Example sentences of "[adv prt] by the [noun] [prep] " 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 | She eased herself out of the lounger and plopped down by the edge of the swimming-pool and plunged her aching foot , bandage and all , into the cool water . |
| 3 | Manchester Polytechnic 's part-time BEd , for example , was turned down by the Committee in January 1973 with a recommendation that it should be resubmitted . |
| 4 | In addition , other legal principles are laid down by the decisions of judges over time , or proclaimed in legislation . |
| 5 | Now when I was down by the river at half seven … ’ |
| 6 | Could this be your ring ? it was found down by the river with an ear-pick and a stiletto . |
| 7 | The party was held at his flat which was a loft in a warehouse down by the river in Shad Thames on a wharf right next to Tower Bridge I 'd never seen anywhere like it . |
| 8 | It was over six weeks since she had come to work here , and six weeks to the day since his kiss and their painfully honest talk down by the river beneath the moonlight . |
| 9 | alone , down by the river by the Brine Baths |
| 10 | ‘ The rights deriving from the above-mentioned provisions of the Treaty include not only the rights of establishment and of participation in the capital of companies or firms but also the right to pursue an economic activity , as the case may be through a company , under the conditions laid down by the legislation of the country of establishment for its own nationals . |
| 11 | She hung her head , weighed down by the enormity of it all , swamped by the prospect of having Adam constantly at her side . |
| 12 | However , the Working Party report was turned down by the Council on the grounds that its proposals did ‘ not sufficiently reflect its value as an independent and impartial body for setting academic standards . ’ |
| 13 | The M.T.A. by its constitution had a power to put on a stop list the name of a member or person who infringed its rule forbidding the sale of articles at other than the list prices relevant thereto unless such person should pay to the Association a fine within limits to be laid down by the Council of the Association . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Four months after this article was written the unit focusing on girls and young women was closed down by the management of the national organization , and we all lost our jobs . |
| 16 | His successors were weighed down by the sense of duty . |
| 17 | Most take the experience with typical British humour and carrying on searching until either the dream home is found or they are worn down by the practicalities of price and location . |
| 18 | A supply aircraft , carrying weapons to the contras , was shot down by the Sandinistas at the beginning of October 1986 ; and on November 3rd a Lebanese magazine , Al-Shiraa , broke the story of American dealings with Iran . |
| 19 | These have now been laid down by the UKCC in its Code of Professional Conduct for the Nurse , Midwife and Health Visitor . |
| 20 | Harnoncourt ( ) , on the other hand , is let down by the unpredictability of his choral forces , and Gardiner ( ) is all sheen and polish , but misses the sense of the ceremonial which lies at the heart of his this most perfect of all choral masterpieces . |
| 21 | He had a deep yearning for those long-ago summer holiday afternoons spent on the lawns or down by the lake with the two Debrace children . |
| 22 | Supervision is the process of the laying down by the courts of guidelines for the development of legal principles . |
| 23 | Two days earlier , acting on her own behalf and that of her children , the widow of Jean-Baptiste Lully , Madeleine Lambert , sold all the remaining books of Lully 's music to Jean Baptiste Christophe Ballard in accordance with a sentence handed down by the courts of Châtelet de Paris the previous day ( 16 July 1714 ) . |
| 24 | The big regatta dances in the huge grey tent down by the quay in Carrick were just beginning but there were so few days left of the holiday that Maggie preferred to spend them about the house chatting with Rose or her sisters around the fire or talking with Michael out in the front garden among his flowerbeds ; and sometimes during long breaks in the rain they would go out to where Moran was tidying up in the meadows . |
| 25 | There is a strong thriller element to the novel , particularly in the last part , in which Piero is tracked down by the agents of what is portrayed as something close to a police or military state in the underground corridors of the prison-like block of flats where Charles lives and the fugitive has been hiding . |
| 26 | Consequently , the guidance handed down by the Court of Appeal is frequently way out of line with the levels of sentence that are typically imposed for similar offences by the lower courts . |
| 27 | In the light of what he read to be the limitation laid down by the Court of Appeal , the judge concluded , at p. 663E , that ‘ little , if any , of the information sought by the administrators can be described as ‘ reconstituting the company 's knowledge . ’ |
| 28 | The first question on this appeal is whether the use of section 236 is limited in the way which Hoffmann J. considered had been laid down by the Court of Appeal in Cloverbay [ 1991 ] Ch. 90 . |
| 29 | The common law rule on this was laid down by the Court of Appeal in Cresswell v. Sirl but this rule has been replaced , so far as the protection of livestock against dogs is concerned , by section 9 of the Animals Act . |
| 30 | This was the approach laid down by the Court of Appeal in R. v. Sunair Holidays ( 1973 ) and confirmed by the House of Lords in British Airways Board v. Taylor ( 1976 ) . |