Example sentences of "a [noun] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is however believed that the Divisional Court said that if the only consideration for a payment by the client was a disbursement by his solicitor , different considerations might apply . |
| 2 | Such conditions were a ruse by the North to make the South pay an unfair share of the cost of protecting the environment , said Bernard Chidzero , the Zimbabwe finance minister , at the September 1989 Commonwealth finance ministers ' meeting in Jamaica . |
| 3 | It may be seen as a ruse by the parasite to avoid adverse climatic conditions for its progeny by remaining sexually immature in the host until more favourable conditions return . |
| 4 | People in Walton believe that was just a ruse by the youths . |
| 5 | IT WAS USED AS A BASE BY THE UNDERCOVER AGENT , ALEXANDER ATKINS . |
| 6 | The effect of a reservation against such a provision by the State of the forum where the conflict rules of that State lead to the application of the law of another Contracting State which has not made such a reservation is unclear . |
| 7 | Buster Musto ran through for a touchdown by the posts . |
| 8 | Their convictions were overturned on a technicality by the 2nd US Circuit Court of Appeals leading to their retrial in 1991 . |
| 9 | Today that judgement was rejected on a technicality by the European Court in Luxembourg , which said the Commission had acted incorrectly . |
| 10 | There is a half sister by this marriage , and a sister by the second marriage , for which Madame Lagerfeld appeared in a tiered red dress , designed by Madeleine Vionnet . |
| 11 | At this year 's May time celebrations all of the children performed country dances and a special feature was dancing around a Maypole by the children in Miss King 's class . |
| 12 | So it came as something of a shock to Labour 's Brian Wilson when he found that a Commons motion he had tabled had been … well , subbed a bit by the authorities of the House . |
| 13 | I 'll have dried out a bit by the time I get to the cottage , and I do n't really want to go all the way back to the farm after I 've come this far . ’ |
| 14 | A second and commodious objection to the view of nomic connection which has been set out was anticipated earlier ( 1.3 ) , and may be shored up a bit by the fact lately mentioned , that science broadly speaking is not much engaged in arriving at complete descriptions of causal circumstances-causal circumstances as we have conceived them . |
| 15 | Like very many other people , and this theme runs right through the length of European intellectual life , Russell was , he was delighted with mathematics when he first encountered it , erm immensely impressed by the certainty of its propositions , as so many other people had been , erm troubled a bit by the logical inadequacy of much of the mathematics that he was presented with , especially at Cambridge , and investing mathematics with a kind of Platonic aura . |
| 16 | The first test in Europe of the theory of " liberation " came as early as 1953 when , after the death of Stalin , unrest in the satellite countries came to a head with a rising by the people of East Germany . |
| 17 | Regulations , which came into force on 1 August 1989 , prescribe the circumstances in which a direction by the head teacher under section 19 may be given . |
| 18 | I suppose you should you sho , push it with a stick by the saw so you do n't get your fingers in . |
| 19 | The courts : Very occasionally a decision by the council or , on appeal , by the DoE can be challenged in the courts through a judicial review . |
| 20 | This led to a decision by the Civil Aeronautics Board in 1945 to distribute routes in the Pacific , Latin America , and Europe to various other American airlines , some of which continue today . |
| 21 | He is applying for judicial review of a decision by the council 's professional conduct committee to prefer the less serious charge of breach of proper professional standards , which leads to an admonition . |
| 22 | Writers Fay Weldon and Marina Warner and Colin MacCabe , the former head of production at the British Film Institute , were among witnesses appearing before the Video Appeals Committee , called to examine a decision by the British Board of Film Classification to refuse a release certificate to ‘ Visions of Ecstasy ’ . |
| 23 | Massingberd-Mundy , a 62-year-old former Royal Navy submarine commander of South Ormsby Hall , Louth , was attempting to quash a decision by the Club to strike him off the list of potential chairmen of the stewards ' panel at Doncaster racecourse . |
| 24 | Luck was on Mr Bond 's side that time , reaping more than $5 million from a decision by the Western Australian Government to pay out $13million to cover land purchases in 1975 . |
| 25 | The method adopted by Ministers for discussing policy questions is however essentially a domestic matter ; and a decision by a Cabinet Committee , unless referred to the Cabinet , engages the collective responsibility of all Ministers and has exactly the same authority as a decision by the Cabinet itself . |
| 26 | Ministers have upheld a decision by the Directorate of Came and Freshwater Fish that the wolf , which has been killing sheep near Vergarshei in the south of the country , should be shot . |
| 27 | It held that it was open to any aggrieved party to challenge before the European Court a decision by the Commission ordering production of documents which a party considers are privileged , and the Court has power to grant interim measures to prevent disclosure of those documents to the Commission until the dispute on privilege is resolved . |
| 28 | A decision by the Germans to leave their interest rates unchanged put the skids under prices in London and the FT-SE 100 was on the slippery slope . |
| 29 | Pacific Telesis Group Inc expects to report a net loss for full year 1993 after estimated charges of $2,000m related to accounting changes and other restructuring and disposition reserves : the accounting change on future retiree health benefits will reduce first quarter pre-tax profit by $2,600m and first quarter net by $1,600m , and an accounting change on post-employment benefits , such as long-term disability and workers ' compensation , will reduce first quarter net by $151m ; it will also establish reserves that will lower net profit by about $260m — some $210m of this is related to the recent decision to dispose of its property portfolio over the next three to five years , the balance to withdrawal from or restructuring of cable and equipment businesses , and costs following spin-off of the cellular operation ; its Pacific Bell subsidiary will recognise employee benefits liability over 20 years , consistent with a decision by the California Public Utilities Commission . |
| 30 | Northgate Computer Corp , reporting losses up over 40% at $2.1m on sales off 47% at $18.3m , said James Goetz , president and chief executive , had resigned ; pending a decision by the board , Khaled Ibrahim , chief financial officer , will supervise the company 's operations . |