Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very few times an accurate cross goes in its nothing to do with planning … just the law of averages and that s helped by the fact they normally have more than 2 people heading into the box . |
| 2 | Trade in the metals — which have applications ranging from making TV sets to catalysts-is dominated by two companies , Rhone Poulenc of France and Molycorp of the US . |
| 3 | So look for a college which is accredited by CIFE or the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BAC ) . |
| 4 | British Gas South Western training is accredited by both the Institute of Supervisory Management and the Business and Technology Education Council to deliver the following programmes : |
| 5 | Indeed , if the reduction of infant mortality is differentiated by maternal age , as in the case of Hungary ( which is probable considering that socio-economic factors such as , for example , educational achievement or economic activity , are also associated with maternal age ) , the differential rate of reduction should necessarily cause some modifications in the relationship between infant mortality and maternal age in other countries , too . |
| 6 | The statement that he overestimated the importance of sex in human psychology is refuted by an examination of his work and opinions . |
| 7 | The random number generator is initialised by RUN ( or CHAIN ) . |
| 8 | The change of allegiance on the part of individual scientists from one paradigm to an incompatible alternative is likened by Kuhn to a ‘ gestalt switch ’ or a ‘ religious conversion ’ . |
| 9 | Aethis is assassinated by his own chancellor , a secret follower of Slaanesh . |
| 10 | Progressive Archbishop Romero is assassinated by right-wing forces . |
| 11 | A trade unionism that is paralysed by an obsession with parliamentary lobbying and television training for general secretaries can scarcely expect to win the wholehearted support even of its own members , let alone women engaged in domestic labour , part-time workers or the unemployed . |
| 12 | Legrand claims the federation is paralysed by " immobility " and " pusillanimity " . |
| 13 | Liquid products for manual use : This is calculated by standardising arithmetically the price to achieve a true cost which represents the price the product would be if it were at a standard concentration of 30 per cent . |
| 14 | The shelf stock for each interest category is calculated by expressing its loan component percentage as a percentage of the total open shelf capacity of the library . |
| 15 | The effect , d , is calculated by subtracting this proportion in the base category of the explanatory variable from this proportion in the non-base category of the explanatory variable . |
| 16 | Debt service ratio : This ratio is calculated by combining debt principal repayments and interest payable in a single year and dividing it by the country 's exports for the equivalent period . |
| 17 | The Twit Factor(TF) is calculated by a multiplying a Breeding Quotient ( BQ ) , marked between 1 and 5 , by the Outrage Index ( OI ) , based upon observed behaviour , marked between 1 and 10 , and then dividing the result by the Agreed Mitigator ( AM ) , a mark between 1 and 10 assessed on the basis of redeeming features such as intelligence , professional merit etc . |
| 18 | Where these special rules apply , as they do in the majority of cases , the taxable investment income of the basic life assurance business is calculated by apportioning the worldwide investment income of the life fund by reference to the ratio of liabilities to UK resident policy-holders to liabilities to all policyholders . |
| 19 | Where the entitlement to dividends in respect of non-equity shares is calculated by reference to time , the dividends should be accounted for on an accruals basis . |
| 20 | Where shares are issued by way of or in substitution for dividends , and the value of the shares issued is calculated by reference to the value of the dividend payable on any class of shares , the value calculated for this purpose should be reflected in the profit and loss account as an appropriation of profit . |
| 21 | The present value cost of the loan is calculated by discounting the cash flow , which consists of capital repayments , gross interest costs and the tax benefits available on interest expense . |
| 22 | In money terms the annual interest cost to you of providing credit to your customers is calculated by taking the value of your average monthly debtors outstanding and multiplying the figure by the current overdraft rate . |
| 23 | This allowance is calculated by reference to the RI and the RD factors . |
| 24 | During look-up , the number of letters in a word of script is calculated by the x difference of the word divided by the mean letter width figure . |
| 25 | A country 's real effective exchange rate is calculated by adjusting the nominal , trade-weighted exchange rate for differences in inflation at home and abroad . |
| 26 | Relief is calculated by reference to the difference between an assumed rate bill for 1989–90 and the community charge which your authority would set if authorities in the area were spending in 1990–91 in line with assumptions made by the Government . |
| 27 | An estimated enrolment figure is calculated by the addition to the UF figure of the U- figure weighted according to previous experience . |
| 28 | Radelescu and Stoia ( 1979 ) , for instance , describe a microprocessor-based closed-loop control in which the switching angle is calculated by an algorithm involving the two previous step periods , enabling the rate of change of speed to be taken into account . |
| 29 | Once the position of the mean is defined the spread of the distribution about it is calculated by summing the moments of each class interval about the mean . |
| 30 | The yield to maturity ( rm ) is calculated by solving the following equation : . |