Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I came third out of fifty folk competing for established status by examination , it was no good , only one candidate was accepted . |
| 2 | Newborn mice from transgenic line 6 were examined for HNF-L expression by S1 nuclease protection assay and were shown to express the transgene in brain ( figure 5 ) . |
| 3 | It was then examined for commercial potential by both ICI ( who eventually marketed it under the name Terylene ) and DuPont ( who called it Dacron ) . |
| 4 | The business plan 's third big hole is its failure to deal with the lawsuits that names are bringing for alleged negligence by agents . |
| 5 | Justification could be given for this assertion by describing Dickens 's view of the London working classes , then describing the view of one or more modern historians , then showing that the two views are significantly different to the extent that Dickens 's could be called incorrect . |
| 6 | Similarly , other pensioner households , containing married couples , would be floated off supplementary benefit by an increase in the married couple 's rate of £8 a week . |
| 7 | The theory developed for this purpose by Wimsatt and Brooks ( and in a rather different way by Ransom and Tate ) takes as its starting-point Richards 's ( and Coleridge 's ) principle of the reconciliation of opposites , though the view it arrives at differs from Richards 's in a number of important respects . |
| 8 | This is a contemporary , well validated , 22 item self report scale developed for repeated use by patients with cancer . |
| 9 | She had alleged she was unfairly dismissed during sick leave by Darlington solicitors Ward Hadaway ; the tribunal chairman said the panel had ruled against her ‘ reluctantly ’ and would be giving its reasons later . |
| 10 | A new committee , the Joint Hospitality Industry Congress , is being formed for this purpose by the British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association ( BHRCA ) , see page 8 . |
| 11 | At a Salzburg meeting on June 24-25 , originally timetabled with the intention that it would mark the conclusion of the EEA negotiations , the fisheries issue again proved intractable , and was referred for further discussion by the joint high-level negotiating group ( HLNG ) , while in the joint communiqué ministers " reaffirmed their joint commitment to conclude the negotiations before the summer break " . |
| 12 | The reasons given for rejecting this paper are that the brain may compensate for poor hearing by enhancing hearing in the treated ear , resulting in an overestimate of the likely effects of treating both ears . |
| 13 | But the whole Turkish diplomatic and consular establishment , which was further swollen for political reasons by Sultan Abdul Hamid in the 1880s and 1890s , was considerably reduced by the revolution of 1908 – 09 which overthrew him , so that by 1914 the foreign ministry staff had fallen to probably no more than 150 . |
| 14 | It was flown for six years by the Canadians before it was sold as surplus in late 1947 by the War Assets Corporation . |
| 15 | When the pope asked for some sign by which he could tell ‘ which requests are important to us and are dear to our heart , and which are not ’ , Edward indicated early in the new year that he would mark such requests with the words Pater Sancte , written in his own hand , but he promised that these requests would be employed with restraint — ‘ only as we can and ought ’ . |
| 16 | for the supply of food , drink or other goods intended for current consumption by use in the household and supplied by regular roundsmen . |
| 17 | Another prisoner was blinded for 48 hours by power hoses , ’ he claimed . |
| 18 | Certain straits have been specifically designated as international waterways by treaty . |
| 19 | Parts of the centuries old villages of Flixton , Folkton and Reighton near Scarborough are to be designated as conservation areas by Scarborough Council . |
| 20 | The courts having bankruptcy jurisdiction in any part of the United Kingdom must assist the courts having corresponding jurisdiction in any other part of the United Kingdom or any other relevant territory ( defined as the Channel Islands , Isle of Man and any other country designated for this purpose by the Secretary of State ) ( s 426(10) and ( 11 ) ) . |
| 21 | We want to go through that line by line so |
| 22 | And he says he enjoys walking ; he often goes for long walks by himself . ’ |
| 23 | It features new stone sculptures intended to be shown outdoors as well as in the gallery , a new red ‘ Void ’ from that continuing series of wall sculptures , one of which was shown in Kapoor 's pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1990 , and material related to the stage designs which he made for recent performances by dancer Laurie Booth at the Queen Elizabeth Hall . |
| 24 | Even if most EC countries qualify for monetary union by 1997 , it is hard to see how the ERM can survive until then . |
| 25 | THE mysterious Princess Di tapes were dismissed as amateurish fakes by a voice expert last night . |
| 26 | Our start was delayed for twelve hours by a typical short but fierce blow from the south west which fell away during the night . |
| 27 | Definition : Consumption can be regarded as total expenditure by households on goods and services which yield utility in the current period . |
| 28 | The company reserves the right to veto or restrict the provision of additional facilities such as juke-boxes , fruit machines , pool tables , etc. , but does not specify from whom these must be hired or demand a proportion of the takings ( this attitude is in contrast to most of the national brewery companies and does something to explain why Palatine are regarded as good employers/landlords by their licensees ) . |
| 29 | Although they may be regarded as suitable accommodation by some people , especially retired couples able to afford good-quality mobile homes , relatively poor facilities and frequently isolated locations make them less than ideal for the majority of inhabitants . |
| 30 | People in need of care and help and even children are now regarded as legitimate targets by the IRA 's faceless men . |