Example sentences of "by [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result was a schism by the Thompson-Chesson group and the formation by them of the short-lived North of England Anti-Slavery and India Reform League . |
| 2 | In May 1412 a treaty ( that of Bourges ) was sealed between Henry IV and the dukes of Berry , Bourbon , and Orléans which gave the English king much of what his predecessors had spent years fighting for : a recognition that Aquitaine was rightfully English , and an undertaking to help the king defend it ; the cession of twenty important towns and castles ; and agreement that certain lands , notably Poitou , were to be held by them of the English crown , and would revert to it when the present holders died . |
| 3 | Such a valuation is , in any event , required by the building society to ensure compliance with the criteria of prudent management set out in section 45 and by the directors of the building society to ensure compliance by them of the duties imposed by section 13 . |
| 4 | Students are required to notify the Academic Registrar immediately of any change in the information provided by them at the time of enrolment . |
| 5 | ‘ KENDAL : Printed and Published , by R. Lough and Co. and Sold by them at the Chronicle Office , Finkle Street : also by J. Richardson , 91 , Royal Exchange , London ; Constable , Edinburgh ; Smith , Liverpool ; Messrs. I. Clark , and Co . |
| 6 | The facts in the case were similar to those in the instant case in that they involved complaints made against police officers in respect of arrests made by them at the Wapping disturbances in January 1987 . |
| 7 | court of appeal decision : unfavourable medical reports obtained confidentially by a plaintiff for the purposes of personal injury litigation which were inadvertently disclosed on discovery to the defendant could be used by them at the trial . |
| 8 | On March 3 the Palestinian delegation expanded on the self-government proposal placed on the table by them at the third round of talks held in Washington in January [ see p. 38740 ] . |
| 9 | The appellants sought injunctions restraining the respondents from buying or selling petrol other than that supplied by them at the two garages during the subsistence of the agreements and in respect of garage C during the period of the mortgage . |
| 10 | No further action is planned by them at the moment . |
| 11 | a capital sum may be paid directly to the settlor ; 2. a capital sum may be paid indirectly to the settlor ; 3. a capital sum may be deemed to have been paid to the settlor if a sum is paid to any third party at the settlor 's direction ; 4. a capital sum shall be deemed to be paid to the settlor if the sum is paid to any third party by virtue of an assignment by the settlor of his right to receive it ; and 5. a capital sum shall be deemed to have been paid to the settlor if it is otherwise paid or applied by them for the benefit of the settlor . |
| 12 | A female courts one or more males and then goes round laying eggs in nests prepared by them on the ground . |
| 13 | Most interesting warbird is the Sea Fury G-BUCM : this is the former RAF Museum example VX653 , and has been acquired by the Fighter Collection at Duxford in exchange for work carried out by them on the Museum 's Hawker Tempest II . |
| 14 | ‘ Heavens , ’ exclaimed Sara , still standing by them with the trolley , ‘ I did n't realise it was so late ! |
| 15 | Moreover , Bridgeman justified his actions to Balfour in terms which Maxse would have approved , arguing that Balfour seemed to be ‘ surrounded by men who are not in touch with the mass of the Party ’ , complaining of ‘ the extraordinary difference in perspective which party questions assume inside the House from that presented by them to the man in the street ’ and voicing suspicions about the secrecy of Parliamentary procedures such as ‘ the pourparlers of the whips of both sides ’ . |
| 16 | The nationalised industries ' borrowing as a whole had , in fact , become part of the public sector borrowing requirement and , in order to tighten up the monetary control , all new capital for the electricity industry ( and other public sector industries ) from 1956 was raised directly by the Treasury , and then lent by them to the industry . |
| 17 | Darlington argues persuasively that Marx believed the process of evolution to be by direct Lamarkian and not by indirect Darwinian , or selective means : that is to say , that the environment in which individuals found themselves operated directly upon them to adjust them to it and that the adjustments were transmitted by them to the next generation ; and not that , fortuitous mutations having occurred in the genetic package , they would when favourable equip the mutant for greater success in the given environment than the unmutated form could achieve . |
| 18 | On behalf of the applicant , Mr. Fitzgerald submitted that a death due to ‘ natural causes ’ in the sense that it was caused by some naturally occurring disease , nevertheless becomes ‘ an unnatural death ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) when it could and should have been prevented by the performance by some other person or authority of a duty owed by them to the deceased . |
| 19 | As in the case of the banks , the assets of these institutions represent paper claims against money which has been lent by them to the public sector , to industry and to persons . |
| 20 | that ‘ would be inconsistent in any respect with any statement of planning policy adopted by the county planning authority or with any proposals of theirs for development which in either case have been notified by them to the district planning authority ’ . |
| 21 | Before exploring some of the attitudes held towards the issue of assessment by the arts teachers interviewed , it might help to look at the philosophies being advanced by them towards the teaching of their respective specialisms . |
| 22 | In making the award , the adjudicating panel will take into account the age of the nominees and the work published by them during the past five years . |
| 23 | Interventions by them during the Ulster crisis had been limited , in the main , to generalities about building bridges across Christian divisions and holding out hands of friendship . |
| 24 | As regards the anatomical studies of late times , with very varied utilization of the microscope , and the otherwise greatly improved means of minute structural investigation , I need hardly say that , by them during the last thirty years , great parts of the science of disease have been completely transfigured . |
| 25 | I felt the screws who did n't belong to this clique and did n't subscribe to it were given almost as hard a time by them as the inmates . |
| 26 | Irene had lived surrounded by the gales of hatred , but remained untouched by them behind the high wall that had protected her since childhood … |
| 27 | In the abstract it may not be too difficult to acknowledge that the thinking , desiring and feeling which seem more intimately myself than my bodily motions are spontaneous , and also voluntarily controllable , in much the same proportions as the physical process of breathing , and that there has never been a moment of choice when I was not already being spontaneously pulled by them in the directions between which I chose . |
| 28 | Despite the many grumbles and adverse comments , 70 per cent of all employers interviewed claimed to have been satisfied with the standard of work of young people taken on by them in the previous two years , and only 14 per cent expressed dissatisfaction . |
| 29 | Residential workers significantly contribute to the psychological development of young people in their care when they stand by them in the face of the young person 's opposition or retreat , and when they continue to strive to know and understand them . |
| 30 | Henrietta , tall for her age and spectacularly thin , stood by them in the bikini she had put on for the sunshine and the wand , hovering round the crowd , finally pointed at her . |