Example sentences of "by [pron] [prep] an " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither the Labour nor the Liberal Party had won , but it was clear that the Conservatives had lost- and in an election called by them on an issue of their own choice . |
| 2 | When it was suggested to them as a possibility it was understood by them as an opportunity for a breathing space in the absence of any other alternative . |
| 3 | Even if the workers themselves made no contribution to the scheme it was argued that the cost of family allowance schemes to the employers would be used by them as an excuse to reduce wages or at least hold back wage increases or to put up prices . |
| 4 | The first is problematic in the light of the theory that living organisms ‘ see ’ with their eyes ; the second was problematic for the supporters of Galileo 's theories because it clashed with the ‘ force of a vacuum ’ theory accepted by them as an explanation of why the mercury does not fall from a barometer tube ; the third was problematic for Roentgen because it was tacitly assumed at the time that no radiation or emanation of any kind existed that could penetrate the container of the photographic plates and darken them ; the fourth was problematic because it was incompatible with Newton 's theory . |
| 5 | Had the situation been different and plastic bullets had been fired , the longer-term consequence would have been to have moved the police significantly towards the position where the use of baton rounds was perceived by them as an appropriate method of crowd dispersal during large-scale civil disturbance . |
| 6 | Our samples were no exception : Table 5.1 takes a loose definition of ‘ carer ’ and shows — for the three points in time — whether the dementia sufferer lived with someone who helped in some way to care for him or her , and if not , how frequently he or she was visited by someone on an informal caring basis . |
| 7 | Why , then , does a contemplation of his life and work leave us feeling zestful rather than discouraged , as if we have been brushed by someone with an incorrigible belief in happiness ? |
| 8 | But it WAS clearly written by someone with an intimate knowledge of the royal marriage crisis before it became public in Andrew Morton 's controversial book . |
| 9 | Carinish Court as seen in June 1904 by someone with an illegible signature . |
| 10 | I suggest that if David Isaacs hates his job as much as he seems to , then he be replaced by someone with an appreciation of the theatre and a more positive and informative approach . |
| 11 | He is a god by whose dealings one lives , the father and mother of all men , alone by himself without an equal . " |
| 12 | After all they had been force-fed about the godliness of the Khomeini regime , here was Reagan as a ‘ man of God ’ ( North 's words ) who had gone away for a ‘ whole weekend ’ to pray about the Frankfurt meeting and had come up all by himself with an inscription for a Bible to be given to the Iranians . |
| 13 | He was sure that her withdrawal meant nothing except that she was happy and occupied but he felt oddly lonely , as if she had deliberately left him by himself in an empty room . |
| 14 | SMP is normally paid by you to an employee who is away from work to have a baby . |
| 15 | ‘ Well , hell-oh , ’ said a large man as she tried to slip by him with an ‘ excuse-me ’ . |
| 16 | Needless to say , since the notion that you did not ask anyone over-probing questions would have been regarded by him as an absurdity , he wanted to know what I was going to back . |
| 17 | ‘ ( 4 ) Where a person elects not to perform an agreement which by virtue of this section is unenforceable against him or by virtue of this section recovers money paid or other property transferred by him under an agreement he shall repay any money and return any other property received by him under the agreement . |
| 18 | Palmer 's views were shared by the other Northern Residents who , early in his career as Lieutenant-Governor , were organized by him into an effective pressure group known as the Conference of Residents . |
| 19 | The ombudsman shall ( in accordance with and subject to the following clauses of this scheme ) investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if : — ( a ) the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society or a body associated with it ; ( b ) at the time that the complaint is received by the ombudsman , the building society or ( as the case may be ) associated body is a participant in the scheme ; ( c ) the action was taken in relation to one of the activities specified in clause 17 ; ( d ) the grounds of the complaint are included in the grounds specified in clause 18 ; and ( e ) the complainant alleges that the action has caused him pecuniary loss , expense or inconvenience . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The ombudsman shall … investigate any complaint received by him from an individual if [ 1 ] … the complaint relates to action taken in the United Kingdom by a building society … [ 2 ] in relation to … the grant or refusal to grant a borrowing member … other or further … advances secured on the same or different land provided that the grounds of complaint [ are ] that [ 3 ] the action complained of constitutes in relation to the complainant : — ( a ) in the case of a participating society , a breach of its obligations under the Act , its rules or any other contract or … ( b ) unfair treatment or ( c ) maladministration . |
| 21 | Taken off by it in an acute , short , not often painful illness , the old man escapes those ‘ cold gradations of decay ’ so distressing to himself and to his friends . ’ |
| 22 | Some cases , the easy ones , were solved by it like an intellectual puzzle . |
| 23 | You have heard in response to a direct question put by yourself to an expert for North Yorkshire County Council , that he regarded the village of Flaxton as making a contribution to the historic setting of York , that it had a greenbelt function . |