Example sentences of "[subord] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where by the order a party is first ordered to do the act , and there is then added a clause in the order that in default of so doing specific consequences will follow , the part that directs the act to be done must use one or other of the above forms of wording . |
| 2 | Where by the Act or the rules the time limited for doing any act is seven days or less , Saturday , Sunday , Christmas Day , Good Friday , Tuesday in Easter week , Bank Holidays and any other day on which the offices of the court are closed must be excluded in computing such time . |
| 3 | This Invention relates to lifts for transferring barges and other vessels from one level to another on canals and other waterways in lieu of an ordinary lock or flight of locks , the object of the invention being to obviate the loss of water from the higher to the lower level by lockage inseparable from the ordinary system and to provide for the passage of vessels simultaneously in both directions and at a single life and between levels of widely different altitude where by the loss of time incidental to the passage through a flight of locks is in great measure avoided . |
| 4 | ( 2 ) Provided that where by the partnership contract an option is given to surviving or continuing partners to purchase the interest of a deceased or outgoing partner , and that option is duly exercised , the estate of the deceased partner , or the outgoing partner or his estate , as the case may be , is not entitled to any further or other share of profits ; but if any partner assuming to act in exercise of the option does not in all material respects comply with the terms thereof , he is liable to account under the foregoing provisions of this section . |
| 5 | The government interest was even stronger in the upper chamber , where by the end of Anne 's reign between 40 per cent to 50 per cent of those peers active in the house held places or pensions from the Court . |
| 6 | The militants trudged along the empty lanes unobserved except by the Chief Constable of the county and his forces . |
| 7 | Such men did not take kindly to orders and supervision , and were indeed often beyond effective control , except by the collective of their workshop . |
| 8 | But other research studies may necessitate some collecting of original data by means of observation , simply because the answers to the questions being asked can not be got except by the researcher going out and finding out . |
| 9 | He returned to this theme again in 1953 , declaring : ‘ There is no hope for the safety and freedom of western Europe except by the laying aside for ever of the ancient feud between the Teuton and the Gaul . |
| 10 | Foresterships of fee , and the lands appurtenant thereto , were grand serjeanties , and therefore ought not to have been divided or alienated except by the king 's licence . |
| 11 | It is not clear to what extent this view was held in the Low Country , but in Kandyan districts at that the ‘ crime is not , it is to be feared , regarded with sufficient gravity among Kandyans , except by the person victimised . ’ |
| 12 | In doing so I am rather like the doctor by the patient 's bedside , who knows ; although of course he does not tell the patient — that the outcome of the disease will depend upon something in the constitution of that patient which he can not control nor further influence and which he can not even ascertain , except by the event . |
| 13 | But queues are rare , ‘ except by the coach park when a lot of people arrive between 11am and 11.30am ’ . |
| 14 | However , the steepness of its banks made it impossible for vehicles to cross except by the bridge at the southern and of the town which , in 1815 , was only two and a half yards wide at its broadest point . |
| 15 | It is also worth noting that my quotation number 5 is to a publication that has not been published except by the Internet and is only available from it . |
| 16 | But there is no way into the house , except by the typewriter 's sinking steps . |
| 17 | The Increase of Rent and Mortgage Interest ( War Restrictions ) Act 1915 restricted the right of landlords of dwelling houses within defined values to increase the rent , except by the amount of any increase in rates or on account of expenditure incurred on improvements . |
| 18 | Although by the turn of the century most of the food adulteration that had characterised the nineteenth century grocery trade had disappeared , customers were still cheated by unscrupulous retailers who gave short weight by including an excessive amount of packaging around products such as tea . |
| 19 | And so it has gone on , although by the end of the 1980s it was evident that the patience of even a government as dedicated to the eventual triumph of nuclear power as Mrs Thatcher 's was showing signs of severe strain . |
| 20 | Although by the end of the century all four leading denominations had temperance committees and urged parliamentary action to curb ‘ the trade ’ , Teetotal organizations were confined to the Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 21 | Although by the end of the century their numbers are likely to rise to approximately 350,000 , their proportion to the whole Syrian population is unlikely to change . |
| 22 | Cuba also threatened to retaliate by disrupting channels of communication within the US , although by the end of April no such action had been reported . |
| 23 | The ANC leadership rejected this as a " propaganda ploy " , although by the end of the month the ANC was reported to be under intense diplomatic pressure to attend the " peace summit " . |
| 24 | Although by the end of April the authorities had yet to decide whether to file charges arising from the incident , both the Kennedy family and the alleged victim had employed formidable legal teams to represent their interests . |
| 25 | Although by the end of 1203 Otto controlled an area from the French frontier to the Elbe , his cause was by no means won . |
| 26 | It seems clear that the labour needs of the growing mining and manufacturing districts were not significantly met by long-distance migration , although by the end of the period Irish immigrants were contributing , especially to the factory towns of the North . |
| 27 | At first , industrial action took the form of short strikes — the unions ' traditional weapon since the early fifties ( although by the spring of 1968 the level of picketing and violence was unusually high ) . |
| 28 | Senior Household officials like the Treasurer of the Chamber , the Chamberlain , the Vice Chamberlain , the Captain of the Guard , the Controller of the Household , and the Treasurer of the Household evidently held their posts under the Tudors without a patent and at the pleasure of the monarch , although by the reign of Charles I many of them had acquired a life interest . |
| 29 | Newcastle 's success is less easy to explain , for as late as the early sixteenth century its main export commodity was wool , although by the reign of Henry VIII it seems to have expanded its trade in coal , iron and lead ( 59 ; 71 ; 75 , p.45 ) . |
| 30 | Life as a second lieutenant in the Guards with little prospect of action did not appeal , although by the time the Germans invaded France in May 1940 , Stirling was in Chamonix training with a force of experienced skiers who were to be sent to help the Finns . |