Example sentences of "[unc] [vb pp] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was ‘ jumped ’ by a Focke Wulf FW190 flown by the German ace , Robert Spreckels , and forced down on to a Danish beach . |
| 2 | The World Jewish Congress estimated that 50,000 people might benefit from the US$630,000,000 allocated by the German government for payments between 1992 and the end of the century . |
| 3 | That draft er approved by the Social Affairs Council a week ago does not allow the flexibility for companies and their employees to determine working time arrangements at local plant level , but we do question the E E C's involvement in this area . |
| 4 | However , Article 130R(5) introduced by the Single European Act states that within their respective spheres of competence , the Community and the Member States shall co-operate with third countries and with the relevant international organizations , but then adds that this provision shall be without prejudice to Member States ' competence to negotiate in international bodies and to conclude international agreements . |
| 5 | No , it should be a permanent link , and er the calls will be er supported by the National Asthma Campaign and , as I said , it 's particularly er useful to newly diagnosed asthmatics in helping them to understand what 's happening to them and obtain advice , er . |
| 6 | I 've just been at a two day conference at erm not very far from here , at Wisden House in which erm a number of erm top industrialists erm led by the former chairman of I C I have all unanimously been saying how bad they think it is for our future technological development and export development if overseas students get out of the habit of coming here . |
| 7 | Nepal is different , that 's erm very very much erm influenced by the Hindu and the Buddhist ways , a lot of people believe in both |
| 8 | Following the death of anyone insured under this policy , we will protects that persons estate against liability insured under this policy and2 incurred by the deceased person . |
| 9 | And I 'm sure you need no reminding that during the past ten years , a new order has emerged and is emerging , which is changing the roles traditionally per performed by the three sectors . |
| 10 | L The seller undertakes to make an irrevocable offer to enter into the form of agreement HB5 prescribed by the National House-Building Council . |
| 11 | This lets them process graphics at the same speed as their Intel chips instead of the tardy 8MHz allowed by the traditional ISA buses . |
| 12 | In February 1987 it secured only 6.4% — less than the 11.8% won by the Progressive Democrats , a new party whose emergence seemed at that time to betoken the awakening of a new and more specifically political consciousness among Irish voters . |
| 13 | Among the Unit 's many educational activities an international conference on sculpture conservation is currently being organised for 16–18 June1993 hosted by The National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside , Liverpool . |
| 14 | However , the figure was still well above the 5.5 per cent recommended by the Central Bank and the Finance Ministry and rested on an assumption that some US$2,000 million in United States bank loans would be forthcoming . |
| 15 | Enimont had been created in January 1989 with 40 per cent public ownership ( through the state energy company Ente Nazionale Idrocarburi — ENI — National Hydrocarbons Agency ) , 40 per cent owned by the industrial group Montedison , and 20 per cent traded on the stock market . |
| 16 | The chairman and the director-general of Italy 's largest commercial bank ( 75 per cent owned by the Italian Treasury ) , the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro ( BNL ) , resigned on Sept. 7 , 1989 , following a scandal involving the transfer to Iraq of $2,870 million of unauthorized loan commitments ; the loans , to United States and European companies exporting industrial and agricultural products to Iraq , were arranged by BNL 's Atlanta ( USA ) branch [ see also p. 37096 ] . |
| 17 | The government on Aug. 25 , 1989 , awarded contracts to three private television channels — Canal Plus ( 25 per cent French-owned ) , Telecinco ( 25 per cent owned by the Italian magnate Silvio Berlusconi ) and the Spanish-owned Antena 3 — breaking the 33-year monopoly of the state company TVE and finally fulfilling the constitutional requirement for pluralism in the media with respect to television . |
| 18 | The Mogul mine at Silvermines , which went into production in 1967 , was owned by Mogul of Ireland Ltd , which itself was 75 per cent owned by Mogul of Canada and 25 per cent owned by the Irish-based company , Silvermines . |
| 19 | Fines of Ecu10m imposed by the European Court in 1986 for alleged competition infringements on poly-propylene were reduced on appeal to Ecu9m , but are still being appealed against . |
| 20 | TAI CHI CHIAN This is an internal style of kung fu founded by the Taoist mystic , Chang San-Feng ( 1279–1368 ) . |
| 21 | The mean GT4 test scores rose sharply from 30 per cent produced by the bottom third of pupils to 77 per cent obtained by the top third . |
| 22 | THE council tax will bring administrative savings of 16 per cent , compared with the 60 per cent predicted by the Scottish Office , according to the controller of audit , John Broadfoot . |