Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , never for a second was there any lifting in the murderous artillery blanket laid down by the cannon of the opposing sides , now nearly 4,000 strong . |
| 2 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 3 | Teaching in schools must follow the lines of a national curriculum laid down by the Secretary of State which will dominate approximately 90 per cent of school timetables . |
| 4 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 5 | He further contends by ground ( 2 ) of his notice of appeal that the failure of the judge to perceive the limitations imposed on her discretion in the context of the Convention led her to reject the proposition that the elements necessary to the exercise of that discretion have to exist within the framework laid down by the Convention itself . |
| 6 | ( a ) The Agency Principle Section 5 of the Partnership Act ( power of partner to bind the firm ) states that : Every partner is an agent of the firm and his other partners for the purpose of the business of the partnership ; and the acts of every partner who does any act for carrying on in the usual way of business of the kind carried on by the firm of which he is a member bind the firm and his partners , unless the partner so acting has in fact no authority to act for the firm in the particular matter , and the person with whom he is dealing either knows that he has no authority , or does not know or believe him to be a partner . |
| 7 | The attitude of the family has implications for the style of initial assessment carried out by the psychiatrist ; if the psychiatrist realises from the outset that other agencies are involved then consent of the family for reports may be obtained at an early stage . |
| 8 | Following the conclusion of the Heads of Agreement , we will be available to assist should any issues arise during the due diligence carried out by the acquiror 's accountants . |
| 9 | the present legislation is out of date and does not reflect the nature of the audit at present carried out by the C & AG . |
| 10 | The emotion given out by the barge is horrifying and unknown . |
| 11 | It would not be possible to talk of error of law at all unless such elements did have a ‘ given ’ meaning because , says Gould , such language implies a departure from a criterion laid down by the courts . |
| 12 | If the interpretation of the point is not given to the ordinary courts then the error will not be an error of law at all ; the criterion laid down by the tribunal will be the accepted standard . |
| 13 | On Nov. 25 a programme agreed on by the coalition partners was announced in the National Assembly . |
| 14 | The photograph was found in an album made up by the late Sqn Ldr G Beeby . |
| 15 | So it became the first PGA Tour venue to lose a tournament because it does n't conform to the anti-discrimination rule laid down by the United States PGA . |
| 16 | An international civil rights organisation are concluding their investigation of allegations of torture carried out by the RUC ( Police ) and Army in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | According to a report by the Senate committee on violence and pacification which was monitoring acts of political violence carried out by the Maoist Shining Path ( Sendero Luminoso ) , the Tupac Amarú Revolutionary Movement ( Movimiento Revolucionario Tupac Amarú — MRTA ) , right-wing death squads and other extremist groups and also , in 1989 , links between rebel groups and drug traffickers , it was estimated that a total of 3,198 people were killed as a result of such activity in the course of 1989 , compared with 1,986 in 1988 . |
| 18 | In particular the attention of the court was drawn to clause 1 of the agreement which referred to the practice carried on by the parties as a " practice of general medical practitioners " . |
| 19 | Objectives ( 1 ) and ( 2 ) could consist of checks after a preliminary period of revision or practice carried out by the student on her own . |
| 20 | After the initial nationalisation programme carried out by the post-war Labour government , there was relatively little change in the frontiers between the state sector and the private sector . |
| 21 | A complete refurbishment programme carried out by the family owners has produced a particularly good standard of accommodation for a hotel of this class . |
| 22 | The research carried out by the University of Sheffield team for the Elton enquiry found that a preponderance of teachers considered reasoning with pupils outside the classroom setting as the most effective strategy for dealing with difficult pupils . |
| 23 | Finding Faith Today is a major report on evangelism , based on research carried out by the Bible Society on behalf of the Church Together in England . |
| 24 | The recommendations are based on research carried out by the Value for Money ( VFM ) Unit of the Management Executive at three community units : South Sefton , Mid-Staffordshire and Macclesfield . |
| 25 | Recent research carried out by the company shows that 92% of its existing 12,000 customers worldwide are reluctant to rush to open systems for the sake of fashion . |
| 26 | Recent research carried out by the company shows that 92% of its existing 12,000 customers worldwide are reluctant to rush to open systems for the sake of fashion . |
| 27 | Earlier this week Clacton , unemployment blackspot of the South East , was tipped to win grant aid following research carried out by the General Municipal Boilermakers ' Union . |
| 28 | Some research carried out by the Centre for Research in Social Policy at Loughborough University ( in collaboration with the Centre for Health Economics at the University of York ) has produced some interesting material on joint action . |
| 29 | The project follows on from research carried out by the investigators into the structure of Scottish rural society during early-modern times . |
| 30 | While little detailed work has been undertaken to date on the nature of these population movements , preliminary research carried out by the investigator in Costa Rica in 1987 with support from the Nuffield Foundation suggests that migration patterns have been strongly differentiated along lines of gender : whereas men have tended to migrate out of Guanacastle , at least on a temporary basis , many women appear to have moved permanently to towns within the region itself . |