Example sentences of "[conj] [noun] [be] [verb] by an " in BNC.

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1 These tended to suggest that Iran was a magical , fairy-tale and where only justice prevailed and where progress was assured by an omniscient king .
2 Where damage is caused by an animal which does not belong to a dangerous species , a keeper of the animal is liable for the damage … if :
3 Examine the savings behaviour where accumulation is governed by an infinitely lived ‘ representative ’ individual , who maximizes an additive utility function of per capita consumption at each date , discounted at a fixed pure rate of time preference , but weighted by the population alive at each date .
4 The shortening of words or word groups by elision or a combination , the missing letters or sounds being indicated by an apostrophe : ca n't , Jim 'll , o'clock , etc .
5 There seems little doubt that AIDS is caused by an infective agent of some kind .
6 As before , we assume that demands are generated by an aggregate utility function , which .
7 There were three types ( ‘ modes ’ ) , depending on whether the syllabus and/or examination were set by an examining board or a school .
8 The east coast of the United Kingdom between Humberside and Norfolk was affected by an " acid mist " which blew in from the sea on Sept. 9 , 1989 , leading to some leaf loss from trees and the corrosion of aluminium instruments .
9 His or her patterns of sleep and wakefulness are determined by an intrinsic cyclical patterning of alternation of behavioural activity and sleep states , modulated by demands of hunger and thirst , which commonly resolves into a four-hour " day " by the end of the first month .
10 Resting strip tension was adjusted to 1 g and changes were monitored by an isometric force transducer ( Letica , Barcelona , Spain ) and recorded by a polygraph connected on line .
11 A 36-day strike by workers in the mining and metallurgical industry over wages and conditions was ended by an agreement on July 23 , 1990 , which provided for a substantial wages and conditions package , payment during the strike and a one-off cash payment .
12 In terms of the P function , we note that x I J is always a forward variable and that x pq is a forward variable if p and q are linked by an edge , either on the path from J to k with P ( p ) = q , or on the path from I to k with P(q) = p .
13 In the Soviet Union each major sector of society and economy is matched by an administrative unit within the party — for culture , science , heavy and light industry , transport , communications , agriculture , education , the armed forces and administrative agencies .
14 The pain , agony and exhaustion were replaced by an enormous sense of achievement and relief as they crossed the finishing line .
15 But Lee Bridges of the Public Law Project points out that judicial reviews have so far effectively assumed that , even if services are provided by an independent agent , ultimate responsibility lies with the public body holding basis statutory responsibility .
16 ALTON paper merchants Pollock and Searby were visited by an exhibition van mounted by their parent company Arjo Wiggins .
17 A phone tiff between him and Fergie was recorded by an eavesdropper , it was reported last night .
18 Dunfermline also surprisingly failed to get both points due to a fighting performance from Dumbarton while Kilmarnock were saved by an injury time equaliser from Calum Campbell against bottom club Cowdenbeath .
19 I 'm Brenda Row , and these were the headlines : widespread protest in Israel and the occupied territories after Palestinians are killed by an Israeli ; allegations of fraud as National Salvation Front wins Romanian elections , and seven die in an upsurge of violence in South Africa .
20 That is , the Dionysiac vision of himself as satyr was complemented by an Apolline vision of events outside himself , i.e. the sufferings of Dionysus ; and these visionary events constitute the origin of the skene with its dramatic action and speech .
21 Tragedy strikes when Sam is killed by an assailant on a New York street .
22 This type of manslaughter occurs when death is caused by an unlawful act intentionally or recklessly committed by the accused which reasonable persons would foresee as liable to cause some injury , though not necessarily serious injury : Church , as approved in DPP v Newbury [ 1977 ] AC 500 ( HL ) and Goodfellow .
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