Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile , never for a second was there any lifting in the murderous artillery blanket laid down by the cannon of the opposing sides , now nearly 4,000 strong . |
| 2 | For a moment or two , the men hauled on Gabriel like a soul on the Day of Judgement fought over by angels and devils . |
| 3 | In many Latin American countries teachers lack the freedom to devise and organise their own teaching plans , Peru being one of the few exceptions ( and even here there is a general curriculum laid down by the ministry ) . |
| 4 | Teaching in schools must follow the lines of a national curriculum laid down by the Secretary of State which will dominate approximately 90 per cent of school timetables . |
| 5 | Then cosmologists began to revise their estimates of the percentage of the Universe 's mass made up by ‘ dark matter ’ which could not be directly observed — including black holes and pulsars . |
| 6 | Similarly , the gaseous molecules given off by plants may be smelt by us humans , but can be identified by some insects from their characteristic infrared emissions . |
| 7 | The district council claim that unauthorised use of the farm shop for the sale of goods not produced within the farm holding is not a use ancillary to agricultural use , and is contrary to policies laid down by the district local plan . |
| 8 | Essentially , it had a directing and supervisory role , ensuring that the policies laid down by the Politburo were known and vigorously pursued at all levels . |
| 9 | It emphasized that many people considered that direct contact between boards and course teams was ‘ one of the most valued aspects of the Council 's operation ’ , and the Council concurred with this view as long as boards worked within the policies laid down by the committees . |
| 10 | ( WES ) Almost all the club 's riders have refused to agree to new pay scales laid down by the sport 's governing body . |
| 11 | In local area networking , Novell has weathered the storm whipped up by Microsoft by holding onto a 70% share of the market with NetWare , and says it is now the biggest shipper of TCP/IP , sending out code for 40,000 to 50,000 terminals a month . |
| 12 | ( 4 ) defines the time limit for the giving of reasons laid down by subs . |
| 13 | The BSC will retrospectively censor the output of all mainland TV stations , but will have no jurisdiction over programmes beamed in by satellite from abroad . |
| 14 | It was in some measure propped up by a crimson tea-caddy , also of Japan ware . |
| 15 | The death penalty could also be applied to those who refused baptism , failed to conform to ecclesiastical disciplines given out by missionary leaders , or who refused to fast in Lent . |
| 16 | Each dance followed particular rules laid down by the dancing masters , and this idea continued to prevail even after Gluck began to compose operas and ballets which had greater continuity . |
| 17 | A classical ballet has a style of dance based on certain accepted principles and rules laid down by french , Russian , Danish , Italian and more recent schools . |
| 18 | He disapproved of his bishop ( A. A. David ) for the tough way in which he handled three recalcitrant Anglo-Catholic priests who refused to conform to rules laid down by the bishop and yet did nothing about the radical dean of the cathedral who did things equally nonconforming in a Low Church direction . |
| 19 | But the five-figure sum paid for No 34 Smith Square , Westminster , will not reduce customers ' water bills under privatisation rules laid down by the Government itself . |
| 20 | If he does cause a byelection , he will face the charge that he is not prepared to play by the rules laid down by the party conference . |
| 21 | The real estate descended to the heir in accordance with rules laid down by statutes of 1833 and 1859 . |
| 22 | The personal estate was distributed in accordance with rules laid down by the Statutes of Distribution of Charles II 's and James II's reigns . |
| 23 | The Yorkshire Television helicopter , which had lifted the crew in , landed in pitch darkness , totally against the ground rules laid down by the Civil Aviation Authority , and lifted out the film equipment . |
| 24 | Many of the rules laid down by this syndicat in 1904 were later taken as the basic framework around which the AOC regulations for Champagne were formulated in 1927 . |
| 25 | Since a Convention rule covering an issue displaces the need for resort to the conflicts of laws whilst the non-coverage of an issue necessitates recourse to the applicable law as determined by the conflicts rules of the forum , it may become necessary to decide whether an issue on which the Convention contains no express provision is covered by implication , applying any canons of interpretation laid down by the Convention itself , and if not , whether recourse is to be had to general conflict-of-laws rules or to any particular conflict rules laid down by the Convention . |
| 26 | The deliberations in Bonn were guided by rules laid down by the Allies . |
| 27 | True , the police do at times breach the rules laid down by the law . |
| 28 | The first specimen to be formally described according to the rules laid down by Linnaeus ( and later codified by Strickland and others from 1842 on ) is the type , and these are carefully kept in great museums , which exchange duplicates after due comparison . |
| 29 | These are rules laid down by law which allow a claim to be brought only if legal proceedings are commenced before the expiry of a deadline . |
| 30 | In redrawing boundaries the commissions are guided by rules laid down by act of Parliament . |