Example sentences of "[vb mod] be [verb] [adv] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The appeal court decided that the case should be heard tomorrow by a single judge . |
| 2 | The statute laid down that measures ‘ for the estate of the king and his heirs and for the estate of the realm and people should be granted only by the king in parliament , the implication being no doubt that such measures should not be forced upon the king by his subjects or drawn up by non-parliamentary assemblies . |
| 3 | Which type of support a young person receives should be determined entirely by the needs of that person rather than by slotting her or him into inflexible institutional alternatives . |
| 4 | It is intolerable that Labour MPs who are also accountable to all the voters in their town should be turfed out by the block vote . |
| 5 | It has even been suggested that the fate of trophy items should be decided openly by a referendum . |
| 6 | Less severe bruising on the arm should be covered only by a crêpe bandage . |
| 7 | The chief executive or clerk of the local authority should always provide each newly-elected councillor with a copy of these which should be studied closely by the new councillor . |
| 8 | The Commission has noted its use by therapists and believes that this is an area which should be explored further by the Church . |
| 9 | Anyone partaking in the dungaree revival outside the privacy of their own bedroom should be strung up by the braces and hooked on a lamp-post for the crows to peck at |
| 10 | The silence of the wild places should be disturbed only by the sounds of nature . |
| 11 | Ideally this should be carried out by the timber supplier ( treated wood is described as ‘ Tanalised ’ or ‘ Celcured ’ by timber merchants and other stockists ) to ensure thorough and deep penetration of the wood . |
| 12 | In this letter Thomas suggested that the foundations and building work should be carried out by the Canal Company and estimated that the cost would be £12,000 . |
| 13 | ‘ The audit function should be carried out by the Court of Auditors in a similar way to that adopted by the principal auditor of a multinational group of companies which has a number of foreign subsidiary companies . |
| 14 | After an aircraft type has been established in service for some years , a searching ‘ mid-life ’ review should be carried out by the manufacturer to the satisfaction of the certification authority when all aspects of the aircraft 's structural performance should be studied in the light of fleet service experience and current design knowledge . |
| 15 | Power sharing was understandably crucial for SDLP and it proposed that government should be carried out by an Executive with cabinet posts in proportion to party strengths in the Assembly . |
| 16 | He sees it as a weakness of international law that no such machinery exists , and argues that an internationally authorised force should be set up by the UN Security Council to intervene in rogue states on various continents . |
| 17 | So ‘ Hammer ’ , a tempestuous saga of death by lustful adventure should be picked up by a Channel 4 researcher and used on an equally graphic AIDS documentary . |
| 18 | Nor does Pearce believe up-and-coming managers should be put off by the apparent decline in moral standards of business . |
| 19 | Will he also condemn the scandalous proposal that when the PSA is privatised , up to £85 million of taxpayers ' money should be handed over by the Government to Tarmac , which will take it over , so that any proposed redundancies of men and women in the PSA will be paid not by the privatising company but by the taxpayer ? |
| 20 | This , the Committee believed , should be brought about by the establishment of education advisory services with one adviser per 20,000 population and with a minimum staff of fifteen to ensure adequate curriculum cover . |
| 21 | For instance , there is the strict requirement of English that postnominal adjectives should be marked off by a pause in speech and by commas in writing , if and only if they are non-restrictive ( see Chapter 7 ) . |
| 22 | The Spanish laws against drug use in those days were exceptionally severe , and I was terrified in case you should be found out by the police or the drug squad . |
| 23 | The laws should be backed up by an effective inspectorate , it states . |
| 24 | I. Vulgarity The treatment of low , disgusting , unpleasant , though not necessarily evil , subjects should be guided always by the dictates of good taste and proper regard for the sensibilities of the audience . |
| 25 | The children should take one bottle each , or the milk should be distributed one-to-one by a ‘ monitor ’ . |
| 26 | The steps should be chosen primarily by the patient ; the therapist should discuss ways of carrying them out . |
| 27 | The place should be closed down by the Environmental Health Department . |
| 28 | On appeal the primary submission was that the questions which were responded to as above should be edited out by the judge . |
| 29 | The documentation for this type of arrangement should be drawn up by a solicitor experienced in such matters . |
| 30 | In the case of a City Code transaction where the firm is making an offer on behalf of its client , a separate contract ( which should be drawn up by the firm 's lawyers ) should form the basis of the firm 's responsibilities for making such an offer . |