Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] by [noun] to " in BNC.

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1 Finally , Mr. Langley submitted that there was a strong presumption against the court having made an order which could have the effect of overriding or emasculating section 39 , and that it would be wrong to construe the injunction as being inconsistent with powers expressly given by Parliament to the Bank of England .
2 ( 1987 : 29 ) I would only add that the value of what we can not understand is only recognized by reference to what we can .
3 In arable districts most usable lad must already have been taken up , and with the commons jealously guarded by farmers to whom they were essential for keeping the animals on which cultivation depended , the landless man stood a better chance of carving a niche for himself by drifting to a less-developed , mainly pastoral terrain .
4 Later , items prised away on doorsteps end up either in the Lanes — a cluster of antique shops with a bijou veneer , much frequented by visitors to Brighton — or , if they are not snapped up by local dealers , at markets in London .
5 They suggested that by being out at night the young women had contributed in some way to their own rapes , even though they were merely returning by bus to their homes .
6 Ealdorman Torhtmund , a loyal servant of Aethelred , who slew Ealdred in vengeance for his lord in 799 , was warmly recommended by Alcuin to Charlemagne in 801 when he visited the Frankish court .
7 J all happen by accident to be linearly dependent , there will be four numbers w , w , w , w for which
8 The staircase was ornamented at intervals with classical figures , chastely draped , and there was still a sweet primness in the graceful propriety of their attitudes though some were lacking a hand or an arm and others had had their noses rot away or even been entirely decapitated by exposure to the elements , and all were soot-stained and weather-beaten .
9 They are almost entirely produced by damage to peripheral nerves or to roots or to the central nervous system .
10 Falling industrial employment could in the past be better characterized by reference to product sectors such as cotton , 1945–61 , or coal mining , which lost 317,000 jobs from 1961 to 1971 .
11 In fact it is arguable whether such dualistic conditions ever existed anyway : marginal groups which could not be assimilated into the category of the working class were merely relegated by Marx to the Lumpenproletariat .
12 This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms .
13 On the whole , feminists throughout the period agreed that women were better suited by nature to home-related tasks than were men .
14 A " class " for this purpose is not necessarily identified by reference to the category of shares which members hold .
15 However the balance has been somewhat redressed by recruitment to the BA courses and by in-service courses for qualified teachers which in 1982 raised its student numbers to about 385 .
16 It is important to ensure that legitimate public interest in environmental issues is properly met by access to reliable information and advice .
17 This can be best calculated by reference to accurate time-cost information .
18 We have seen how the three strategies of recognition involve the lexicon in different ways , and differences in the processing of words can be best explained by reference to this notion .
19 This is best explained by reference to the diagram , topsoil being removed from a small area at a time and the chalk quarried down to the new level .
20 The nature of the variable is best explained by reference to the relevant descriptors in Table 8.2 .
21 Some parts of the new law are best explained by reference to the defects of the old , e.g. s.5(4) is difficult to understand without reference to Moynes v Coopper [ 1956 ] 1 QB 439 .
22 On the contrary , its continued existence was soon recognized by lawyers to be a vital counterbalance to the new powers the police had secured .
23 The problem is largely ameliorated by amendments to the prescribed forms for giving notice of payment in which require the defendant to state the relevant deduction withheld .
24 They got it when Inzamam was short of speed returning for a second run , and Malcolm 's throw from third man was slickly relayed by Russell to the bowler 's end .
25 The words ‘ I love you ’ just uttered by Ludens to Irina , had not come to his lips entirely by accident .
26 He was also no longer considered by police to be a threat to the community , Lord Justice Kelly was told .
27 The seller will normally send by air to the buyer some documents : one will be the bill of lading transferred to the buyer to enable him to collect the goods at their port of destination ; another will be a bill of exchange which the buyer will normally sign and return thereby undertaking to pay for the goods on the date specified on the bill of exchange .
28 Similarly , in the case of the universe , could it be that we are living in a region that just happens by chance to be smooth and uniform ?
29 Under a contract of sale , these rules are reflected by the rule that damages for non-delivery or non-acceptance are normally assessed by reference to the market price rule ( SGA 1979 , ss50,51 ) .
30 June 17 : at a session of the USSR Supreme Soviet , Prime Minister Pavlov called for emergency powers on a par with those already exercised by Gorbachev to be given to him and his Cabinet in order to tackle effectively the country 's economic and social crisis .
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