Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The assumption was that later information would allow some of these paths to be eliminated ; the graph would ‘ narrow ’ because hypotheses at some point were acoustically clearer and/or limited by top-down information . |
| 2 | Legitimate : ( a ) etymologically , the word expresses a status , which has been conferred or ratified by some authority ; ( b ) conformable to law or rule . |
| 3 | To complete this discussion of exclusion clauses it should be noted that , by section 7 of the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 , liability for defective products under Part I of the Consumer Protection Act 1987 can not be excluded or limited by any contract term . |
| 4 | By virtue of s41 of CPA 1987 , breach of a safety regulation , as distinct from the general safety requirement , is also grounds for a civil action by any person affected which can not be excluded or limited by any contract term or notice . |
| 5 | Where formed by divergent plate movement they are described as rifted margins , but where the motion between two adjacent continental blocks has been transform they are called sheared margins ( but note that the term rifted margin is often applied rather loosely to passive margins of any type ) . |
| 6 | Rapeman 's brief British college tour was a shambles , every show either cancelled or picketed by irate student unions . |
| 7 | Moreover , unlike the clause in Cade the terms had never been negotiated or agreed by any trade association on behalf of farmers . |
| 8 | We need to think about ourselves as well-functioning organisms without becoming too self-conscious , inhibited or paralysed by morbid introspection . |
| 9 | The authority hereby given may at any time ( subject to the said Section 80 ) be renewed , revoked or varied by Ordinary Resolution of the Company in General Meeting . |
| 10 | The authority hereby given may at any time ( subject to the said Section 80 ) be renewed , revoked or varied by Ordinary Resolution of the Company in General Meeting . |
| 11 | ‘ Where a right , duty or liability would arise under a contract of sale of goods by implication of law , it may ( subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ) be negatived or varied by express agreement , or by the course of dealing between the parties , or by such usage as binds both parties to the contract . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Where a right , duty or liability would arise under a contract of sale of goods by implication of law , it may ( subject to the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 ) be negatived or varied by express agreement , or by the course of dealing between the parties , or by such usage as binds both parties to the contract . ’ |
| 13 | Trapped by nets or felled by corded arrow Hen and cock are parted one dawn . |
| 14 | We have seen how Marx 's and Engels 's ideas about pre-capitalist societies have been either supported or invalidated by subsequent knowledge . |
| 15 | As Shaw LJ said " It is not the law that where confidentiality exists it is terminated or eroded by adventitious publicity . |
| 16 | In some organisations , staff given an overseas posting are chosen or recommended by senior management . |
| 17 | Metal products and refined oil are exported or moved by coastal shipping . |
| 18 | All have been affected by the Post-glacial rise of sea level , but in the second class this may have been accentuated or nullified by local land movements . |
| 19 | ‘ If , in any case not expressly provided for by this Act , a liability to any duty , or any authority or power , not incident to the administration of justice in any court , whose jurisdiction is transferred by this Act to the High Court of Justice , shall have been imposed or conferred by any statute , law , or custom upon the judges or any judge of any of such courts , save as hereinafter mentioned , every judge of the said High Court shall be capable of performing and exercising , and shall be liable to perform and empowered to exercise every such duty , authority , and power , in the same manner as if this Act had not passed , and as if he had been duly appointed the successor of a judge liable to such duty , or possessing such authority or power , before the passing of this Act . … |
| 20 | Among its recommendations were ( i ) the creation of vents and energy absorption systems which would dissipate the force of an explosion ; ( ii ) the repositioning of cargo containers to ensure that any explosive energy was either directed outwards or absorbed by other baggage containers ; and ( iii ) improving flight recorders so that they continued working after a power failure . |
| 21 | In its decision on Finucane the court referred to " the probable risk " of his being " assaulted or injured by illegal action by prison staff " in Northern Ireland . |
| 22 | They considered that a building or product can not be regarded as a complex structure if it has been wholly constructed or manufactured by one person , so as to form a single indivisible unit . |
| 23 | Gastrointestinal symptoms were grouped into upper gastrointestinal , which comprised dysphagia , heartburn , nausea , vomiting , upper abdominal pain ( and its relief by food or antacids ) or lower gastrointestinal comprising changed bowel habit , diarrhoea , constipation , rectal bleeding or lower abdominal pain ( colicky , associated with changed bowel habit or relieved by passing stool or flatus ) . |
| 24 | Unknown or overlooked by most museum professionals , a series of major international art exhibitions has been enjoying unusual success in the Tennessee capital . |
| 25 | In a similar manner to the interview analysis technique , a record was set up on the database for each activity using the numerical codes as an identifier , and a second field used to type in all information needed or produced by that activity . |
| 26 | Whether you are fascinated by the unusual , or enchanted by sheer beauty , there is something for everyone here . |
| 27 | ‘ Where a person , having sold goods , continues , or is , in possession of the goods or of the documents of title to the goods , the delivery or transfer by that person , or by a mercantile agent acting for him , of the goods or documents of title under any sale , pledge , or other disposition thereof , or under any agreement for sale , pledge or other disposition thereof , to any person receiving the same in good faith and without notice of the previous sale , shall have the same effect as if the person making the delivery or transfer were expressly authorised by the owner of the goods to make the same . ’ |
| 28 | The clause could be amended to read as follows : The Landlord covenants with the Tenant to insure the Centre and all parts thereof except during such periods as the insurance shall be rendered ineffectual or avoided by any act of the Tenant |
| 29 | We all take the use of coins for granted , but they have not been made or used by all metalworking societies . |
| 30 | He was already a canon of Notre-Dame-de-Paris , and was to be given the first vacant prebend at Bordeaux or Bourges by papal provision . |