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 . |