Example sentences of "to by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Russian similarly uses a form of the pronominal adjectives svoj ( masculine ) , svoja ( feminine ) , svojo ( neuter ) , and svoi ( plural ) to refer to a participant already referred to in the same clause , but in Russian this is not restricted to third-person forms ; the participant referred to by the pronominal adjective may be first , second , or third person . |
| 2 | Thus the Communists and the Nazis had a common interest in the destruction of the Social Democrats and this fact was frequently referred to by the Labour Party and the TUC in the early 1930s as a reason for opposing both movements with equal vigour . |
| 3 | You 're not being talked to by the mainstream now , but by us who you grew up with . |
| 4 | The LIFESPAN configuration file currently being used on the system should be the one pointed to by the logical LIFESPANCONFIGURATION . |
| 5 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 6 | Rommetveit argues that the sentence is not necessarily self-contradictory even if the individual referred to by the two nominal expressions is the same individual . |
| 7 | The existence in the area of a cave complex which functioned as a rebel base is referred to by the First Century AD Jewish historian , Flavius Josephus . |
| 8 | In response to this threat , Irokawa argues , the ruling classes moved rapidly to reinforce the conventional norms still adhered to by the vast majority of the people , but in a way which removed any spontaneous content and value . |
| 9 | If this is the kind of filtering we require then we must develop an architecture which allows such changes of activity to be constantly monitored and responded to by the higher levels . |
| 10 | But it was United 's new striker Alex Dyer who starred next … he holds the ball up well and what a pass for Allen to chase … some finish to by the young winger … on his day he 's a matchwinner … |
| 11 | But it was United 's new striker Alex Dyer who starred next … he holds the ball up well and what a pass for Allen to chase … some finish to by the young winger … on his day he 's a matchwinner … |
| 12 | What 's more , they 're probably incompatible with one another , so connecting them in series ( one after the other ) is going to allow the noise from the first to be amplified and added to by the second . |
| 13 | Its truth-value does not depend on whether there actually occurred the happy event referred to by the second referring expression . |
| 14 | With regard to the foundation on which his advocacy of the primacy was based , it can be summed up by saying that he thought it was an integral part of the rights of the church committed to his care , testified to by the living members of the community and the tradition which they inherited . |
| 15 | The evidence is overwhelming ; we must address crime prevention far more successfully if we are to achieve the reductions referred to by the right hon. and learned Member for Warley , West . |
| 16 | Large numbers of us in this country are getting fed up of being talked down to and dictated to by the existing planning , architectural and development establishment . |
| 17 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 18 | I was also spoken to by the Chief Whip who reiterated that the majority of the party were for Alec . |
| 19 | When that is achieved , the problems referred to by the Red Cross and the Quakers report will be substantially minimised . |
| 20 | However , Washington has been rocked by the further revelation that the alleged killer is Dr Ottokar Proctor , the respected economist and adviser to President North , the man often referred to by the electronic media as ‘ the architect of the Big Bonus . ’ |
| 21 | First , the external conditions were extremely unfavourable , given the record trade deficit generated by the ‘ Barber boom ’ and added to by the subsequent massive rise in oil prices . |
| 22 | It gave the room an artificially cosy feel , which was added to by the open fireplace and the array of expensive leather furniture that dotted the floor , spread out on thick carpet as dark as wet concrete . |
| 23 | The reality of this picture of vibrant , ‘ grass roots ’ capitalist development in the Third World is attested to by the abundant evidence of rapidly rising commercialisation and the resulting social differentiation ( especially in the rural areas of Asia and Africa ) , coupled with the relative expansion of wage-labour at the expense of family and self-employment , including feudal-type tenurial relationships . |
| 24 | Hall also describes the conservatism of collectors in American ( for example , the enthusiasm for late Rembrandt before World War I ) which was catered to by the leading dealers , many of whom , including Colnaghi 's , began to lag behind the more advanced taste for the Baroque that began to be expressed by museum curators . |
| 25 | Some languages quite openly exploit this belief : Janssen-Jurreit notes that in Konkani , a language of south India , there is a distinction between married women ( who are referred to by the feminine form ) and young or widowed women ( who get the neuter to mark their lesser status ) . |
| 26 | This tends to be the concern in Great Britain , as attested to by the public response to the Policy Studies Institute study of the Metropolitan Police ( Policy Studies Institute 1983a , b ; for a similar and earlier example , see Holdaway 1977 ) . |
| 27 | Payment of that sum and other monies from the Deanses to the club was referred to by the outgoing financial director , Clive Scott . |
| 28 | The Greek draca ( sharp vision ) is a characteristic referred to by the Greek epic poet Hesiod ( eighth century BC ) in The Shield of Hercules : |
| 29 | The next terrane to arrive , some 90 million years ago , was a mish-mash of rocks referred to by the Indian name ‘ Yolla Bolly ’ , a collection of coarse grained sandstone rock found in various parts of Northern and central California . |
| 30 | The question principally debated was whether the duty had been validly imposed by the Sovereign though not consented to by the British Parliament or the local Assembly , and this question was answered in the negative . |