Example sentences of "[conj] by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But presumably that balance is n't something that 's encouraged either by the discipline of the job , or by a culture that assumes that men do n't have to take on responsibility for those things because women do . |
| 2 | However , when an electron changes from one allowed orbit to another one nearer to the nucleus , energy is released and a real photon is emitted — which can be observed as visible light by the human eye , if it has the right wavelength , or by a photon detector such as photographic film . |
| 3 | Accordingly , where the parcels are described simply by references to the Ordnance map ( either by specifying the numbers of the enclosures or by a plan that prevails over a verbal description ) the parcels will be taken to be those shown on the Ordnance map ( Fisher v Winch ) . |
| 4 | 8 When preceded by an interrogative pronoun ( I do n't know what to do ) or adverb ( Tell me where to go ) , or by a conjunction ( He looked at the clock , as if it was time to go ) , an infinitive with to is often equivalent to a dependent clause : What to do ; What am I to do ? |
| 5 | The magistrates ' decision may be either unanimous or by a majority of the bench who heard the case . |
| 6 | ‘ Term of years absolute ’ means a term of years … either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; … and in this definition the expression ‘ term of years ’ includes a term for less than a year , or for a year or years and a fraction of a year or from year to year ; … |
| 7 | 205(1) ( xxvii ) " Term of years absolute " means a term of years ( taking effect either in possession or in reversion whether or not at a rent ) with or without impeachment for waste , subject or not to another legal estate , and either certain or liable to determination by notice , re-entry , operation of law , or by a provision for cesser on redemption , or in any other event ( other than the dropping of a life , or the determination of a determinable life interest ) ; but does not include any term of years determinable with life or lives or with the cesser of a determinable life interest , nor , if created after the commencement of this Act , a term of years which is not expressed to take |
| 8 | This can be covered by the skirting board at the walls , or by a variety of mouldings such as stair-nose ( for edging the top stair ) , T-profile ( for where two wood floors join at the same level ) , and quadrant ( where you 've left the original skirting in place , or at a wall where there is no skirting ) . |
| 9 | The intestine is a tube whose lumen is enclosed by a single layer of cells or by a syncytium . |
| 10 | That there is considerable theory presupposed by the assertion , ‘ The electron beam was repelled by the North Pole of the magnet ’ , or by a psychiatrist 's talk of the withdrawal symptoms of a patient , should not need much arguing . |
| 11 | Not only do we find Lord Sumner in this case denying that elected members ‘ are to be guided by their personal opinions on political , economic , or social questions in administering the funds which they derive from levying rates ’ but Lord Atkinson denounces the councillors for being guided ‘ by some eccentric principles of socialistic philanthropy , or by a femininist ambition to secure equality of the sexes in the world of wages ’ . |
| 12 | He certainly holds that as long as my action is prompted by mere feeling , or by a judgement as to what will best satisfy my desires , I am not in sight of moral living . |
| 13 | The fee for burial does not include charges for grave-digging , which may be carried out by a parochial officer ( in which case the vicar sets the charge ) , or by a grave-digger hired by the funeral director . |
| 14 | Other topics may be covered perhaps by stories , or by a video , or possibly through work with a time-line , or an outline session . |
| 15 | THE programs will be produced either by the user company or by a software firm under its ownership . |
| 16 | Either a self-referral or referred by the G P , or by a consultant , or by the hospital , or one or two other sources . |
| 17 | If there is , the case goes to the Crown Court ( sitting with a jury and in many different places ) , where it is heard by a Queen 's Bench or Circuit judge or by a Recorder ( in certain circumstances joined by two to four Justices of the Peace ) . |
| 18 | The radial shields are about twice as long as broad ; in small specimens they may be contiguous along their whole length , in larger specimen they become separated by a single triangular plate or by a wedge of plates . |
| 19 | Additionally , he found that when a horse discovered that the messages it was trying to convey were understood , either by another horse or by a person , its range of communication could be extended considerably . |
| 20 | If the mussel is eaten by an animal or by a person , the poisons that have built up inside the mollusc may prove fatal . |
| 21 | ‘ merely of an office managed by the undertaking 's own staff or by a person who is independent but authorised to act on a permanent basis for the undertaking , as would be the case with an agency . |
| 22 | The demand must be dated and signed by the creditor himself or by a person stating himself to be authorised to make the demand on the creditor 's behalf . |
| 23 | Decisions as to political and social choice are made by the legislature , or by a person assigned the task by the legislature . |
| 24 | ( iv ) Any contract by an estate owner or by a person at the date of the contract entitled to have a legal estate conveyed to him or her , including a valid option of purchase , a right of pre-emption or any other like right ( an " estate contract " ) . |
| 25 | ( 8 ) If shares in the target are proposed to be sold to the bidder by a director ( including a shadow director ) of the bidder , or of its parent company , or by a person connected with that director ( as defined in CA 1985 , s346 ) and the value of the shares is not less than £2,000 but ( subject to that ) exceeds £100,000 or 10 per cent of the bidder 's asset value , then the arrangement must not be entered into unless it is first approved by an ordinary resolution of the bidder or , as the case may be , its parent company in general meeting ( CA 1985 , s320 ) . |
| 26 | In the case of an order made by a county court ( judge or registrar ) or by a registrar of the High Court , the appeal lies to a single judge of the High Court and an appeal from a decision of that judge on such appeal lies , with leave of that judge or the Court of Appeal , to the Court of Appeal ( s 375(2) and r 7.48(2) ) . |
| 27 | The client 's quantity surveyor may co-operate , particularly where the relationship with the contractor is well established , either by accepting receipts one month in arrears , subject to the payment being made on time , or by a telephone enquiry to the nominated sub-contractors concerned to obtain verbal confirmation that payment has been made . |
| 28 | The paper was of poor quality and had been torn off a pad of the kind you might keep in a kitchen or by a telephone . |
| 29 | The judge must decide whether , taking into account the issues involved and the nature of the evidence required for each issue , the disputes between the litigants can best be resolved by a single trial or by a trial in two parts . |
| 30 | Openings were either spanned by a semi-circular arch which rested directly upon the capitals , without entablature , or by a lintel . |