Example sentences of "[coord] [noun sg] [conj] [verb] by the " in BNC.

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1 In considering whether at this stage it is possible to say that the answer to this question must be ‘ nothing ’ I must assume that the third defendant will be found guilty of conspiracy or fraud as alleged by the plaintiffs and also that the third party will be found to be negligent as regards the plaintiffs in the respects mentioned in the third party notice .
2 The conceptual distinction between perceptions and attitudes is clear ; but perceptions of party chances or the state of the economy imply an element of approval or disapproval when articulated by the electorate .
3 A Celtic deity associated with their craft was Tanaris ( or Taranis ) , the sky god , responsible for lightning and thunder and equated by the Celts with Jupiter .
4 Or , alternatively , a mother encounters a persistent feeding difficulty in the baby , fails to resolve it , and as a result loses her initial equanimity and becomes tense and fearful with him ( and if that , in turn , then makes the feeding problem even worse one is left with a vicious spiral of the kind that can only be resolved by some drastic outside intervention and which clearly shows , moreover , the difficulty of disentangling cause and effect when confronted by the end result ) .
5 The primary purpose of this study was to determine from available materials for developing and developed countries the conditions of childbearing that are most favourable to viability of the offspring as well as to infant , childhood and maternal health and well-being as indicated by the minimum mortality and maximum survival chances of children through age five and minimum morbidity and mortality among women as a result of the process of childbearing .
6 Qualities of persistence and determination when confronted by the evasive or blatantly unco-operative now assume considerable significance .
7 For more than a hundred years throughout the Dales of Yorkshire , the pivot of community life , the one platform for self-expression open to everyone was the chapel It had a virtual monopoly on social life , organizing the annual outings , sports days , tea parties and concerts which were the highlights of the year in an era which was starved of communication and leisure and wearied by the constant treadmill of work on the land .
8 Table 1.1 contrasts the accounts of poverty , industrial conflict , and suicide as provided by the individualistic and sociological approaches .
9 But colleagues , five years ago I looked forward to the merger between G M B and Apex and predicted by the year two thousand there would be only four major unions in Britain , call them the four super unions .
10 This shift has been reflected in a desire to protect the public from the unanticipated consequences of everyday applications of science and technology and accompanied by the growing role of organizations as actors in society .
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