Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | British Petroleum is to cut 9,000 jobs worldwide by 1995 , in addition to 11,500 jobs already due to go by next year . |
| 2 | The eruption of highly viscous lava , such as that formed by the degassing of rhyolite or andesite , can create large domes which may reach a height of several hundred metres and a width of several kilometres . |
| 3 | They tempted the women by treats and presents , and when that failed by psychological means . |
| 4 | Now can it be said to be clear by the law of Scotland that the locus here is beyond what the legislature may assert right to affect by legislation against all whomsoever for the purpose of regulating methods of fishing ? |
| 5 | He reported 10 cases , of whom he claimed that the eight treated by a banana diet were clinically cured whereas the two untreated had died . |
| 6 | Can any conductor , though , be said to have made the same impact on recent musical history as that made by Bach or Beethoven or Wagner in the past ? |
| 7 | Current proposals for further action have yet to be implemented , including that made by John Major ( as chancellor of the exchequer ) at last September 's Commonwealth meeting of finance ministers . |
| 8 | However , this was a different point to that made by Minister for the Disabled , Nicholas Scott , who commented that it was unwise to view all older people in the survey as disabled because ‘ … many consider the relatively minor limitations of hearing vision or movement recorded by the survey as in fact normal for their age . ’ |
| 9 | When she lowered herself into the chair , there was a loud squelching noise similar to that made by a hippopotamus when lowering its foot into the mud on the banks of the Limpopo River . |
| 10 | I would allow the appeal only to such extent as may be necessary to enable the order which , in a changed situation , this court made on 30 June to be substituted for that made by Thorpe J. |
| 11 | One would go too far in saying that by Civizade 's time a scholar could achieve greatness solely through office ; but at the least , such a distinction as that made by Karamani Mehmed Pasa had become almost impossible to make , since greatness ' and " office " had grown so closely intertwined as to be inseparable . |
| 12 | The atomic theory suggests a different picture of the nature of matter , and a different form of explanation from that given by hylemorphism . |
| 13 | There is no good reason for it other than that given by Bertrand Russell in that more troubled decade : ‘ The world in which we are now living would have seemed , before 1945 , too horrible to be endured . |
| 14 | The evidence was overwhelming , but none so precise and clear as that given by a Mr Bryant and his teenage daughter . |
| 15 | The fit is reasonable over most of the area and , as might be expected , is broadly similar to that given by the Shotgun model . |
| 16 | A comparison of this account with that given by des Forges and Harber indicates very little change in status since 1938 . |
| 17 | A useful minimal definition is that given by the World Health Organization that ‘ Health is a state of complete mental , physical and social well-being , and not merely the absence of disease . ’ |
| 18 | One of the best descriptions of the landscape of Madeira is that given by White and Johnson ( Madeira. : Its Climate and Scenery , 1860 ) : ‘ When Columbus was asked by Queen Isabella to give her some notion of the configuration of Jamaica , it is said that he took up a sheet of paper , and after crushing it in his hand , partly opened it out ; then placing it on the table , he told her Majesty that she would derive a better idea of the island from the crumpled paper than from any description conveyed in words . |
| 19 | The letter , dated June 23 , refers to reaching an agreement for a Sunday Times article presenting ‘ a more balanced picture ’ than that given by the Morton book serialisation which portrays Diana as victim of a loveless marriage . |
| 20 | Our estimate of the percentage of multiparasitized nests containing more than one egg of the same female at Guadix is close to that given by Soler , but significantly lower than that obtained at Santa Fe ( Table 1 ) . |
| 21 | Compare the description of her social life given by Linda Farrell , a delivery man 's wife , with that given by Margaret Nicholson , the wife of the director of a publishing firm . |
| 22 | A representative assessment is that given by the library manager : I would say that one of the biggest advantages was the fact that senior management … from the Head down , from the very word go , were after making it a success … one thing we have got is a greater awareness from a greater number of staff , because they come in here to supervise and help [ and ] get involved … but I think the biggest advantage has been the fact that time devoted to … library skills for all the first year … [ has ] been extended to an hour a week … |
| 23 | The most graphic statement of the dual role , though some would call it an overstatement ( e.g. Pearce , 1982 ) , is that given by the National Association of Head Teachers ( NAHT ) in response to a document on the role of the advisory service issued by the Society of Education Officers and the National Association of Inspectors and Educational Advisers : |
| 24 | The most frequently quoted definition of non-natural user is that given by the Judicial Committee in Rickards v. Lothian , ‘ It must be some special use bringing with it increased danger to others and must not merely be the ordinary use of the land or such a use as is proper for the general benefit of the community . ’ |
| 25 | The importance of the case lies in the general discussion of the principles of natural justice , especially that given by Lord Reid . |
| 26 | It has a long historical lineage but the most sophisticated explanation is that given by Diplock L.J. , as he then was . |
| 27 | It would not be absurd , nor contrary to the rule of law , for Parliament to prefer the precise construction adopted by the tribunal to that given by the courts . |
| 28 | The usual explanation of offshore bars is that given by Johnson ( 1919 ) and the stages of formation envisaged by him are shown in Fig. 8. 18 . |
| 29 | There are many different definitions of leadership , but they do seem to have certain features in common and a useful general definition is that given by Kossen : ‘ Leadership is the ability to influence the behaviour of others to go in a certain direction . ’ |
| 30 | It may be said at once that of these dates the most inherently improbable is the last , that given by the later Turkish tradition . |