Example sentences of "given by " in BNC.
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| 1 | An amusing parallel in the film business is an account given by the director Ken Russell of how he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikowsky ; he described it to his potential backers as the story of a homosexual who fell in love with a nymphomaniac . |
| 2 | Possibly in response to the stimuli given by the bishops ' public statements , the bishops found that local councils were coming to their aid and support in opposing the proposed educational revolution . |
| 3 | In previous years the lecture has been given by John McGrath ( 1988 ) , Simon Frith ( 1989 ) and Judith Williamson ( 1990 ) . |
| 4 | My only training and instruction for the job was given by a detective chief inspector , who told us to ‘ get out there and lock up thieves ’ . |
| 5 | There is no reason , and he declines the verbal advice he has been given by his Inspector , so this has now become an ‘ order ’ . |
| 6 | A recollection of their work was given by Layton in an interview for the Canadian Theatre Revue in 1977 , in the wake of A Man Was Killed , the first play to be written by them , but tardily presented . |
| 7 | Examples of reasons given by the Secretary of State for not allowing a property to be exempted include : |
| 8 | Useful definitions are given by the Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 9 | Although we could n't speak the language , there were enough ‘ … issimos ’ attached to the adjectives to give a good idea of what the locals thought of the route , and the frequent appearance of numbers like VIII , VII+ , A4 and A3 on the topo seemed more in keeping with our previous experience than the more modest gradings given by Ron James . |
| 10 | Adhesive and grout are both sold in a range of pack sizes , sometimes labelled by weight ( in kilograms ) , sometimes by volume ( in litres ) ; always check the coverage given by the manufacturer when buying , so you do n't over-buy or run out half-way through the job . |
| 11 | The result is a fairly large volume between the coils of almost uniform field strength given by : where r is the mean radius of the coils in meters , N is the number of turns in each coil and I is the current flowing in the coil in amperes . |
| 12 | Indeed the basic telegraphic equations were ‘ … in their simplest form … first given by Lord Kelvin in 1855 ’ .6 Another of Kelvin 's achievements was development of the concept of inductance , the practical importance of which was first brought to the attention of engineers by ‘ … the problems experienced in … the Atlantic cables ’ .7 |
| 13 | THE Friends of Thatcherism are working themselves into a fine old lather about the interview given by the Archbishop of Canterbury to the magazine Director . |
| 14 | THATCHED HOUSE LODGE 2 October : Princess Alexandra and Sir Angus Ogilvy were present this evening at a Reception given by the Prime Minister and Mr Denis Thatcher at 10 Downing Street to launch the Harold Macmillan Trust . |
| 15 | ROYAL ENGAGEMENTS The Princess of Wales , President , Wales Craft Council , presents prizes to the winners of the Council 's Daffodil Design Competition at West Glamorgan County Hall , Swansea ; and , this evening , as Patron , Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts , attends a concert to be given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Brangwyn Hall , Swansea . |
| 16 | Subsequently Her Royal Highness , Patron , Swansea Festival of Music and the Arts , attended a concert given by the London Philharmonic Orchestra in the Brangwyn Hall , Swansea . |
| 17 | Princess Margaret , Grand President of St John Ambulance Association and Brigade , attends a reception and dinner to be given by Garrard and Company in aid of the Order of St John . |
| 18 | Princess Margaret , Patron of the Friends of St John 's Smith Square , attends a concert to be given by Dame Joan Sutherland and Mr Richard Bonynge , at St John 's . |
| 19 | In Tuesday 's report on the High Court case , the name of the fifth bank was wrongly given by the court as Mitsubishi Finance Corporation . |
| 20 | 5 October : The Princess Margaret , Countess of Snowdon , Patron of the Friends of St John 's Smith Square , was present this evening at a Concert given by Dame Joan Sutherland and Mr Richard Bonynge in aid of St John 's Organ Appeal . |
| 21 | He questioned the evidence given by Professor Austin Gresham , a Home Office pathologist and Professor of Morbid Anatomy at Cambridge University , who conducted a second post-mortem examination on Miss Ward 's remains after they had been flown to Britain by her father , John Ward . |
| 22 | The impressions given by Mr Glancey is that these buildings somehow just appear from nowhere , with no one even noticing ; he says that they are ‘ anonymous ’ , even ‘ invisible ’ . |
| 23 | The Princess Royal attends a lunch at the Enmore Hotel , Kirn , Dunoon , Argyllshire ; as President , Riding for the Disabled Association , attends a Show given by the Dunoon and Cowal branch of the Association at Dunoon ; attends a sheep show at the European Sheep and Wool Centre , Lochgoilhead , Argyllshire ; and opens the Drimsynie Holiday Village . |
| 24 | The Princess Royal , President , Riding for the Disabled Association , later attended a show given by the Dunoon and Cowal Branch of the Association at Dunnon . |
| 25 | Mr Lapointe and his secretariat are facing a mounting barrage of accusations , most of them linking the secretariat 's allegedly biased lobbying against the ban with the money being given by Far East wildlife traders to the organisation 's ivory monitoring unit . |
| 26 | The impression given by the marketing campaign is that you are being invited to invest in a single entity — the British water industry — and that there will be attractive perks for those who do . |
| 27 | The Princess Royal , Patron , College of Occupational Therapists , opens the College 's new headquarters , Information & Study Centre at 6-8 Marshalsea Road , London SE1 ; opens the Young Designers ' Centre , The Design Council , 28 Haymarket , London SW1 ; visits the Headquarters of The Special Escort Group at their Barnes Headquarters , London SW13 ; and , this evening , attends a Banquet at the Guildhall given by the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the invention of the knitting frame by William Lee . |
| 28 | In the evening Her Royal Highness attended a Banquet at the Guildhall given by the Worshipful Company of Framework Knitters to celebrate the 400th Anniversary of the invention of the Knitting Frame by William Lee . |
| 29 | At a press conference , also yesterday , given by leaders of a loose coalition of anti-apartheid organisations known as the Mass Democratic Movement ( MDM ) , the point was restated that the political prisoners whose unconditional release Mr de Klerk announced on Tuesday — the exact day they will be out is not known yet — would take up their political activities under the banner of the ANC . |
| 30 | In other ways positive help could be given by more fortunate regions . |