Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun sg] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The possibility of an increase in Japanese interest rates was raised , but seemed to be ruled out for the present by the Finance Minister , Ryutaro Hashimoto , in a statement made after his return to Tokyo . |
| 2 | They were probably saved from an early Walesa push for the presidency by the recent row with West Germany 's Mr Helmut Kohl over the permanence of Poland 's western border . |
| 3 | It is never too late to pursue this source of work , and it is an excellent example of a new and very wide area opening up and being ripe for the picking by the well-organised practice . |
| 4 | It may however be noted that the immunity against judicial interrogation is no longer as complete as it was , for the abolition by the Criminal Evidence Act 1898 of the rule that an accused was not even a competent witness at his own trial opened up the possibility that if he did give evidence he would expose himself to questioning by counsel for the prosecution and in appropriate circumstances by the judge himself ; and his privilege against self-incrimination whilst giving evidence was expressly removed by section 1 ( e ) of the Act of 1898 . |
| 5 | McAllister , who had put the doll down , and was now fetching out her work basket to embroider pansies on some fine lawn dresses made for the bazaar by the aforesaid ladies , said , ‘ I did n't mean to become involved , you know , but Matey has been so kind to me — when not slave-driving me , you understand — that when she asked me to accompany her I had not the heart to refuse , and strangely , after I began to work for the bazaar , I found that it was most rewarding . ’ |
| 6 | Mr. Secretary Hunt , supported by Mr. Secretary Heseltine , Mr. David Mellor , Sir Wyn Roberts and Mr. Nicholas Bennett , presented a Bill to provide for the construction by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation of a barrage across the mouth of Cardiff Bay with an outer harbour and of a tidal lagoon and for related works ; to make provision for the acquisition and use of land for the works ; to make provision about the operation and management of the barrage , the outer harbour , the water impounded by the barrage and the lagoon ; to make provision for dealing with property damage resulting from any alteration of groundwater levels which may occur in consequence of the construction of the barrage ; to enable other protective provisions to be made ; and for connected purposes : And the same was read the First time ; and ordered to be read a Second time tomorrow and to be printed . |
| 7 | The 1988 contract includes a kind of hire purchase agreement whereby this sum will be used in part for the purchase by the foundation of the paintings in the collection . |
| 8 | Such annual sum will be used , in accordance with terms and conditions to be agreed , for the purchase by the Foundation of paintings of the Collection . |
| 9 | The money was used for the purchase by the secretary of state of buildings of outstanding architectural or historic interest , together with their contents . |
| 10 | The 1978 electoral law provides for the election by the people of each of the 40 traditional chieftaincies ( Tinkhundla ) of two members of an Electoral College ; this elects 40 members of the Assembly and 10 senators ; the King appoints a further 10 members of the Assembly and 10 senators . |
| 11 | While this single figure conceals sharp year-to-year fluctuations as well as a secular upward trend , it is noteworthy that sums raised over this period by bond finance ( including convertible bonds ) exceeded those raised by the issue of ordinary shares and also exceeded the sums raised for the government by the sale of gilt-edged securities . |
| 12 | This does mean that re-entry or back to nursing courses presently operating will not necessarily be approved retrospectively for the purpose by the National Boards . |
| 13 | Article 1 provides that service will be effected in Contracting States on the request of a consul of the state of origin addressed to an authority designated for the purpose by the state of destination . |
| 14 | So , the primary or preferred mode of transmission was the indirect consular channel , from the consul of the requesting State to an authority designated for the purpose by the State addressed ; a Contracting State could , however , still insist on the use of the diplomatic channel , and the new Convention did not preclude more direct communication between competent authorities by agreement between the States concerned . |
| 15 | ‘ an order directing that , during the period for which the order is in force , the affairs , business and property of the company shall be managed by a person ( ‘ the administrator ’ ) appointed for the purpose by the court : ’ |
| 16 | The student is made aware of the band of tolerance within which his behaviour is acceptable as a match for the model-act by the reactions of an external critic ( the teacher ) who rewards and punishes sameness and difference . |
| 17 | The winner would be asked to draw up a specification for the mainframe by the end of the year , at which time two local partners would be chosen to design and build it . |
| 18 | ( 2 ) In any proceedings to which this section applies the court by which the proceedings were so decided may , subject to subsections ( 3 ) and ( 4 ) below , make an order for the payment by the Board to the unassisted party of the whole or any part of the costs incurred by him in the proceedings . |
| 19 | It is common ground that in a majority of cases where an order may be made under section 18 for the payment by the Board to the unassisted party of the costs of appellate , as opposed to first instance , proceedings , the Court of Appeal or this House will be in a position at the conclusion of an appeal on the information then before it to decide under section 18(3) what , if any , order for costs should be made against the assisted party and to form at least a provisional view under section 18(4) ( c ) as to whether it would be ‘ just and equitable in all the circumstances of the case that provision for the costs should be made out of public funds . ’ |
| 20 | as if to demonstrate his terrible seriousness , he orders the people to set out the next day ‘ … for the wilderness by the way to the Reed Sea ’ . |
| 21 | ‘ Tired by a long and laborious day 's walk under a burning sun , I frequently encamped for the night by the side of a river , a natural pond , or a water-hole , and before retiring to rest not unfrequently stretched my weary body on the river 's bank ; while thus reposing , the surface of the water was often disturbed by the little concentric circles formed by the Ornithorhynchus [ duck-billed platypus ] , or perhaps an Echnidna [ anteater ] came trotting up towards me . |
| 22 | The joint underwriters for the issue by the Omaha , Nebraska metropolitan area networks operator were Salomon Brothers Inc and Bear , Stearns & Co . |
| 23 | Amongst the early tasks indicated for the Board by the Lord Chancellor was to consider whether the best use was being made of resources devoted to advice and assistance , whether better arrangements might be made by using advice agencies and other organisations , and whether any further exclusions from the green form scheme would be appropriate . |
| 24 | Timothy Mowl explains how the houses acquired for the University by the Wills family have preserved some of Bristol 's most interesting architecture . |
| 25 | Jones , challenged early on in the action to surrender , made the subsequently famous reply : ‘ I have not yet begun to fight ! ’ , refusing to lower his equally famous flag , made for the Ranger by the admiring young women of Portsmouth , New Hampshire , who had cut the ‘ stripes ’ from their silk dresses and the ‘ stars ’ from the wedding gown of a naval wife . |
| 26 | The closing words of the subsection as it now stands , providing that ‘ in determining whether accommodation is suitable they shall have regard to Part IX ( slum clearance ) , X ( overcrowding ) and XI ( houses in multiple occupation ) of this Act ’ seem to me to call unmistakably for the exercise by the local authority of a subjective judgment as to what constitutes suitable accommodation . |
| 27 | Instead the appropriate procedure is for the authority to apply to the court for leave under section 100(3) to make an application for the exercise by the court of the inherent jurisdiction of the High Court . |
| 28 | Since Parliament has not conferred complete autonomy on a 16-year-old in the field of medical treatment , there is no overriding limitation to preclude the exercise by the court of its inherent jurisdiction and the matter becomes one for the exercise by the court of its discretion . |
| 29 | God nonetheless confirms the choice for the temple by the lightning . |
| 30 | Aiming at corporate accounts , ICL claims these versions of OfficePower , along with implementations on other Unix platforms expected to be announced in the coming months , will account for over 70% of new licences for the software by the end of 1993 , by its reckoning some 140,000 out of 200,000 new seats it expects to win between now and then . |