Example sentences of "[conj] [noun sg] as [verb] by " 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 | It might be ( and indeed I think it would be ) an improvement in our law , if a release or acquittance of the whole debt , on payment of any sum which the creditor might be content to receive by way of accord and satisfaction ( though less than the whole ) , were held to be , generally , binding , though not under seal ; nor should I be unwilling to see equal force given to a prospective agreement , like the present , in writing though not under seal ; but I think it impossible , without refinements which practically alter the sense of the word , to treat such a release or acquittance as supported by any new consideration proceeding from the debtor . |
| 3 | ‘ Modern research is increasingly demonstrating the close dependence of soils and landforms , and a new discipline ‘ soil geomorphology ’ or pedogeomorphology as proposed by Conacher and Dalrymple ( 1977 ) seems to be emerging , incorporating traditional approaches to soils as well as modern soil engineering . ’ |
| 4 | There is , however , little evidence that integration as defined by Cunningham et al ( 24 ) is occurring in practice in Scotland or being implemented as a national policy . |
| 5 | These distinctions are vitally important : whereas teachers of foreign languages are working with a body of knowledge and skills which is expected to be put to use mainly in employment or during vacations abroad , community language teachers are relating to perceptions of identity , culture , and prejudice as experienced by dynamic sections of the population here in Britain . |
| 6 | With the aid of measured drawings and a 1:10 model of the room in the Alcazar Palace in Madrid , destroyed by fire in 1734 , in which Velazquez painted ‘ Las Meninas ’ ( now in the Prado ) , Philip Troutman , director of the Courtauld Institute Galleries 1958–80 , has been able convincingly to show that the figures seen in the mirror at the far end of the room in ‘ Las Meninas ’ are those of the king and queen as painted by Velazquez on the canvas propped on the easel , and not , as has been suggested , of figures peering through the doorway behind the viewer . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | There is far less of the mystification which can be attributed to the account of the troubles in Guerrillas : what we get is the mysterious politics of forest and township as observed by an outsider , by an African Asian who understands a good deal of what is going on . |
| 9 | its hard copy status and availability as indicated by one of the following : |
| 10 | This includes among other things controlling , coordinating , motivating , and planning as specified by Brech . |
| 11 | At this stage there seemed to be little connection between the vast experience of learning in practice within educational and training systems and learning as conceived by psychologists on the basis of laboratory experiments . |
| 12 | Table 1.1 contrasts the accounts of poverty , industrial conflict , and suicide as provided by the individualistic and sociological approaches . |
| 13 | he vigorously used an ancient notion of personal worth as resting in an original standard substance , and variation as introduced by society . |
| 14 | The relationship of master and servant as defined by Lord Porter in the well known case of Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v. Coggins & Griffith ( Liverpool ) Ltd. [ 1947 ] A.C. 1 , 17 , never , he contends , comes into existence between them . |
| 15 | Simple verticals provide compositional stability , as does the diagonal of Margaret Lindsay 's right arm and shoulder as continued by shading onto the panelling . |