Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] by [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Annual rate bills are calculated by reference to rateable values and the rate multiplier . |
| 2 | These are calculated by reference to the regulations and allowance is made for dependants , income tax , national insurance , housing costs , and work expenses . |
| 3 | Gains on property disposals are calculated by reference to historical net book value to the Group . |
| 4 | Our charges are calculated by reference to an hourly rate . |
| 5 | Foundationalists suppose that there are two sorts of justification , and that the inferentially justified beliefs are justified by appeal to the non-inferentially justified ones . |
| 6 | The rules appear to assume that a higher level of disclosure should be made to private customers , but unless the common law rules are altered by reference to the entirety of the rules and the assumptions in them rather than to a specific rule , this result may not be achieved . |
| 7 | Those who subscribe to them and are honoured by reference to them may be thought of with contempt by those for whom the underlife is the serious basis of social living . |
| 8 | Harvesting is a delicate task requiring deft fingers and precision , for which women are supposed by nature to be peculiarly suited . |
| 9 | Children under ten in England and Wales are considered by law to be unaware of the consequences of their actions . |
| 10 | Similarly , where rules are incorporated by reference to some other document , there should be adequate reference to draw them to members ' attention . |
| 11 | This may give rise to dispute where terms are incorporated by reference to some other document , as in the examples above . |
| 12 | Now , nearly the whole output of houses is built under contract to local authorities and the remainder — between a tenth and a fifth of the whole — are built by licence to individual order . |
| 13 | The Works are connected by pipeline to a holding tank and loading arms at the North Side , Edinburgh Dock . |
| 14 | The stations are connected by telemetry to the suburban house of Varotsos in Glyfada , near Athens , where he and his wife Mary maintain a 24-hour watch on the instruments . |
| 15 | Of the 49 movements that make up the collection of 1708 , 35 are connected by incipit to at least one other in the same tonality . |
| 16 | Decisions are made by reference to a combination of common-sense assumptions , experience , and professional expertise concerning crime and criminals , public opinion , expectations of fellow-officers and superiors , the chance of securing a conviction , and other factors . ’ |
| 17 | The matter is further complicated by the fact that the disclosure letter will almost always say the disclosures are made by reference to the warranty to which they are thought to be most applicable , but they also apply to all warranties . |
| 18 | The relevant Rules of the Supreme Court governing the procedure for service of process abroad are drafted by reference to writs . |
| 19 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 20 | The episodes in which that action figures are classified by reference to local conventions as having the force of the performance of this or that social act , such as greeting , betting , leave-taking , and so on . |
| 21 | Actions are judged by reference to their own conceptions of dignity and integrity , regardless of other influences . |
| 22 | Estimates from Scandinavia suggest that 10–30 per cent of such deaths are caused by exposure to radon ( Richardson 1988 : 270–81 ) . |
| 23 | Both " obscenity " and " indecency " are defined by reference to vague and elastic formulae , permitting forensic debates over morality which fit uneasily into the format of a criminal trial . |
| 24 | Settlement and accordingly settled property for the purposes of TCGA 1992 , s87(1) are defined by reference to the definition in Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 ( see TCGA 1992 , s97(7) ) . |
| 25 | " Settlement " and accordingly " settled property " for the purposes of TCGA 1992 , ss87-96 and 97(1) — ( 6 ) are defined by reference to the definition in Part XV of the Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 26 | The village school was closed in 1948 and the children are taken by bus to other schools in the area . |
| 27 | The problems raised by these questions are discussed by reference to English , American and Australian legislation . |
| 28 | ( 3 ) I remarked above that epistemic appearances are identified by reference to a thought from which we wisely refrain , a ‘ would-be ’ thought . |
| 29 | Every Friday at 1.00 pm they are issued by allotment to the highest bidder by tender , or by allotment to the highest bidder when the Bank of England wishes to absorb a money market surplus on a particular day . |
| 30 | In the former , instructions are sent by airmail to a correspondent bank requesting it to credit the exporter or his bank with an appropriate amount in the exporter 's domestic currency . |