Example sentences of "[verb] on [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the scattered radiation does carry to Earth signatures impressed on it by the atmosphere above the clouds , and by the 1960s it had been established that this part of the atmosphere alone contained about 1000 times as much CO 2 as the whole atmosphere of the Earth . |
| 2 | The ombudsman claims that the jurisdiction and duty to investigate conferred and imposed on him by the scheme enables and requires him to investigate and determine complaints in relation to valuations made by employees of a building society of properties to be charged to the building society to secure further advances to an existing borrower from that society . |
| 3 | He became mayor for the first time in October 1261 and was reappointed in October 1262 , years in which the king dominated London , having thrown off the restrictions imposed on him by the Provisions of Oxford in 1258 . |
| 4 | The pace of Norman McGladdery , eligible to play having appealed a seven-game ban imposed on him by the Ulster Branch , Colin Allister and Lee Tumilty caused problems throughout whereas the skills of Jimmy Kirkwood and Daniel Clarke at the other end were stifled by a resolute defence . |
| 5 | There is no doubt that in the 19th century the courts did consider the adequacy of consideration in restraint of trade cases , but more recently in M & S Drapers v Reynolds [ 1957 ] 1 WLR 9 Hodson LJ said " … although the position of the employee has to be considered , the court will not inquire into the adequacy of the consideration or weigh the advantages accruing to the covenantor under the contract against the disadvantages imposed on him by the restraint " . |
| 6 | Perhaps some forgiving souls might protest that former East German athletes had faced a particular difficulty in giving up the bad habits imposed on them by the success-seeking machine of the old Communist regime , and that it would be unfair virtually to close off their future just because they had n't yet properly learned another way of doing things . |
| 7 | As money lenders , they enjoyed comparative political freedom and were directly subject to the Royal Chamber without any restriction imposed on them by the guilds . |
| 8 | The need for exports is too often regarded by Yugoslav enterprises as a ‘ necessary evil ’ imposed on them by the government . |
| 9 | For some teachers not only was this difficult to plan and implement as an organizational strategy per se , but the increased demands imposed on them by the strategy meant that their opportunities for systematic and sustained monitoring of children 's progress were further reduced , while at the same time the increased levels of movement and disturbance in the classroom might adversely affect children 's concentration and time on task . |
| 10 | He has also insisted that we will not keep troops on the ground when the war is over , and that a solution must be found by the local governments and not imposed on them by the US and/or Britain . |
| 11 | If Stagecoach has sold it , why should the contemptible consumers of bus services not just be left to suffer from market forces imposed on them by the Government through privatisation ? |
| 12 | The rules were introduced in a memorandum from the Institute explaining to banks the duties imposed on them by the law on drug trafficking passed by parliament in July 1989 . |
| 13 | There was a feeling that this was being imposed on them by the LEA . |
| 14 | It really is er a new model Secretary of State although the fact of the matter is Mr Deputy Speaker , that er his reality of course is quite different from his and the reality is that this is a poor settlement for local government in Wales and it 's been roundly condemned , not least by the county councils , who is the largest employers in Wales will have to face the considerable burden imposed on them by the government 's acceptance of the public sector er review body recommendations but without the additional cash to meet those awards and what this settlement er does represent Mr Deputy Speaker is a further step along the road that we 've been travelling since nineteen seventy nine . |
| 15 | Can we please have our walking space back and not be restricted to ‘ pavement space ’ imposed on us by the stalls ? |
| 16 | British egg production had decreased because of constraints imposed on it by the ministry . |
| 17 | In his philosophy reality is the spiritual world contemplated by reason , the material world being a mere receptacle for the ideal forms imposed on it by the world-soul . |
| 18 | They were rather unpleasantly self-satisfied for a start — and this was not incompatible with the impression made on him by the man himself at their meeting . |
| 19 | But already by the time of Pope Gregory I ( d. 604 ) the monastic movement , widely diversified as it was , was being integrated into the life of the church at large and open to the demands made on it by the church 's interests and needs . |
| 20 | No demand , however , was made on us by the gate-keeper , the authorities being so liberal as not to charge persons for walking either on the roads or footpaths . |
| 21 | And his ecstasy had soon become her ecstasy , an electrochemical fuel that had ignited in her , burning away all the taint of that earlier false frenzy enforced on her by the Harlequin man . |
| 22 | The programming interface is available now , and has won the support of suppliers including Intel Corp , L M Ericsson Telefon AB , Siemens AG , Alcatel NV and Lotus Development Corp , which are expected to start bringing out products based on it by the end of the year . |
| 23 | I was also on the receiving end of some pranks played on me by the cameramen . |
| 24 | They do n't have superhuman powers to help them deal with the superstar image and pressures that they have had to put on them by the media and their fans . |
| 25 | Innocent that she was , for all the sophistication conferred on her by the great world in which she had once lived , she readily agreed to Rose 's suggestion , and when they had parted Rose took care to remind her of her promise . |
| 26 | He has no power to order discovery of documents or the attendance of witnesses or to make any order as to costs ( unless such power is expressly conferred on him by the lease ) ; and if he dies or becomes incapable or unwilling to continue , it is doubtful whether another expert could be appointed under the lease . |
| 27 | It repeals a duty conferred on them by the existing regime to monitor the wholesomeness of water in their areas . |
| 28 | Local authorities have a separate and specific jurisdiction conferred on them by the Act , and the course that they take is a matter for their judgment . |
| 29 | ‘ the High Court , Court of Session or High Court of Justice in Northern Ireland , as the case may be , shall have the powers conferred on it by the following provisions of this Act . |
| 30 | This is contained in section 1 , which provides that the Bank of England shall have the powers conferred on it by the Act , and also ‘ the duty generally to supervise the institutions authorised by it in the exercise of those powers . ’ |