Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] by [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relatedly , it afforded the wife no financial privacy ( except by couples opting to be taxed as two single persons , which ‘ paid ’ financially only if the loss of the husband 's allowance could be compensated for by a lower amount of income subject to a tax band higher than the basic rate ) . |
| 2 | It covers conduct previously dealt with by a broader range of offences , including , for example , incest , sexual intercourse with under-age girls and with mental defectives , sodomy and gross indecency as well as rape and indecent assault . |
| 3 | If this is the kind of filtering we require then we must develop an architecture which allows such changes of activity to be constantly monitored and responded to by the higher levels . |
| 4 | Some of the difference may be accounted for by the greater number of court sites and judicial officials in proportion to population and area in Sri Lanka than in India . |
| 5 | It is argued that this difference may be partially accounted for by the higher standard of living in Sri Lanka , but also that the motives and social composition of offenders in normal times were such that depressed economic conditions did not necessarily lead to substantial increases in criminal activities . |
| 6 | This difference is accounted for by the younger average age of the snowball sample . |
| 7 | This lower use of hospital inpatient facilities was not accounted for by the older age of the people in residential homes although fewer of all those aged 85 or more had spent time in hospital — 64 per cent against 80 per cent of those under 85 . |
| 8 | What has been attempted in this chapter has been the clarification that so far the traditional values of catholic nationalism are still dominant among the Roman catholics of Ireland , even if they are severely contested by a significant minority from among them and lukewarmly subscribed to by a further significant minority . |