Example sentences of "[verb] by [noun sg] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Around three thousand letters and cards were sent to the children while they were away from home in a campaign resembling those organised by Amnesty for political prisoners . |
| 2 | Often , however , patients may find social or economic problems accentuated by treatment for psychiatric illness , particularly as an in-patient in hospital . |
| 3 | Why did they decide to buy a £1,200 closed system for transferring spray when it can be done by hand for free ? |
| 4 | The new three cabin Oceanis 320 on our Bodrum flotilla , also available for independent charter , is purpose built by Bénéteau for Mediterranean cruising and has superb ventilation . |
| 5 | If your skiing is normally ruined by disrespect for British queueing principles or by surly shepherds doing winter duty as lift attendants , these matters will weigh heavily . |
| 6 | In Cocks v Thanet District Council [ 1983 ] 2 AC 286 it was held that challenges to administrative decisions made by local authorities must be made by application for judicial review , rather than by actions for breach of statutory duty . |
| 7 | For example , alcohol ( ethanol , CH , CH , OH ) is invariably made by fermentation for human consumption . |
| 8 | Soviet aid for the army was not matched by aid for civilian development . |
| 9 | The funds raised will be used by Mylex for working capital and to assist in the Company 's transition to more technologically-advanced computer systems products — further enhancements on its disk array controllers , servers and subsystems and further design on the company 's planned Pentium products . |
| 10 | For this , a miniature stair set was built and the actual fall filmed first , using the outside plastic skin of one puppet with the armature removed and replaced by shot for added weight . |
| 11 | On May 30 , 1991 , a 24-hour general strike called by GSEE for improved wages and conditions affected many services . |
| 12 | Since we had found that the analysis was hardly affected by adjustment for sexual risk factors we performed a non-adjusted analysis on the entire group of 181 women . |
| 13 | A specialised area of negligence is provided by liability for defective premises . |
| 14 | One road would treat the special protection previously provided by equity for married women who provide security for their husband 's debts as now of only historical interest . |
| 15 | The lower age limit was set by the National Institute for Neurological and Communicative Disorders and Stroke and the Alzheimer 's Disease and Related Disorders Association ( NINCDS-ADRDA ) and the upper age set by convention for presenile disease . |
| 16 | Additional targets set by Minister for Social Security Peter Lilley include : the identification of at least 40,000 extra self-employed people who should be registered ; a £12m increase in returns from identified Class 1 NI underpayments ; a £13.3m increase in payments of arrears ; and efficiency savings of £2.6m. 95% of customers can also expect a response to their enquiries within 10 working days . |
| 17 | Among the criticisms are : , Failure to take action to enforce standards set by Congress for toxic chemicals , including carcinogens such as dioxin . |
| 18 | Their criteria of personal responsibility enjoy the fluidity necessary to achieve social policies rather than the rigour demanded by respect for individual autonomy . |
| 19 | Lewis opposed the idea that Parliament should let the scheme be taken out of its hands and said that the Government would apply for a vote during the session to acquire land for the Foreign Office at first , followed by land for other offices . |
| 20 | Jiang Zemin , the newly-appointed secretary-general of the Chinese Communist Party , and Mr Honecker , his East German counterpart , chose the same themes - the superiority and inevitable triumph of socialism , the need to strengthen the leadership of the party and the danger posed by pressure for rapid reform . |
| 21 | Thus quite considerable amounts of labour could be generated by demand for private health and education provision . |
| 22 | Looking further ahead , coal use is likely to rise significantly only when its use is necessitated by demand for synthetic natural gas or chemical feedstocks currently acquired from oil . |
| 23 | At present about 85% of foreign aid is earmarked by Congress for specific purposes in selected countries : unlucky countries that have not been singled out for earmarked money are vulnerable to savage cuts . |
| 24 | The report was issued by Office for Nuclear Safety director Steven Blush in an effort to persuade new Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary to change her plans to merge his office with the Office for Environmental Safety and Health . |
| 25 | Those for levels 1 to 3 are the same as those specified by Order for key stage 1 , which will have been published in statutory Documents by the time this report is made public . |
| 26 | The strongly authoritarian role of the head of the family has been undermined by the opportunities created by urbanisation for young people to be independent and earn a living outside the family , and by conceptions of the North American family as portrayed by the media . |
| 27 | Mitsubishi confirmed in February it was talking to SGS , and the SGS spokeswoman said on Friday that talks were continuing.SGS-Thomson calculates the world Flash memory market at $300m last year , and expects it to grow to $500m this year and , fuelled by demand for small , light portable storage , to soar to $2,500m by 1996 . |
| 28 | At least three stool samples per patient were examined by culture for enteropathogenic Salmonella spp , Shigella spp , Campylobacter spp , Yersinia spp , Streptococcus spp , Staphylococcus spp , Clostridium spp , and mycobacteria . |
| 29 | Ethnic conflict is not explained by competition for limited resources ; it seems to have an ideological basis . |
| 30 | In Comr. of Stamp Duties v. Bone [ 1976 ] 2 All E.R.354 at 360 ( P.C. ) Lord Russell , speaking for five Lords of Appeal , said : ‘ A debt can only be truly released and extinguished by agreement for valuable consideration or under seal . |