Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Can I also add that it will also instigate centrally determined policing policies , very much akin to other government policies , particularly economic policies which have , as yet , done nothing to address the underlying causes of crime and there are fears and I 'm quoting here from the er the response made by the Association of Metropolitan Authorities , the Association of County Councils and the Association of District Councils that it could lead to a national Police force . |
| 2 | Thus in the former situation the stimulus is received and the response initiated by the same hemisphere ( direct or uncrossed reaction ) . |
| 3 | It was said that one result of reading the Section as I read it would be this : that Mr Astor would be liable to pay tax in respect of the income received by the trustee in the United States as income deemed to be his ( Part XV ) and also likely to pay tax on the income which the trustee was bound to pay over , the latter being ( within the decision in [ Garland v Archer-Shee ( 1930 ) 15 TC 693 ] ) the income springing from a foreign possession , namely , his right of action against the trustee . |
| 4 | The income generated by the assets is accumulated and paid out at intervals , the amount paid on each unit again ( roughly ) corresponding to total income divided by the number of units in existence . |
| 5 | For example , some bonds might not pay coupons at all ( such bonds are called zero-coupon bonds , and they sell at a deep discount to their par values since all the reward from holding the bond comes in the form of capital gain rather than income ) ; some bonds make coupon payments that change over time , e.g. because they are linked to current market interest rates ( variable rate bonds or floating rate notes ) or to an index such as the retail price index ( index-linked bonds ) ; and some bonds make coupon payments only if the income generated by the firm that issued the bonds is sufficient , ( such bonds are known as income bonds ; unlike other bond-holders , an income bond-holder can not put the firm into liquidation if a coupon payment is not paid ) . |
| 6 | This account is credited with all the income earned by the company and debited with all the expenditure incurred . |
| 7 | In such a policy , the social security system was to play a major role since ‘ the income provided by the scheme to persons who are sick , unemployed , injured or past work will almost invariably be spent to the full . ’ |
| 8 | However , the extent of this new-found tolerance is shown to be limited by the hysteria generated by the disease AIDS against male homosexuals . |
| 9 | The time limit for submitting the return may be extended by the inspector if it can be shown , to his satisfaction , that there is a reasonable excuse for the inability to submit by the prescribed deadline . |
| 10 | This was pre-Renaissance Glasgow , blackened with soot , full of heavy industry and shipbuilding , the park divided by the River Kelvin dominated by the grey gothic spaceship of Glasgow University Tower . |
| 11 | The mental health charity MIND had already canvassed the idea of taking the opportunity presented by the decline in the population of the hospitals to argue for sale of parcels of land in order to fund community services . |
| 12 | As the first post-merger MIPS product out , MIPS is taking the opportunity presented by the announcement to boast that the MIPS acquisition cost Silicon Graphics Inc no dilution of earnings . |
| 13 | We must also seize the opportunity presented by the considerable increase in numbers of children , particularly those of school age . |
| 14 | CNC machine tool manufacturers have often promoted their products with the claim that they can be operated by unskilled operators , and it was widely believed for some time that engineering companies were taking the opportunity given by the introduction of CNC machine tools to replace skilled craft workers by unskilled or semi-skilled operators on the shop-floor , and putting white-collared technicians in the programming office . |
| 15 | Not surprisingly , therefore , a man never noted for the quality of patience had rushed bullheaded on the opportunity offered by the accession of Mary . |
| 16 | An apparently apocryphal account is of two Prussian medical officers , Fritsch and Hitzig , who In 1870 took advantage of the opportunity offered by the Franco-Prussian War to study the exposed brains of soldiers struck down on the battlefield . " |
| 17 | Somes seized the opportunity offered by the breakup of the fleet of the East India Company to purchase a number of its best ships , for example , Lowther Castle and Earl of Balcarres . |
| 18 | If this proves to be the case , it will show that centres have grasped the opportunity offered by the new advanced courses to make wider access a reality . |
| 19 | Indeed , a number of authorities took ‘ the opportunity offered by the current preparation of the new statutory local plans to institutionalise negotiated planning control … the draft Westminster District Plan , for example , indicates unequivocally the council 's intention to pursue certain planning goals through agreements , in addition to establishing certain minimum gains to be included in planning applications or to be secured through negotiated amendments to submitted applications ’ An action area plan for Fareham , Hampshire , similarly states that ‘ planning permission for development in the proposed areas will not be granted until … negotiations between developers and the local authority for financial contributions have been concluded ’ . |
| 20 | MacArthur urged Acheson to raise the matter with Truman and persuade the President to overrule Johnson ; he added that Truman should grasp the opportunity provided by the treaty for regaining the initiative in East Asia from the Soviet Union . |
| 21 | It is a brand new architect-designed building which will offer us improved space and usage and we are taking advantage of the opportunity provided by the move to install an enhanced IT system . |
| 22 | In practice few companies have made use of the opportunity provided by the Act to start generating electricity on a substantial scale . |
| 23 | On Jan. 21 a Senate standing committee urged the government to make " full use of the opportunity provided by the US ban on weapons sales " , saying that " we should not only seek alternative sources but utilize all our capabilities to achieve self-reliance in defence production " . |
| 24 | A troupe of gypsies arrives , intending to profit from the opportunity provided by the wedding , and while some of them dance , others , mingling with the company under the pretext of telling fortunes , pick the pockets of one of the bourgeois . |
| 25 | Nevertheless , many respondents including Conference of Presidents and Secretaries of local law societies , took the opportunity afforded by the question to berate the tardiness of lenders in forwarding form 53 . |
| 26 | Many respondents took the opportunity afforded by the consultation to offer their reflections on the current state of the profession and the issues facing it . |
| 27 | They turned into Candlewick , now thronged with carts , pack horses and wagons as virtually every tradesman in the city seized the opportunity afforded by the break in the weather . |
| 28 | About one hundred sculptures and constructions , the majority loaned by the Fundacio Joan Miró and shown with related drawings and sketches . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , she did give outright support to the stand taken by the Chancellor of the Exchequer . |
| 30 | Never at any stage was the challenger intimated by the controversial and eccentric Eubank — now unbeaten in 36 fights . |