Example sentences of "[noun pl] and by [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through traffic is usually reduced by road closures and speeds are cut by carriageway narrowings , small roundabouts and by various types of humps , which additionally increase conspicuity of intersections and other traffic . |
| 2 | It is designed to be used by curriculum planners , course and test writers , teachers and teacher trainers and by self-access learners of foreign languages . |
| 3 | These studies are underpinned by continuing improvements in the operation of the geophysical databases and by further developments in computer software for interactive display and interpretation of data . |
| 4 | Nor , from the beginning of the indiscriminate sinking of British merchant ships by U-boats , could there be the slightest doubt among seamen who the enemy was ; but adjustment was difficult , and bread and butter questions such as pay and conditions of work were aggravated and complicated by wartime inflation , by manpower shortages and by excessive profits made by shipowners who grew even richer and more demanding out of the sweat and blood of their merchant crews . |
| 5 | Sabalat said that the delay had been caused by the CEP 's shortage of funds and by logistical difficulties , including delays in the receipt of ballot papers donated by the Canadian government . |
| 6 | This is another species like C. ciliata , which in its native country , especially in Sri Lanka , grows in or near mangrove swamps and by brackish-water lagoons . |
| 7 | These investigators found their unilaterally presented stimuli to be more accurately recalled from the right visual field both by American subjects viewing English words and by Israeli subjects seeing Yiddish words . |
| 8 | In recent years , teenage girls in townships like Soweto have been deterred from attending school , however , by the growing levels of violence directed against them , including numerous cases of rape , both by males from their schools and by outside gangs . |
| 9 | However hard a head or a governing body may try to remain outside the arena of competition , the insistence of parent interests and community awareness and the effect on even the price of houses in a local estate agent 's listings will continue to make sure that parents believe that clever children , as measured in the national assessment , are produced by good schools and by good teachers . |
| 10 | More was added to this general picture by the six case-study schools and by some headteachers in the larger survey in response to open questions : |
| 11 | During the inter-war years commuting was encouraged by the railway companies and by speculative builders and it was only after the Second World War that the more widespread use of the car and the continuing electrification of the railways allowed the commuting zone to be extended further . |
| 12 | These panels are used by individual companies and by specialised agencies , such as A.C. Nielsen . |
| 13 | By false cues and by real cues lumped under the general title ‘ distraction ’ , we may shift the behaviour of adults , babies and animals . |
| 14 | While he said the AS/400 may well be taken up at existing IBM Corp sites and by medium-sized firms , he feels larger organisations will be less eager in Europe than in the US . |
| 15 | While he said the AS/400 may well be taken up at existing IBM Corp sites and by medium-sized firms , he feels larger organisations will be less eager in Europe than in the US . |
| 16 | There is also the cost of care both up to today 's date given by her parents and in the future to be given by her parents and by professional carers . |
| 17 | a clear obligation , recognised by all nuclear weapons states and by other states as well , to pursue arms control in the direction of minimising the role of nuclear weapons in conflict behaviour through negotiations in good faith ; this obligation is a provision , art . |
| 18 | ( a ) To carry on business consisting of the provision of professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as solicitors and by multi-national partnerships PROVIDED THAT nothing in any sub-clause of this Clause shall give the Company power to do anything in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies by virtue of the Rules or section 9 of the AJA . |
| 19 | ( a ) To carry on business consisting of the provision of professional services such as are provided by individuals practising as solicitors and by multi-national partnerships PROVIDED THAT nothing in any sub-clause of this Clause shall give the Company power to do any thing in breach of the Solicitors Act 1974 , the Rules or any rules , principles or requirements of conduct applicable to recognised bodies by virtue of the Rules or section 9 of the AJA . |
| 20 | So that one bargain could be fairly compared with another , the cost of borrowing — the interest charged — should in all cases and by all lenders be expressed in terms of an Annual Percentage Rate ( APR ) , not solely in weekly or monthly interest . |
| 21 | A quantitative analysis of these alternants , taken from 30 one-hour interviews of 15 men and 15 women , had revealed a preference for the indicative and conditional forms in lower-status groups and by all speakers in less careful styles . |
| 22 | This common cause blossomed to embrace other anti-regime groups and by 1988 efforts were being made in Damascus to assemble an anti-Baghdad coalition under ICP leadership . |
| 23 | These two groups provided the ‘ steady ’ leadership of labour but were always complemented by the unskilled and the seamen and by socialist intellectuals ( most of whom were manual workers in this period ) working around reproductive issues . |
| 24 | By protecting the producers and merchants and by imposing tolls and customs dues he could profit from it doubly so if he ruled over the English and Norman ports into which the wine was imported . |
| 25 | Heat can be applied in several forms and by several methods with a variety of equipment the more common of which are as follows- . |
| 26 | I first discovered I had a breech baby at 30 weeks and by 36 weeks it was obvious she had a mind of her own and was going to stay that way . |
| 27 | These workers were of , or close to , the very poor , from the slums of East London ; they were led by more secure workers and by intellectual socialists . |
| 28 | The report concluded that substantial financial support should be given to research promoted and co-ordinated by the Home Office and carried out in the Universities and by other agencies . |
| 29 | However , Goldmann suggests objectivity is only available to the individual ; by effecting a synthesis of elements of truth from the perspectives of different classes and by preserving elements of understanding already expressed by other thinkers but abandoned under the influence of social , economic or political changes , the individual may be able to ‘ arrive in the realm of scientific thought ’ ( Goldmann 1969 : 58 ) . |
| 30 | proposals for a graded system of decision-making , covering both personal and financial decisions , reflecting decisions made by carers and by administrative bodies , both subject to review by a judicial authority |