Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by [det] " in BNC.

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1 Oh yes it is the , the column of the Eiffel Tower is hidden by those buildings is n't it ?
2 The binary policy , which is central to the history of higher education from its elaboration in the second half of the 1960s , and intimately related to the history of the CNAA 's own policies and operations , is explained by many or all of these factors , but can not be separated from perceptions of the roles and attitudes of the universities that we have previously discussed , and which were part of the decision-making environment of the mid- and late 1960s .
3 It has been suggested that Moore 's argument , if just , would count against all definition in which an expression s meaning is explained by some more complex expression [ FRANKENA ] .
4 When the concept is explained by some writers , educational technology :
5 What we are trying at this stage , is the extent to which the difference between the H B F's of fifty five thousand , is explained by any technical treatment of migration , as opposed to .
6 The regression analysis indicates that 50 per cent of the variance is explained by these variables .
7 In a variation on this theme , the problem is compounded by another factor .
8 Fourth , I will describe how the organisation of the curriculum into arbitrary hierarchies is compounded by some attempts to make the National Curriculum accessible to all pupils .
9 The degree is recognized by all of the professional accountancy bodies .
10 The main objection to this point revolves round the feeling that a person can have authority , or be in authority only if his authority is recognized by some people , whose identity varies with the nature of his authority .
11 The fact is recognized by some philosophers who take the given view of causation .
12 The general importance of child care in supporting the fertility of married women is recognized by those countries which have policies to encourage fertility .
13 Indeed , this latter aspect of femininity is emphasized by some recent writers on masculinity who protest that men do not have such a wonderful deal in the world , since the social pressures on them to contain rather than express their emotions are oppressive and restrictive , stunting their full emotional development .
14 It is favoured by all those who believe that institutional practices can be changed by persistence and goodwill , and by those who understand that the best way to defeat feminism is to co-opt its radical and rebellious potential .
15 The cohesion-tension theory is favoured by most biologists today as the best explanation of the rise of water in plants .
16 Between Talabheim and Altdorf the river is joined by many streams which flow south from the Middle Mountains , laden with dark soils washed from the mountain slopes .
17 The little convertible is joined by another , fixed-head version , the Agádes .
18 The Leadon , just north of Tibberton , is joined by another tributary , the Ell Brook , which wends its way towards Newent .
19 The 16-valver is joined by another new engine — an insurance-beating 1.8-litre in the Furio model .
20 This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets .
21 The rest of the poem is concerned with the social causes of human misery : the Female Vagrant tells us that This is dismissed by many critics as ‘ tainted with Godwinism ’ , but I can not myself see that lines like these are ever likely to become out of date .
22 And where technical qualities are very obtrusive , as in Joyce 's Ulysses , the novel is dismissed by this tradition as a ‘ dead-end , or at least as pointer to disintegration ’ ( Leavis 1962 : 36 ) .
23 It implies that capacity for personal affective response that is dismissed by those who wish to transform literature into a purely cognitive discourse .
24 As such , they enjoyed success early on with the ballad , ‘ Pictures Of Matchstick Men ’ , before opting for the chord-challenged sound — so beloved of their followers — which is typified by such seminal lieder as ‘ Caroline ’ , ‘ Down Down ’ , ‘ Whatever You Want' ’ and ‘ Rockin' All Over The World ’ .
25 This is the shortest par-three but is guarded by enough sand to build at least a four-bedroom castle .
26 For instance , the section on nitrogen metabolism is prefaced by that famous anonymous ditty which starts How inoffensive are the faeces Of all the graminivorous species , That grind on grain and graze on grasses .
27 The final seminar day is highlighted by that speech from Brian May , which somewhat undermines CMJ 's ‘ alternative ’ stance .
28 Another example is highlighted by some extraordinary satellite pictures ( published in Glantz 1977 : 6 , 7 ) showing the difference in vegetative cover and population pressure ( both human and animal ) between the Republic of South Africa and Lesotho .
29 The importance of story at Key Stage 1 and 2 is highlighted by this approach .
30 General obedience is taught by most of the Rottweiler clubs to new handlers as a public service exercise and this early training sometimes inspires people to go on to do greater things .
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