Example sentences of "[is] [adj] [conj] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Any natural selection involves differential reproductive success that is nonfortuitous because determined by the way variant organisms are interacting with an environment that is causally sensitive to those particular physical differences in the organisms . |
| 2 | This first set of questions is interrelated and confused by the fact that both the courts and Parliament have , at times , claimed exclusive jurisdiction to determine whether a particular privilege exists , and the criteria which they have applied in making this determination have differed . |
| 3 | This use of language is poetic and characterized by the intention being applied not only to content but also to its specific form . |
| 4 | As Robin Wood has noted , ‘ The presentation of the Cheyennes is confused and blurred by the divided impulse , the desire to recreate an ‘ ideal ’ alternative to the white world . ’ |
| 5 | The interior is less satisfactory ; it is muddled and confused by a multiplicity of bric-a-brac in a variety of periods . |
| 6 | The town square is large and surrounded by a variety of interesting buildings — ivy-clad low terraced houses , quaint shops and a hotel . |
| 7 | But you will also remember that each of these cells is capable of holding the whole text of the New Testament and , moreover , it is gigantic when measured by the number of sophisticated machines that it contains . |
| 8 | ‘ When buying a puppy , try and ensure it is well-bred and reared by a breeder who has some aim to produce well-tempered stock . ’ |
| 9 | His skin in this brutal morning light is textured and darkened by a weft of tiny arterial threads , some almost blue . |
| 10 | A good eye is essential as illustrated by the Mexican who practised for only 10 minutes before becoming King Conker , and the first overseas winner , in 1976 . |
| 11 | The purported withdrawal of a resignation is ineffective as the resignation is final when received by the proper officer of the authority or the chairman as the case may be . |
| 12 | And though she has faith that her lawyer 's appeal will be successful , she is bitter and baffled by the attitudes of the bureaucracy . |
| 13 | It is the people , the parliament actually , because the Emir when he proposes a cabinet the parliament can accept the cabinet , or change , or request it to be changed and even the Prime Minister , which is proposed or nominated by the Emir , the cabinet has to approve him , and together they they run the business of the government . |
| 14 | That has been the Government 's argument for a national curriculum — it has been broadly accepted — but we need a national curriculum that is secure and delivered by the inspectorate . |
| 15 | he says two men are looking at a sunset , one of them is awed and humbled by the glory of the fiery clouds , and his heart is lifted up to God in gratitude and wonder . |