Example sentences of "[subord] [noun] [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | the first arises where the general law imposes a stricter duty than rules made by a regulatory organisation . |
| 2 | Determined to let Rune 's volatile lover know the truth — that , far from being lovers themselves , she and Rune were nothing more than strangers linked by a common family crisis — she began firmly , ‘ Look , Lotta — there 's something you should know . |
| 3 | Although prosecution followed by a fine can bring home to parents the reality of their child 's non-attendance problem , a financial penalty is likely to be inappropriate when imposed on what is often a poor family whose financial problems are already one of the factors threatening family stability . |
| 4 | It is considered that loan stock instruments are usually not issued in consideration of an advance and " advance " therefore usually connotes 'simple debt " rather than debt represented by a loan stock instrument or other security . |
| 5 | The near £5m annual budget was in surplus for the year by more than £139,000 swelled by a £53,000 surplus from previous years to almost £193,000 . |
| 6 | If carriage governed by a single contract is performed by successive road carriers , each of them shall be responsible for the performance of the whole operation … under the terms of the consignment note … . |
| 7 | We headed for the north Norfolk coast , careering through the bright afternoon until Edward parked by a staithe where a creek coiled across a salt marsh , and we all piled out . |
| 8 | If evolution proceeds by a series of small changes , it is hard to see how it could be otherwise . |
| 9 | However , if staff led by a head and one or two senior colleagues worked their way through these tasks ( and it might be more likely that senior staff themselves would have drafted the audit and put it forward for discussion , alteration and approval by others ) , they would be familiar with most of the important issues concerning the national curriculum . |
| 10 | It is of critical importance with respect to the registration of company charges since charges created by a company over its assets are treated differently from charges over a company 's assets arising other than by the creation of the company . |
| 11 | ‘ Development ’ is also defined as meaning ‘ physical , intellectual , emotional , social or behavioural development ’ and , where the question whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on the child 's health or development , his health or development shall be compared with that which could reasonably be expected from a similar child . |
| 12 | According to s31(10) where the question of whether harm suffered by a child is significant turns on his health or development , this must be compared with the standard of health or development which could reasonably be expected of a similar child ( s31(10) ) . |
| 13 | With its pictures as well as text contributed by a team of experts , it portrays a colourful decade in which hope was more rekindled than lost . |
| 14 | Energy transferred to our bodies as heat-by sitting by a fire or by drinking a hot beverage for example-is negligible in comparison . |
| 15 | This very important task involves a high memory load , as items mentioned by a patient early in the interview may turn out to be significant later on . |
| 16 | If we reject the idea that context is situation ( although I have accommodated the concept of situation in my definition of context ) we can treat deixis in poetry not as a kind of " pseudo-deixis ' , as some critics such as Culler ( 1974 ) have suggested , but simply as deixis framed by a particular genre . |
| 17 | The Maya pictured the divisions of time as burdens carried by a hierarchy of divine bearers who personified the respective numbers by which the different periods of time — days , months , years , etc. — were distinguished . |