Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [verb] by the " in BNC.

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1 Everything , then , will depend upon the guidance and circulars produced by the Department of Education and Science , i.e. upon the way in which the Act is interpreted by the department and implemented at local level .
2 Three particular classes of activities have been identified as the most common source of signals : intention movements , displacement activities , and activities controlled by the autonomic nervous system .
3 ‘ If it had not been for the difficulties and bruises caused by the recession , I have no doubt there would be an increased majority for the Conservative Party , ’ he said .
4 The New Forest is at once a great national reserve of timber , a grazing ground for several thousand cattle and ponies owned by the Commoners , and a region for recreation and the enjoyment of scenery and wild life which , being open to the public , at large , has much of the character of a National park .
5 This study examines the numbers of unqualified mature students accepted at English universities , the policies and attitudes adopted by the universities towards such students and their academic performance .
6 The ideas and attitudes expressed by the social problem film … do not derive simply from the focus of their subject matter but also from their deployment of certain types of conventions ( in accordance with what an audience ‘ accustomed to the cinema ’ expects ) which , then , inevitably structure and constrain the way in which that subject matter is presented in the first place .
7 Good RE teaching is about the historical facts and the literature of the main world religions and it allows the young to study the beliefs and attitudes held by the adherents of these religions and also by humanists .
8 The pupil-teacher ratio ( PTR ) and the contact ratio ( the time teachers spend directly teaching as opposed to preparing and marking work ) might be regarded as inputs and , in addition to the examples taken from the Audit Commission report , outputs might include punctuality and values and attitudes acquired by the time the pupils leave school — though the latter would not be easy to quantify .
9 Only read this section if you are ready to accept the risks and rewards offered by the more sophisticated loans .
10 In France the post-mortem period is , typically , fifty years but those authors and artists affected by the two World Wars were granted a prolongation of the copyright term , giving an effective expiry of just over sixty-four years after their death .
11 The City Code on Takeovers and Mergers issued by the Panel .
12 M0 includes notes and coins held by the public plus cash in banks ' tills plus banks ' operational balances at the Bank of England .
13 Notes and coins held by the public account for about 90 per cent of M0 .
14 M1 includes notes and coins held by the public plus all sterling sight deposits held by the private sector in United Kingdom banks .
15 If the hon. Gentleman had participated in our debates in Committee , he would have heard a wide range of differing views and opinions expressed by the various parties in Northern Ireland — and , to some extent , by people within the same party .
16 A college report on a short experiment in mechanics A thesis for a higher degree in anthropology The findings of a young worker during Voluntary Service Overseas , on the social conditions in an African village The conclusions and opinions reached by the holder of a travelling scholarship on the variations in educational opportunities in several countries Findings on the depopulation of the countryside of S.W. England in the last 100 years Financial recommendations on a proposed merger of two large companies Economic proposals on the purchase and distribution of sugar in the E.E.C .
17 1792 It being Represented to this Meeting that their is unlawful combinations and Meetings held by the Weavers in the Island , particularly in the Parish of Kilchoman , for the purpose of shortening or cutting off the usual measure called the Islay Ell , which has for time Immemorial been the Standard Measure given by the Weavers with every Species of their Manufacture , and for reducing the measure to the English yard , and for continueing the prices for the English yard as high as that for the Islay Ell
18 It fully condemns acts such as this , and acts committed by the Ulster Freedom Fighters , such as attacking Belfast taxi drivers .
19 Around 20% — some £36 million — of Edinburgh 's total annual income is generated from research grants and contracts awarded by the UK Research Councils , Government Departments , Foundations , Industry and Commerce and , increasingly , through the research programmes of the European Commission .
20 The remedies are prescribed on the basis of the symptoms and signs experienced by the patient and are usually given in the form of homoeopathic potencies .
21 He gave many lectures on the materia medica which are still widely used today , and undertook a systematic classification of all the symptoms and signs produced by the remedies .
22 People 's social and religious habits change and a new materialistic culture emerges where life is influenced by the consumption of earnings on goods and products made by the machine .
23 Joe Collier , reader in clinical pharmacology at St George 's Hospital , London , said : ‘ The drugs and products produced by the pharmaceutical industry are invaluable .
24 Because of the strategic nature of the services and products provided by the major state enterprises , and because of their monopoly position , industrial conflict may cause widespread disruption and lead to severe political embarrassment for the government .
25 Thus the term " criterion " can refer either to a description of the knowledge and skills possessed by the learner or the score which has to be reached in order to qualify for the description .
26 The curriculum is devised primarily according to the knowledge and skills required by the practising surveyor , and the theoretical content is that required to give the student the necessary understanding .
27 But , although Robert strained his eyes against the glass , he could see nothing but impenetrable blackness beyond the hectic yellows and reds cast by the candles .
28 Management information regarding resource deployment and technical achievement against plan , cost generation against budget and programme change implications shall be provided by the Parties to the Project Manager in accordance with formats and timetables approved by the Project Committee and to meet any information requirements of IEATP in connection with the payment of Grant .
29 A follow-up language course , the Safari Course , was devised , and programmes framed by the language section of the newly formed Curriculum Development Centre were to be integrated with those prepared in other subject sections .
30 And how would such an affixation cope with the evident fact that the techniques , modes of expression and performers claimed by the counterculture as their own were apparently so easily appropriated by the established music industry interests , and the music spread into every social corner and function ?
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