Example sentences of "be [verb] [prep] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of overspending due to inevitable inaccuracy in the estimate should be guarded against by the inclusion of contingency sums . |
| 2 | Their reports could be commented on by the head of mission ; but they might well not be seen at all by the imperial chancellor , who had formal responsibility for the conduct of German foreign policy . |
| 3 | This crucial element in Morgan 's evidence is an illusion and there is not the slightest shred of evidence that those societies where large numbers of people can be referred to by the terms for parent are societies where marriage is either more or less individualistic . |
| 4 | This , as we have seen , explains the impossibility of the infinitive in * To snow would be pleasant as against its possible use in I want it to snow : if the generalized person of the infinitive of weather verbs is not specified as referring to the only support with which the notion denoted by these verbs is conceivable , namely it , then one feels a possible reference to any of the ordinal persons which can be referred to by the infinitive 's generalized person ( " you " , " me " , etc. ) , and so the sentence does not make sense . |
| 5 | The documents will normally be referred to by the vendor in its disclosures against the warranties . |
| 6 | For easy reference these four forms of circuit may be referred to by the more economical descriptions series-voltage , series-current , shunt-voltage and shunt-current feedback respectively . |
| 7 | Baynton v. Morgan shows , amongst other things , that this last contention may not always be relied on by the lessee ; and accordingly the position of the defendant is not put otherwise than favourably to himself if it is said that the measure of his liability here , that of a lessee after an assignment , is the performance or non-performance of the covenants in question by his assignees when he can not and does not aver any performance by himself . |
| 8 | The court took the view that since the contract was formed at the reception desk , the notice in the bedroom did not form part of the contract , thus it could not be relied upon by the hotel as excluding liability . |
| 9 | Accordingly the Council Directive could be relied upon by the applicant against the health authority . |
| 10 | Similarly , an exclusion clause in the contract between the retailer and the consumer could not be relied upon by the manufacturer . |
| 11 | If the complainant is still determined to become a plaintiff , the fact that a prompt apology has been made can be relied upon by the defendant to lower the amount of damages . |
| 12 | The issue before the court was whether an elaborately drawn exclusion clause in the bill of lading , which purported to limit liability for independent contractors , could be relied upon by the stevedores despite the privity rule . |
| 13 | The paper was to be voted upon by the board on May 4th . |
| 14 | To what extent that will be modified by by the changes in local circumstances , I can not say . |
| 15 | This is a matter of major constitutional importance which will have to be looked at by the House of Lords and no doubt considered by this place in due course . |
| 16 | On leaving the Service in August 1935 he spent several months looking around and also being looked at by the family of the lovely Ly , his Swiss wife , a scrutiny which was reciprocated when Ly had in turn , to be looked at by the swarm of Bennetts in Brisbane , Australia . |
| 17 | He deserves contempt not respect and his ability to handle further cases as serious as this should be looked at by the Lord Chancellor 's office . |
| 18 | In their absence Pete will be looked after by the Bible College 's bursar and husband in Malton . |
| 19 | Dr Zhurid said Brightness and Gorgeous , the other beluga , would be looked after by the Moscow-based Institute of Evolution and Animal Morphology . |
| 20 | In a smaller company , the pension scheme may be looked after by the company secretary or managing director . |
| 21 | Ordering replenishment and display may be looked after by the publisher and this can lift a lot of the administrative burden of stock control from the shop , although they are normally offered only where sales justify it . |
| 22 | The men of the family always formed a very solid front to the outside world , and at times to their womenfolk , and as it had been the custom among their people for children to be looked after by the men on the mother 's side of the family , especially if a brother had no issue of his own , they did n't see why the sisters were making such a fuss . |
| 23 | To suggest that that is the way forward for the future must be objected to by the fact that Sweden , Austria and the EFTA countries now want to join the supranational Community . |
| 24 | This good news has to be built upon by the direct and firm action set out in , this , the second Road Safety Plan for Lothian . |
| 25 | As soon as these clarifications have been received , they will then be balloted upon by the members of both AIB Bank , Northern Ireland and First Trust Bank . |
| 26 | While neighbours need to contribute to some notional ‘ stock of common good ’ , so that they can draw on it should they become in need of help at some point in the future , they also wish not to be imposed upon by the needs of others . |
| 27 | This meant that all electrical faults would be attended to by the electricians , but that mechanical faults would be dealt with by the mechanical trade nominated to that machine . |
| 28 | He did not want to be bothered with the problems she encountered , with water that seemed brackish or ceilings that had cracked — they were her concerns and , as she complained in a letter to Minnie : — I am driven to distraction with those household concerns with which you will be familiar Minnie but then in your case you have but to report them for them to be seen to by the master who will instruct the butler to bring in workmen and I am obliged to go out and seek my own help which is no easy thing . |
| 29 | Stations on the Cambrian Line are now pretty decrepit : Welshpool boarded up and part used by a Catering Contractor with minimal facilities and passenger information but the station is to be done up by the Local Authority : Newtown — possibly manned for only one shift per day ; Caersws — very nice with the semaphore signals and signal box still in use . |
| 30 | The last thing I would want to have to sell to my constituents is the idea that they should go into that bloody mess and be shot at by the bandits on both sides . |