Example sentences of "by [pron] on the " in BNC.

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1 A female courts one or more males and then goes round laying eggs in nests prepared by them on the ground .
2 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 .
3 I wondered if her presence was an invitation ; I felt that if I stretched out my hand to grasp hers she would have sat by me on the bed .
4 Somebody was close by me on the hillside .
5 When I introduce myself to a class that I am working with for the first time I frequently begin by asking them to sit close by me on the floor and listen with their eyes shut to the sound of a pair of Indian bells struck together .
6 Director Tay Garnett took Beery aside and pointed out that Rooney was loved by everyone on the set as well as at the studio , and it would be ‘ most unfortunate if someone decided to part your hair with a sun arc .
7 That view was expressed by everyone on the Opposition Benches and a few Conservative Members , but was ignored as the Government arrogantly used the power of an artificial majority to force the poll tax through .
8 If name is cleared note date of clearance and by whom on the ABN enquiry form and request a confidentiality letter from the firm making the enquiry .
9 Johnny Giles commentating on the game expressed the view , expressed by someone on the list recently , that he is only a fair weather player .
10 He added : ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’
11 ‘ The operators should have been given at least another 12 months , rather than having to face a judge and jury overnight decision by someone on the Intervention Board . ’
12 So he swept the paths and repaired the fences and at lunchtime most days would go and sit by himself on the benches , watching the people watching the animals , and sometimes looking at his old friend the golden eagle , who was growing old with him .
13 Dickon plays by himself on the moors for hours , with the wild birds , and the sheep , and the other animals . ’
14 If you are no longer acting for any of the appellants shown as being represented by you on the enclosed Roll , you should inform this office , in writing , at least seven days before the hearing date , enclosing a copy of your letter to the appellant informing him/her that you are no longer acting , giving him/her details of the date , time and place of the Appeal hearing and that he/she must attend to present his/her Appeal and that failure to appear may result in the Appeal being dismissed .
15 From 21 March 1988 , this future was replaced by one on the Value Line Arithmetic index , which is the arithmetic equivalent of the VLCI .
16 Matched by one on the suspect print .
17 This is followed by a report on the construction of lifeboats , then by one on the state of knowledge on radiant heat , again the third of a series , essentially reviewing recent work all over Europe ; then an account of the results of magnetic observations at observatories in the British colonies , another Humboldtian exercise ; a report on how Solar Radiations affect the Vital Powers of plants , grown under bell-glasses of various colours ; a catalogue of meteors ; a report on the surface of the Moon ; another on water-pressure machinery ; and reports on the equivalence of starch and sugar in food , on deviations of the compass in iron and wooden ships , and on the vitality of seeds .
18 She loved to walk by herself on the wild lonely moors , with her dog Keeper running by her side .
19 It 's a hundred and twenty miles — say up to three hours in that little crate — and he could make the night train down , arriving home in the early morning and , with luck , not being recognized by anybody on the trip or at the station , and not disturbing the family . ’
20 Suddenly she switched on a yellow lamp that stood by her on the table and moved the snake-like stem so that Larry 's face was spotlighted as if on stage .
21 The hand under hers clenched on the settee cushion , his face went red , and his eyes flashed such vindictive rage for a moment that she thought he would hit her , then he controlled himself , sitting silently by her on the settee , until she felt his hand gradually relax .
22 Both made from remnants of terylene bought by Madeleine at a sale in Le Havre and run up by her on the black and gold sewing-machine you had to pedal like a toy car .
23 In discussing Brian Way , I have suggested that not only has the emphasis placed by him on the individuality of the individual been misleading , it has also put some teachers in a position of distorting the medium of drama itself ; and that Brian Way in practice overcame this problem by including in his seminal publication a system of training in life skills .
24 Although for Aristotle physics meant the study of motion and change in nature , the main emphasis was placed by him on the states between which change takes place rather than on the actual course of the motion itself .
25 Governments would not be swayed , nor would ministers tremble , on receipt of elegantly crafted and crisply sarcastic Notes written by him on the antique encryption machine which could be seen in a corner of the office , slowly rusting away in the hot , salt air .
26 By an originating summons dated 18 December 1991 the plaintiffs , the Halifax Building Society , the Woolwich Equitable Building Society , the Leeds Permanent Building Society , and the Alliance and Leicester Building Society , sought ( 1 ) a declaration that , upon the true construction of the ombudsman scheme recognised under Part IX of the Building Societies Act 1986 , the first defendant Stephen Bristow Edell , the ombudsman appointed under the scheme , was not entitled to investigate or determine ( a ) the complaint against the first plaintiff received by him from Michael Robert Allen and Christine Allen , the second and third defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation for mortgage assessment prepared for the first plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( b ) the complaint against the second plaintiff received by him from Jeffrey Leonard Brommage and Heather Maureen Brommage , the fourth and fifth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the second plaintiff had been negligently prepared , ( c ) the complaint against the third plaintiff received by him from Lawrence Frederick West and Christa West , the sixth and seventh defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for the third plaintiff had been negligently prepared , and ( d ) the complaint against the fourth plaintiff received by him from Joseph Paul Hardcastle and Astrid Marie Hardcastle , the eighth and ninth defendants respectively , alleging that the report and valuation prepared for them had been negligently prepared ; and ( 2 ) a determination , upon the true construction of the scheme , whether and if so in what circumstances the first defendant was entitled to investigate and determine a complaint relating to an allegation of failure to exercise the requisite degree of professional skill and care on the part of a valuer or surveyor employed by the building society against which the complaint was made in relation to a report by him on the condition or value of any property where the report in question consisted of : ( a ) a written report prepared pursuant to section 13 of the Building Societies Act 1986 for a building society on the value of the land which was proposed as security for an advance to be made by the society and on any factors likely materially to affect its value made by a person who is competent to value and is not disqualified under section 13 from making a report on the land in question , ( b ) a written valuers ' report and valuation for mortgage prepared for the first plaintiff , ( c ) such a report prepared for the second plaintiff , ( d ) such a report prepared for the third plaintiff , ( e ) such a report prepared for the fourth plaintiff , ( f ) a house buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors , ( g ) a flat buyer 's report and valuation prepared by a chartered surveyor , ( h ) a home buyer 's standard valuation and survey report prepared by an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard terms of engagement of the Incorporated Society of Valuers and Auctioneers , ( i ) a written report known as a ‘ home purchase report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the second plaintiff , ( j ) a written report known as a ‘ house buyer 's report ’ prepared by a chartered surveyor or an incorporated valuer and auctioneer subject to the standard conditions of engagement of the third plaintiff , or ( k ) a structural survey report .
27 The employee earning more than £5,000 or the director will be assessed on the benefit received by him on the basis of the cost to the employer rather than the price that would generally be charged to the public .
28 In addition , a paper by him on the cultivation of saffron was published in the society 's Philosophical Transactions in 1678 ( a paper on his novel tanning technique had appeared there in 1674 ) .
29 No priests , merely a shifting scene of spokespeople and co-chairs , and no franchise held by anyone on the pulpit .
30 In its aftermath Mrs Thatcher apparently took greater care to consult the Cabinet more fully and was overruled by it on the proposed sale of British Leyland to the US-based General Motors .
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