Example sentences of "by [noun] to an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In each case a corporation has its reputation , separate from its members , capable of being adversely affected by defamatory statements and which it is entitled to protect by recourse to an action for libel . |
| 2 | In bringing into play this powerful discourse on art and the eternal " qualities of the human spirit to justify the distinctiveness of English , the Report is able to recuperate the very history which it claims to transcend , by recourse to an essentialist and narrowly-based cultural history of the " English people " : |
| 3 | … Whether , as a matter of expression , you say , as was said in the case of Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . Ltd. , that this is to be explained by postulating a continuing duty , or merely projecting the relationship of duty into the future , or whether you regard it as possible to establish a breach of duty as at birth by reference to an act antecedent to the accrual of the cause of action , may be open to debate , but it has no bearing on the precise question we are called upon to answer , namely , whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the infant plaintiff . |
| 4 | This describes the property , usually by reference to an address , and goes on to include any easements or other matters that the property has the benefit of and will also mention any declaration , exception or reservation . |
| 5 | I know that from my own experience and I can prove it by reference to an occasion when an area of big fruit trees was sprayed with lime sulphur , a winter spray . |
| 6 | Thus , the rent of a shop might be determined by reference to the Index of Retail Prices , the rent of a warehouse by reference to the Index of Wholesale Prices , and the rent of a builder 's merchant 's yard by reference to an index of construction costs . |
| 7 | ‘ during daytime hours without the lamps being lit while the vehicle was in motion ’ The daytime hours can be proved by reference to an almanac or from a witness 's observations if this is found necessary . |
| 8 | The times of sunset and sunrise can be proved by reference to an almanac . |
| 9 | These approaches may be illustrated by reference to an example , Neugraben , a suburb of the city that pioneered Tempo 30 , Hamburg . |
| 10 | Open access by telephone to an emergency service may be offered if such a facility exists locally . |
| 11 | The Early Jurassic Karoo basalts of southern Africa have been reduced by erosion to an area of 50 000 km 2 , but originally they were probably ten times as extensive . |
| 12 | One seat was lost by UUUC to an independent in Fermanagh and South Tyrone as a consequence of an arrangement by which the anti-Unionist vote was not split between SDLP and Unity . |
| 13 | Even the forthcoming Australian film Shame , informed by feminism to an extent , conforms to this pattern . |