Example sentences of "as [verb] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As foreseen by the dark clouds , it began to rain during the afternoon and by the time the headlights of Markby 's car illuminated the front windows of Rose Cottage , it was fairly tipping down . |
| 2 | He will try to obtain by force what he can not achieve by the correct use of the aids as taught by the classical school . ’ |
| 3 | One battle the CPRE is fighting concerns a planning application for a theme park in the historic grounds of Woburn Abbey , Bedfordshire , even though the grounds are within an ‘ Area of Great Landscape Value ’ , as designated by the local county council . |
| 4 | It took 80 per cent of the seats in the National Assembly , with just 40 per cent of the vote — which is by no means a form of Proportional Representation ( PR ) , as favoured by the Liberal Democrats . |
| 5 | Rover has been quick to identify and exploit on the visual cues that so distinguish its cars , as witnessed by the successful return of the traditional chrome grille . |
| 6 | Such a limitation has not obviously affected the evolutionary ‘ success ’ of this type of body pattern , as witnessed by the vast number of species of insects and crustacea alive and flourishing today — but it certainly affects the extent of their behavioural repertoire . |
| 7 | The notifiable venereal diseases in Belgium are syphilis , gonorrhoea , chancroid , and LGV , but there is a considerable degree of under-reporting , as witnessed by the official figures for 1975 , which gave a total of 771 cases of gonorrhoea for the whole of Belgium . |
| 8 | Investment institutions , companies , and banks have become much more sophisticated in the operation of their affairs across national boundaries , as witnessed by the spectacu-lar growth in the Euro-currency markets . |
| 9 | The two large and rusty freighters that were berthed in the docking area , however , were very definitely of human manufacture , as witnessed by the sweaty crewmen who swarmed all over them , almost as numerous as the dead fish which clogged the oil-choked water . |
| 10 | Tourists visiting the area are being leafleted , and local Berewan landowners are erecting signs warning against trespass and calling for respect for indigenous property rights , as recognized by the United Nations . |
| 11 | Non-parametric data are expressed in terms of the median and lowest possible CI above 95% as calculated by the binomial based method , with comparison between groups by the Mann-Whitney U test . |
| 12 | It is already happening in New Zealand where you can qualify for a remission of 60 if you dig the grave yourself , provided you can do it to the proper standards as prescribed by the local district council and bring your own tools . |
| 13 | However , at this output Q the marginal social cost MSC exceeds the marginal social benefit of chemicals as given by the corresponding point on the demand curve DD . |
| 14 | It follows that the British courts are under a statutory obligation to apply to Community legal texts the Community methods of interpretation as developed by the European Court ; they would be under Community law even without the statutory provision . |
| 15 | The many levels and manifestations of town twinning , as developed by the twinning committee , have much in common with the variety and range of activities which might be shared between a college or school and a company , as developed by the partnership committee . |
| 16 | UK company law already incorporates most of the requirements , and indeed the Directive is largely modelled on the Company Securities ( Insider Dealing ) Act 1985 , as amended by the Financial Services Act 1986 . |
| 17 | The Legal Aid Act 1988 as amended by the Legal Aid Act 1988 ( Children Act 1989 ) Order 1991 ( SI No 1924 ) provides a uniform scheme for the grant of legal aid at all levels within the court system . |
| 18 | The Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules ( the Rules ) as amended by the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 do not require the use of these Memorandum and Articles of Association ; they are included in this pack for guidance only . |
| 19 | ‘ the Rules ’ means the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 as amended by the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 or any modification or re-enactment for the time being in force ; |
| 20 | The Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules ( the Rules ) as amended by the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 do not require the use of these Memorandum and Articles of Association ; they are included in this pack for guidance only . |
| 21 | ‘ the Rules ’ means the Solicitors ' Incorporated Practice Rules 1988 as amended by the Multi-National Legal Practice Rules 1991 or any modification or re-enactment for the time being in force ; |
| 22 | The Matrimonial Homes Act 1967 ( as amended by the Matrimonial Homes and Property Act 1981 ) gives a spouse who is in occupation of the matrimonial home , but does not occupy it by virtue of an estate , interest , contract , or statute , protection against eviction from the dwelling without the necessity of obtaining leave of the court . |
| 23 | Any provision in a contract which would have the effect of excluding or restricting liability for a misrepresentation is ineffective , except to the extent that the clause is shown to satisfy the requirement of reasonableness — Misrepresentation Act 1967 , s.3 as amended by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 . |
| 24 | The Misrepresentation Act 1967 , as amended by the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , made the situation more satisfactory . |
| 25 | ‘ Offensive weapon means any article made or adapted for use for causing injury to the person or intended by the person having it with him for such use by him , or by some other person , per section 1(4) Prevention Of Crime Act 1953 as amended by the Public Order Act 1986 Schedule 2 paragraph 2 . |
| 26 | 9.15 Service of notices The provisions of the Law of Property Act 1925 section 196 as amended by the Recorded Delivery Service Act 1962 shall apply to the giving and service of all notices and documents under or in connection with this Lease except that section 196 shall be deemed to be amended as follows : |
| 27 | Walsingham and Knighton also attempted to blame Wyclif and the Lollards for propagating revolt , but this must be seen only as scaremongering by the established order in the Church , attempting to tar the socially conservative academic heretic with the brush of revolution . |
| 28 | What does emerge beyond dispute is the primacy of large-scale cloth making as the great national industry and by far the most important export , leaving the rest more or less nowhere , as attested by the massive wealth of many clothiers and the prosperity — albeit a brittle one — of the workers in the major textile districts : high earnings in Suffolk and Gloucestershire at least resulting in a disposable surplus of income which not infrequently enabled artificers to accumulate sufficient goods for assessment , in contrast to agricultural labourers , who seldom had anything but their wages to be taxed on . |
| 29 | The South is seen as dominated by the Roman church . |
| 30 | From that first manifestation of life the evolutionary processes continued all through the countless ages of this Second Period , that is , the period from the beginnings of life to the dawn of civilisation , and life developed by virtue of the laws of survival as disclosed by the Darwinian school . |