Example sentences of "[prep] by the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Certainly the measurement of programme expenditure has lagged far behind that of administrative expenditure ( National Audit Office , 1986b , para 12 ) , while ‘ little progress ’ has also apparently been made with integrating performance measurement with the public expenditure survey and parliamentary supply procedures ( Richards , 1987 , pp. 28–9 ) — a development much sought after by the Financial Management Unit . |
| 2 | Dr Zhurid said Brightness and Gorgeous , the other beluga , would be looked after by the Moscow-based Institute of Evolution and Animal Morphology . |
| 3 | You will be made very welcome in his pretty ‘ Hansel and Gretel ’ Gasthof , and very well looked after by the friendly owner , Frau Henn . |
| 4 | The bureaucracy certainly needs streamlining : the immigrants are met initially by the Absorption Ministry , but once in the country many of their needs are looked after by the Jewish Agency , the semi-private organisation that dates back to the early years of Jewish settlement in Palestine . |
| 5 | The Cutty Sark is now looked after by the Maritime Trust , who teamed up with the Cutty Sark Society in 1989 . |
| 6 | Certainly one would visit the cottage at Higher Bockhampton where Hardy was born ( now looked after by the National Trust ) and Stinsford church where his heart is buried . |
| 7 | I am conducting research into the education provision and support for young people who are looked after by the local authority . |
| 8 | Erm , I 'd like to , I 'm glad you picked up the children looked after by the local authority , but what bothers me is the children in families that are causing concern rather than for those that are actually erm , in care . |
| 9 | In Bangladesh children under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family . |
| 10 | If the point is finally disposed of by the European Court and if the judgment goes against the United Kingdom , then the question will arise about the appropriate response to bring the legal system into line with the State 's international obligations . |
| 11 | Though total equality might be hard to achieve because of the biological differences between the sexes , the legislation has perhaps been rounded of by the Equal Pay Act 1970 and the Sex Discrimination Acts 1975 and 1986 . |
| 12 | The restriction of world trade and output , inflation , feather-bedding of inefficiency , retaliation : all these standard objections would allegedly be taken care of by the proposed system . |
| 13 | Video duties were taken care of by the respected Paradise Windows accelerator card , featuring the speedy WD90C31 accelerator chip . |
| 14 | This in turn proves to be an attraction to many destitute persons abroad , who feel that if they apply for refugee status in a Western country , they will be taken care of by the social welfare system of that country for a year or two , or even longer , while their claims are being examined . ’ |
| 15 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 16 | At some stage a funding body has assessed the potential worth of a project , and research grants have been made available for it , but the lack of incentive to publish , or the difficulties encountered in preparing work for publication , have resulted in the fact that two-fifths of the work has not been made use of by the scientific community , except possibly through consultations of the original theses , ( which will be discussed in Chapter 4 ) . |
| 17 | In addition , Chamberlain was not willing to join the Government without Birkenhead , and Birkenhead was strongly disapproved of by the Conservative rank and file , both in the House and in the country , and particularly by those somewhat prim and self-righteous parts of it in which lay Baldwin 's greatest strength . |
| 18 | In 1986 Abdullah had vigorously suppressed unrest among black Mauritanians who claimed they were discriminated against by the Arab population [ see p. 35234 ] . |
| 19 | Such disputes are dealt with by the civil law and in the civil courts . |
| 20 | This meant that all electrical faults would be attended to by the electricians , but that mechanical faults would be dealt with by the mechanical trade nominated to that machine . |
| 21 | It was agreed that this matter should be dealt with by the new committee formed after the A.G.M. |
| 22 | It was now time , he said , to " for common defence issues to be dealt with by the European Council and by the Council of Ministers " . |
| 23 | Most building disputes which go to litigation are dealt with by the Official Referee . |
| 24 | The cause of delay will be dealt with by the Southern League Management Committee in due course . |
| 25 | Administratively Korea was dealt with by the Colonial Ministry until 1942 when the Home Ministry assumed responsibility . |
| 26 | Independent of this physical cause there exists always one more or less contrary evil to the cure of maladies in any Hospital whatever which results from the great number of sick assembled in one place , the bodies of which occasion emanations which alters more or less the wholesomeness of the air , but this cause may in some manner be done away with by the great cleanliness of the Stables and fumigations that might be performed from time to time … |
| 27 | However , the Capital Taxes Office is likely to raise the following " standard " question : what discussions took place between the parties at or before the time of the deed of variation about how the assets which went to the spouse under the deed of variation were to be dealt with by the surviving spouse , ie was there some sort of plan or understanding that the property would be given to the children ? |
| 28 | However , the scheme only binds the company to which it relates and any financial assistance required from the target 's subsidiaries , for instance , will have to be dealt with by the private company exemption method . |
| 29 | In many areas even organised crime went unaffected , and the seasonal recreations of local people could pose a major threat only to be dealt with by the wholesale swearing-in of special constables , as the magistrates pointed out to the Home Secretary in 1835 : |
| 30 | However , since it applies whatever the age of the woman , it also extends to behaviour which is not otherwise dealt with by the criminal law . |