Example sentences of "[noun pl] [is] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Consequently , the best treatment seems to be to say that stress in words with prefixes is governed by the same rules as those for words without prefixes . |
| 2 | The quality of teaching and research in the Faculty of Arts is underpinned by the excellent research facilities that are available . |
| 3 | He was one of those blessed people who have an itch in their hands to make things which will not be denied and for whom a lack of formal training in the arts is compensated by a hyper-developed sense of ingenious invention . |
| 4 | The output of the growers is marshalled by half a dozen highly organised and professional marketers who have taken a huge slice of the market , including the multiples . |
| 5 | If the exchange rate for the two currencies is determined by market forces then the price of Deutschmarks would rise and the price of pounds would fall . |
| 6 | Permanent disablement from any profession or occupation entitles a claimant to £100,000 , while loss of hearing in both ears is compensated by £30,000 . |
| 7 | His recital of the history of the archbishops ' exercise of authority over the whole of Britain over the centuries is punctuated by quotations from Gregory , proclaiming the claims of antiquity as a model for future conduct . |
| 8 | The different nature of the materials imported to particular parts of England in the sixth and seventh centuries is mirrored by the different patterns of dispersal revealed by plotting fall-off curves ( Huggett forthcoming ) . |
| 9 | Here the conventional representation of truth as the unadorned , stable centre which poetic ornamentation covers is replaced by a claim that truth is an ornament , an addition which paradoxically makes beauty seem more beautiful . |
| 10 | The need to control for both the individual and areal characteristics is demonstrated by table 6.1 taken from Garner ( 1988 ) . |
| 11 | The differentiation of male or female characteristics is determined by the influence of sex hormones , which are present from a very early stage of development . |
| 12 | When the safety of walkers is threatened by the use of pesticides on crops , The Ramblers ' Association challenges the government to bring in better safety regulations . |
| 13 | Drinking water supplies are believed to be contaminated ; the sale of bottled water to Koreans is prohibited by law ( foreigners are exempt ) , although this is increasingly flouted as concern over water safety grows . |
| 14 | This constraint is not required for colliding plane waves and an additional set of aperiodic solutions is given by ( 10.81 ) where and are modified Bessel functions of the first and second kinds of zero order . |
| 15 | An illustration of the problems and possible solutions is provided by the following example . |
| 16 | Colonoscopy , using these estimates , yields a sizable number of adenomatous polyps ; however , the point at which the potential benefits of intensive screening by endoscopic or radiological methods is outweighed by the risks involved is difficult to determine . |
| 17 | The rational application of pesticides is stymied by ignorance of how pest attack at different stages of crop development affects yield . |
| 18 | The length of waiting lists is affected by a number of factors . |
| 19 | The degree of rejection of so-called common-mode signals is indicated by the common-mode rejection ratio which is just the ratio of the output signals obtained when a given input signal is applied first to one input only and then to both . |
| 20 | In terms of these Z-parameters , equations ( 10.5 ) are just and , because of the linear relationship between small signals , the response to small sinusoidal signals is governed by corresponding phasor equations |
| 21 | The more interesting challenge to Japanese manufacturers is posed by the arrival of personal computer vendors such as Compaq Computer Corp and Dell Computer Corp — good customers of Intel — into the Japanese market . |
| 22 | Another protection for consumers in their dealings with commercial organizations is provided by the Unfair Contract Terms Act , 1977 , which protects individuals against possible loss of rights from exclusion clauses and disclaimer notices on posters , tickets etc . |
| 23 | The Knox Brothers is written by Penelope Fitzgerald , now famous as a novelist . |
| 24 | The meeting of the seventeenth of September at the defendants offices is admitted by the defendant erm , but there is no admission as to what was said at the meeting . |
| 25 | The STV 's evangelists , however , proclaim that under their system the selection of candidates is determined by a single and quite different factor , which ( they say ) actually enlarges the voter 's freedom of choice . |
| 26 | First we must remind ourselves that much of the physiological regulation of warm and cold-blooded animals is determined by the manner in which blood is trapped and channelled to various depths of the body . |
| 27 | And what is ‘ in the interests ’ of animals is mediated by human practices that involve them . |
| 28 | Paul uses that very declaration in 1 Cor. 9 v 9–10 to demonstrate that God 's concern for animals is paralleled by His concern for men and women . |
| 29 | Experimental evidence for the consistency of bond enthalpies over a number of compounds is provided by the standard molar enthalpies of combustion of alkanes in their homologous series ( see section 17.1 ) . |
| 30 | The resolution of animals with large eyes is limited by the number of light receptors they have , and how closely these are packed together . |