Example sentences of "by [art] [noun sg] for [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A general point is that punishment is inflicted by the state for breaches of the law . |
| 2 | * Exports by the US of banned and hazardous pesticides rose by 12 per cent in 1991 , compared to 1990 , according to government figures analysed by the Foundation for Advancements in Science and Education . |
| 3 | The development of Defence policy since the Second World War has been dominated as much by efforts to find ways off the ‘ Military Road to Absurdity ’ as by the struggle for resources in the Whitehall market-place . |
| 4 | There are numerous examples of the poor quality of court-appointed lawyers ; John Young went to his death even though his trial lawyer had signed an affidavit admitting he had been ill-prepared at trial due to drug use , the recent break-up of his marriage and the discovery of his own homosexuality ; another attorney had his breath checked by the judge for signs of alcohol , another was found to be in contempt of court after arriving back from lunch drunk … and so I could go on . |
| 5 | Funds and expertise extended by the IDB for projects in Moslem countries since 1976 were valued at nearly US$11,000 million . |
| 6 | He was forced to abandon his original plan for an arched bridge of cast iron by the need for ships to be able to pass through the strait , and he opted instead for a suspension bridge 100 feet above water level and with a span of 579 feet . |
| 7 | Nor is vigorous participation in the parliamentary process encouraged by the need for members of the parliament to build up personal networks of connections to advance their careers . |
| 8 | Two hundred and eighty five children , 1 month to 4 years of age , were evaluated between 1980 and 1989 by the investigator for difficulties in defecation because of underlying constipation , which is not due to Hirschsprung 's disease , anal atresia , or spinal disease . |
| 9 | In the labour market , employment is determined by the demand for labour by firms ; in the goods market actual output traded is determined by the demand for goods by households . |
| 10 | This established a Joint College/University Board to oversee the development of programmes in higher education to be provided by the College for students at Inverness reading for degrees of the University of Stirling . |
| 11 | At White Hart Lane , we were fleeced by a tout for tickets in the East Terrace . |
| 12 | Suppose a landlord claims against an assignee for rent and is met by a counterclaim for damages for breach of the landlord 's covenants : suppose , further , that the claim and counterclaim are compromised on the footing that neither party pays the other anything . |
| 13 | Had a case of a claim by a child for damages for pre-natal injury come before the English courts in the period from 1972 to the enactment of the Act of 1976 , and had it been as well argued as the present cases have been in this court , I have no doubt that the English court would have been referred to Watt v. Rama [ 1972 ] V.R. 353 and Duval v. Seguin , 26 D.L.R. ( 3d ) 418 and would have preferred the views there expressed to Walker v. Great Northern Railway . |
| 14 | Mr. Ashworth and Mr. McGregor none the less submit either that , so far as the English common law is concerned , Walker 's case is to be preferred to any inconsistent later decision in any other jurisdiction , or that , as an action by a child for damages for pre-natal injuries had not been recognised as valid in the English courts before 1976 — the enactment of the Act of 1976 — such an action could not now be allowed to develop and the English common law should be taken as being what the latest United Kingdom cases available might have indicated before 1976 . |