Example sentences of "[vb pp] the [noun sg] by [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is not at all surprising given the insistence by magistrates on the uniqueness of the cases appearing before them , which is why they utterly reject calls for consistency ( Parker et al. , 1999 ) , since these are seen to betray an ignorance of their own unique role in deciding each case on its particular merits . |
| 2 | Father was given the rod by friends at West Linton , near Edinburgh , and it must have been about fifty years old at least , when it came into my possession . |
| 3 | They were given the advice by experts from Grampian Health Authority 's Health Promotion Department after undergoing private and confidential fitness tests . |
| 4 | ( In Britain this development may also have accelerated the adoption by firms of multi-divisional forms of organisation , partly as a management control device to raise the level of effective decision-making away from the shopfloor . ) |
| 5 | She said the Commons procedure committee had found the use by ministers of pursuant answers to be ‘ inherently undesirable ’ . |