Example sentences of "or by a " in BNC.
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1 | The fee for burial does not include charges for grave-digging , which may be carried out by a parochial officer ( in which case the vicar sets the charge ) , or by a grave-digger hired by the funeral director . |
2 | In the case of a patient such as you describe , this can be done by providing community nursing care to the patient 's own home , by providing in-patient care or by a contractual arrangement with an independent sector home ( ie paid for in full by the health authority ) . |
3 | ‘ If anyone wanted to sell their piece , and we can see it 's of sufficient quality or by a popular artist , we 'll give an evaluation . |
4 | Krísuvík is south and slightly west of Reykjavik , reached by a road across a beautiful lava field and through valleys that are almost civilized , or by a fine walk that takes these valleys and continues along a ridge above the bird-filled lake of Kleífarvatn . |
5 | Wild talk of intervention — whether by Hungary , or by a War saw Pact which has somehow redis covered its lost unity , or even in a joint operation with Nato — is merely post-cold war romancing . |
6 | Sometime in the future belugas will return to a clean St Lawrence River , either naturally or by a programme of capture and release from other wild populations . |
7 | It may still avoid one , by luck or by a decisive further tightening now . |
8 | He hints that it would be wrong to ‘ persist in regarding knowledge as the certain and evident cognition of a thing , obtained through an acquaintance with its necessary cause , or by a proof ’ , for then ‘ knowledge through experience or appearances would not merit the name of knowledge ’ . |
9 | Special provisions have been made for death-bed marriages , marriages at home for the housebound , marriages in prisons , hospitals and places of residential care for disabled people , and for the celebration of the marriages of members of the naval , military , and air forces and their daughters in chapels licensed by the Admiralty Board or by a Secretary of State . |
10 | Such contract or contracts may be varied if , and only if , the rules so provide , by a majority of the members or by a specified majority . |
11 | For example , a bowl may be formed by casting , by hammering up the sides from a fiat disc , or by a combination of casting ( for the basic dish shape ) and working up details , like the rim . |
12 | Is England to be governed by Parliament and the Cabinet or by a handful of trade union leaders ? |
13 | Additionally , he found that when a horse discovered that the messages it was trying to convey were understood , either by another horse or by a person , its range of communication could be extended considerably . |
14 | This could be caused either by a genetic change which altered the relevant attaching enzymes , or by a genetic change which altered the anticodon of a tRNA molecule without altering the attachment site for the amino acid ( or vice versa ) ; such mutations do occur as rare variants . |
15 | Hard-cuts can be collected by a choice of three control modes : manual , triggered by the HPLC detector or by a run-time program . |
16 | Both types are adjustable and can be calibrated to give the desired strength of solution by turning a small screw set in the housing next to the discharge orifice or by a hexagonal key slotted into a screw at the back of the device . |
17 | In tests on products made to a modified formula or by a modified process , or in tests on new packages , the original product or package should invariably be used as a control . |
18 | There is no liability under Sections 2 and 3 of this Policy for loss or damage by theft or attempted theft from the Home unless the following requirements are met by you or by a responsible person acting on your behalf : |
19 | And if it had to be done in the public sector then could it be done by a separate hived-off body or by a department ? |
20 | Many of these enterprises are controlled by external corporations or by a landed élite that comprises only a small proportion of the population , and while they are responsible for a great deal of environmental degradation they provide little benefit to the majority of the indigenous people . |
21 | There is first a movement inward by which , instead of living in our surface mind , we break the wall between our external and our subliminal self ; this can be brought about by a gradual effort and discipline or by a vehement transition , sometimes a forceful involuntary rupture — the latter by no means safe for the limited human mind and accustomed to live securely only within its normal limit — but in either way , safe or unsafe , the thing can be done . |
22 | Where vitamins and minerals are shown , the proportion of the Recommended Daily Allowance supplied by 100g or 100ml or by a serving of the food is shown . |
23 | Obviously , the hoped-for benefits such as reduced waiting lists can only be brought about by an absolute increase in available services or by a transfer of resources from other services . |
24 | Complaint may be made by an individual or by a body of persons , for example a residents association and should be directed in writing to an M.P . |
25 | The means by which establishments have been effected in this country are : by Royal or Parliamentary institution … or by a general subscription … or by subscriptions of substantial sums … subscribers become governors or directors of their own establishment … this latter seems to be the proper method to be adopted in the present case … |
26 | The characters could either be introduced by using proper names ( name ) for one or both , or by a definite NP ( noun ) for one or both . |
27 | Firstly , although the material may be produced by one library or by a group of libraries within one authority , the message is an exhortation to use library services or the stock of libraries in general . |
28 | Existing lighting was supplied by the hazardous open flame of candles , oil lamps or by a steel mill , a method of producing sparks of light by holding a flint against a spinning steel wheel . |
29 | The power stations may be cooled by an open circuit , when located on a river or by the sea , or by a closed circuit with a cooling tower , or again , as at Chinon , to meet environmental conditions , by forced draught . |
30 | THE programs will be produced either by the user company or by a software firm under its ownership . |