , and the corridors were crowded with dead and wounded . |
| 23 | Suggestions made by Arthur Holmes and others that continents could be moved by convection currents within the mantle were ignored rather than countered by opponents of drift . |
| 24 | Positive but accurate information about the quality and successes of institutions and their courses , if publicised by providers , could be of value in their marketing strategy . |
| 25 | NEAVE WAS IN MI9 DURING THREE YEARS OF WORLD WAR II AND MAINTAINED CONTACT WITH THE SECRET SERVICES UNTIL ASSASSINATED BY TERRORISTS ON THE EVE OF THE GENERAL ELECTION OF MAY 1979 . |
| 26 | Martinho encouraged him in this opinion-he liked to make out that the organisation had been moderate until hijacked by extremists who believed in violence . |
| 27 | This makes it difficult to incorporate them into a colour scheme , although a well-pressed orchid can look very effective as the centrepiece of a design if surrounded by flowers of complementary colours . |
| 28 | Thus , in unregistered conveyancing unless a conveyance or other document of title is properly stamped , it can not be used to assert title to land or defend that title if attacked by others . |
| 29 | I hope that , before 10 o'clock , my hon. Friends on the Front Bench will be able to assure me specifically that what my hon. Friend the Minister of State said in his letter to Dr. Morris would allow local education authorities , if approached by parents or friends of the school , to go into the school to deal with any one of the specific points that I have raised . |
| 30 | If caught by pursuers they are destroyed . |