Example sentences of "[coord] be [verb] by the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 One of the weaknesses of most African economies is an absence of large-scale entrepreneurs running manufacturing businesses , whether they have emerged from the informal sector or been trained by the corporate sector .
2 Many shops were boarded up , their owners having perished in the war or at the hands of the Komitehs , or been bankrupted by the collapsed economy .
3 Four issues stand out as being of crucial importance : how many distinct ‘ modes of production ’ are there ; in what order do these modes of production succeed each other and how is their sequence to be explained ; what forms of society necessarily correspond with , arise from , or are determined by the different modes of production ; and lastly , what are the forms of state , or political systems , that are characteristic of , or produced by , different economic structures and forms of society ?
4 In this context an assignment may be considered " terminated " , because it can not affect or be affected by the other process , and is free to terminate at any time .
5 However , traditionally , it was generally believed that , as a consequence of the wording of ss. 141 and 142 , once landlords assigned their reversionary interest they could only sue or be sued by the original tenant .
6 Readers can hardly remain passive consumers , or be seduced by the covert ideologies , of a text they have literally had to piece together , page by page , for themselves .
7 Needless to say this led to several incidents because the cattle came direct from farms and were not accustomed to being in pens or being handled by the general public .
8 A renowned ( albeit not a very successful ) crusader who had been on three expeditions , he had met and been entertained by the ablest monarchs in Europe .
9 Someone had undoubtedly been listening , and been caught by the abrupt ending to the conversation .
10 The offer price of units ( the price at which they are sold to investors ) and the bid price ( the price at which they are bought by investors ) are worked out day-to-day , and are determined by the daily market value of the net assets of the trust .
11 Strategic decisions are kept separate , and are decided by the chief executive assisted by a small general office staff .
12 The radar waves bounce back off the cars that approach , and are registered by the receiving apparatus .
13 THIS IS NOT THE CASE , the noises are real and are generated by the inner ear . ’
14 A little later erm the erm level of the lake rose again , became continuous with the rest of the rift , and almost instantaneously these new forms disappear and are replaced by the original form .
15 Will my right hon. Friend assure the House that he will not agree to binding minimum rates of income tax in Europe , which have been advocated by the Socialist Confederation in Europe and are supported by the Labour party in this country ?
16 The Awards will feature performances by as yet unannounced top names and are followed by the 1991 World Mixing Championships to be held at Hammersmith Palais ( April 8 ) .
17 These ‘ away ’ areas are often behind the opposite goal to the home End and are recognized by the visiting supporters as their ‘ spots ’ .
18 Thus the periods of lighting , heating , mixing of the water in inland lakes , and the existence of on-shore or off-shore winds all have a value of 24 hours and are caused by the daily spinning of the Earth and the apparent movement of the Sun that this produces .
19 Inter-group co-operation and stimulation are common , and are facilitated by the excellent atmosphere which exists within the laboratory .
20 SSAPs and SORPs are developed by the Accounting Standards Committee of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies ( CCAB ) and are issued by the governing bodies of the accountancy profession .
21 If there is no such entry point then all packages suitable for DC activation are identified i.e. packages which contain the module and are managed by the specified user .
22 The studios are set back from the road and are shaded by the olive trees from which they derive their name .
23 This can be measured in terms of its domestic and transnational political organization , direct and indirect TNC interference in host country politics and the extent to which these constrain and are constrained by the domestic and/or transnational labour movement .
24 Similar opinion surveys are carried out throughout the European Economic Community and are published by the European Commission .
25 Many fail and are abandoned by the receding tide to die as thousands more swim in the shallows , pressing forward to take their turn .
26 But in the same way that real poverty has always given birth to real revolution , this feigned poverty of the adventurous would breed a false-bottomed , jerry-built revolution in which the adventurers would continue their make-believe and be followed by the rock-concert lumpen , tired of their own voyeurism . ’
27 As seen above with need and dare , therefore , it is only when ought is not asserted but conceived as a mere possibility that it can cease to constitute a before-position with respect to the event expressed by the infinitive and be followed by the bare infinitive .
28 Blackadder , a Scot , believed British writings should stay in Britain and be studied by the British .
29 And I believed that this world of darkness and changing images went on without a break , as unceasingly as the other less real one outside , wherever outside was , and by some unlikely philanthropic gesture of the city corporation was allowed to co-exist and be connected by the little dark doors with dark portholes .
30 Those that carry the moth 's eggs will grow particularly large and be eaten by the young caterpillars .
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