Example sentences of "and by the [noun sg] of [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this book authorities are said to be limited also by the kinds of reasons on which they may or may not rely in making decisions and issuing directives , and by the kind of reasons their decisions can pre-empt . |
| 2 | The court may give him help , certainly ; for instance by discovery of documents inter partes … ; by allowing evidence to be obtained or presented at the trial in various ways … ; and by the issue of subpoenas … |
| 3 | Disclose the effects of acquisition or disposal of subsidiary undertakings and how funded , differentiating between consideration satisfied in cash and by the issue of shares . |
| 4 | In particular by giving positive help to unemployed people through our job placement service and other programmes and by the payment of benefits and allowances to those who are entitled to them . |
| 5 | The aim of the Employment Service is to help promote a competitive and efficient labour market , particularly by giving positive help to unemployed people through its job placement service and other programmes and by the payment of benefits and allowances to those who are entitled to them . |
| 6 | And by the look of things , that could still be a long way off . |
| 7 | Given the reformers ' argument that PR would enhance the likelihood of coalition government , consent could be undermined if government was to result from post-election bargaining between parties ; by a small center party holding the balance of power and hence wielding undue influence over government policy ; and by the alienation of voters who support a party excluded on a long-term basis from becoming a partner in coalition . |
| 8 | The acquisition of skills is governed by the current needs of particular societies and by the adaptation of individuals within the societies in which they happen to find themselves . |
| 9 | It was now time , he said , to " for common defence issues to be dealt with by the European Council and by the Council of Ministers " . |
| 10 | Although a minority of the group succeeded in finding jobs , these did not last long , and , like the rest of this group , who remained unemployed , they became frustrated and disillusioned by the difficulties they experienced in finding employment and by the attitude of employers to older workers . |
| 11 | In other harem-forming species the takeover by another male or males is commonly followed by either the killing or complete ejection of the old owner and by the slaughter of babies and infants ( Hrdy 1974 ) . |
| 12 | The development of new sub-fields by division due to increased specialisation , and by the merging of fields to produce multi-disciplinary studies , has resulted in the publication of new journals which reflect the changes in the ways in which the science has developed . |
| 13 | The development of new sub-fields by division due to increased specialisation , and by the merging of fields to produce multi-disciplinary studies , has resulted in the publication of new journals which reflect the changes in the ways in which the science has developed . |
| 14 | Bills introduced in the US by the chairman of the House of Representatives Intellectual Property Subcommittee and his Senate counterpart proposing changes to the 1976 Copyright Act are being strongly opposed by the Librarian of Congress , James Billington , and by the Register of Copyrights , Ralph Oman , reports Publishers Weekly . |
| 15 | The trend was driven by the need to cut costs through regional consolidation and by the prospect of changes in the banking regulations which would make it easier and more profitable for banks to operate across state lines . |
| 16 | Even specimens which have a sparse covering of spinelets and therefore resemble G. arcticus can be distinguished by the multipointed crown of the spinelets and by the occurrence of spinelets in the interradial areas . |
| 17 | On looking at the effectiveness of the various textual features , only small differences emerged between the two groups on a number of them , with the fast and slow readers being similarly affected by the unfamiliarity of the material in the passage and by the appearance of nouns not previously encountered in the text , and showing similar sensitivity to the distinction between narrative stories and non-fictional descriptive passages . |
| 18 | The legislation had been passed by the Senate on Oct. 26 by 89 votes to eight , and by the House of Representatives on Oct. 27 by 264 votes to 118 , as the culmination of a three-year congressional effort . |
| 19 | The harmony of the guiding principles of the constitution had been threatened by the rise of party government and by the acquisition of powers by government . |
| 20 | In the Amazon research is hampered by the sheer size of the region and by the reluctance of scientists to work here . |
| 21 | The prosecution 's case against Gotti was hampered by reliance on evidence based on inconclusive and largely inaudible tape recordings , and by the reluctance of witnesses to testify against him . |
| 22 | Much of their industrialisation ( and infrastructure ) has been financed through external borrowing and by the establishment of plants belonging to multinational corporations . |
| 23 | By the sending out of legates , papal representatives with very exalted powers , and by the appointment of judges delegate and the encouraging of litigants and petitioners to bring their cases to the papal curia , the bishops ' powers were kept firmly to the pastoral side . |
| 24 | The path is generated by navigating through a conceptual map containing landmarks and decision points ( key features of the skill ) and by the avoidance of obstacles and misleading features which have been sensitively detected . |
| 25 | They had a post office in that location ; it had been there protected under Treaty and by the League of Nations for nearly 20 years , and that was where the stamps had been issued . |