Example sentences of "[noun sg] by [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like Schleiermacher , Coleridge rejected any attempt to prove the truth of religion by appeal to rational , philosophical proofs : this seemed to him completely to miss the character of faith , which he described as having to do , not with theory , but with life . |
| 2 | In particular , there is no limitation of the remedy by reference to some period of time during which defects will be remedied . |
| 3 | Thus , the rent of a shop might be determined by reference to the Index of Retail Prices , the rent of a warehouse by reference to the Index of Wholesale Prices , and the rent of a builder 's merchant 's yard by reference to an index of construction costs . |
| 4 | Furthermore , if investment has been undertaken to improve the competitive position , then it may be desirable , during the manager 's stay in the SBU , to assess the likely performance of that investment by reference to early signals of a change in the competitive position . |
| 5 | The parties do not share a conception of the good by reference to which the fruition of their powers or even the satisfaction of their desires can be evaluated . |
| 6 | Areas of contention were brought to light during the summit , however , notably Austria 's objections to the other countries ' reliance on nuclear power , and opposition by Italy to admitting other states ( specifically Poland ) to the group . |
| 7 | But sources close to the Vienna talks said that the most difficult issue remained opposition by Kuwait to an OPEC quota which would limit its build up in production in the aftermath of the Gulf war . |
| 8 | Earlier , prices for North Sea oil closed 19 cents higher at $18.15 a barrel in expectation that the delegates would overcome opposition by Kuwait to accepting OPEC quotas which would curb its build-up of production after the Gulf war . |
| 9 | The most hair-raising operation at Honister was not digging the slate , but getting it down the fells to sheds where the material was riven and dressed for transportation by packhorse to ports and river barges . |
| 10 | You will have more freedom to explore what interests you rather than being directed in your study by adherence to arbitrary book lists which encourage regurgitation of facts and diagrams without any analysis of the content . |
| 11 | The Far Eastern Economic Review suggested that the restricted distribution of this more critical document was an attempt by conservatives to " rein in Deng 's resurgent authority " . |
| 12 | They tried to give us to our ancient enemies in 1912 , 1974 , 1985 and now we 've had the ‘ Brooke initiative ’ which was another attempt by Westminster to be rid of us . |
| 13 | And be advised that at the end of its days at Eardisley , it was rescued by Welshpool 's famous narrow gauge railway company and transported piece by piece to Raven Square station . |
| 14 | It was saved from the flood by being cut into blocks and moved piece by piece to higher ground . |
| 15 | Although Britain 's hungry kids munched their way through enough Big Macs and French fries to boost turnover by 8% to £480m , profits at the 431-strong outfit crashed 44% to only £19m last year . |
| 16 | The individual reader can most conveniently update statistical trends for topics in this chapter by reference to Social Trends and Regional Trends ( HMSO , annual ) and OECD ( annual ) . |
| 17 | These results show that there is inappropriate staining by antibodies to blood group antigens in the biliary epithelium of most PSC patients compared with normal and disease controls , and that similar inappropriate staining is seen in the colonic epithelium . |
| 18 | Instead of gaining entry by qualification to a professional body , teachers , on becoming qualified , may join ( if they so wish ) one of six unions . |
| 19 | On the other hand , entry by intermediaries to currency sectors has been facilitated by the advent of swaps and improvements in technology . |
| 20 | I accept that the law has from the first appearance of corporations , in the absence of any relevant statutory direction , considered the question of a corporation 's right to sue for defamation by reference to the nature of the corporation itself and the need for the corporation to protect its lawful activities and property . |
| 21 | Elsewhere , I have criticized functionalism as a myth of the division of labour by sex to which ethology and anthropology make their own contributions . |
| 22 | Thus if a lease provides for a rent-free period to be followed by a rent review by reference to market values at the end of the rent-free period , stamp duty will be avoided . |
| 23 | These principles do not prevent the parties from defining the expiration of the term by reference to a date before that of execution of the lease , or from making contractual provisions which take effect by reference to such a date , as by defining the period for the operation of a break-clause or an increase of rent . |
| 24 | The decision to go ahead with the press conference two days later was finalised ; Pons edited a note alerting his staff to this effect , called Jones on the phone to reconfirm the joint submission for Friday the 24th but , according to Jones , said nothing about the press conference planned for the day before nor of the 11 March submission by Pons to the Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry . |
| 25 | These principles do not prevent the parties from defining the expiration of the term by reference to a date before that of execution of the lease , or from making contractual provisions which take effect by reference to such a date , as by defining the period for the operation of a break-clause or an increase of rent . |
| 26 | 4.1 The Distributor shall use its best endeavours to market the Publications within the Territory by advertising the Publications including by direct mail by visits to bookshops schools and universities and other similar organisations 4.2 The Publisher agrees to provide the Distributor with such assistance as the Distributor may reasonably require in promoting the Publications and in particular the Publisher agrees to provide the Distributor with publicity material and such sample books as agreed annually |
| 27 | Clearly the traffic calming proposals for the Liberal Democrats is a very high figure by comparison to the others but there are traffic calming elements in the other item |
| 28 | Interests theories degenerate into the pursuit of patterns of distributive justice instead of circumscribing the scope of protected autonomous action by reference to the need to respect the liberty of others . |
| 29 | OCC has dispatched thousands of pounds worth of food and medical aid by road to Romania , the former Yugoslavia and Russia . |
| 30 | It was then planned to transport the food aid by lorry to some of the collective kitchens which the ICRC was operating throughout Somalia . |