Example sentences of "[conj] [indef pn] [is] [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | One consequence of this immobility is that everyone is surrounded by people very like himself , most of whom he has always known . |
| 2 | Does Schüssler Fiorenza mean that one is inspired by these women , although the religion in which they were involved is sexist ( in which case one is inspired to act against the biblical God ) ? |
| 3 | Behaviour which involves assimilation of the subject matter , attitudes , and values of the foreign language and culture to the point that one is identified by them . |
| 4 | A second problem with the idea that everything is determined by a grand unified theory is that anything we say is also determined by the theory . |
| 5 | They , or something like them , are admirable and important and we must strive to make them political realities , but they are not in themselves law and nothing is gained by pretending that they are law . |
| 6 | This is a question to be considered in the round , and nothing is gained by the introduction of shifting burdens of proof , which serves only to break down into formal steps what is in reality a single appreciation of what is or is not unfair . |
| 7 | Further , while there are indeed token-reflexive or self-referring expressions in natural languages , as in ( 12 ) and , arguably , in ( 13 ) ( see Chapter 5 ) : ( 12 ) This sentence contains five words ( 13 ) I hereby apologize these pose formidable problems for logical analysis , and nothing is gained by assimilating indexicals to token-reflexives if this can possibly be avoided . |
| 8 | Indeed , a full point score is likely to be awarded if someone is floored by a strong mid-section attack . |
| 9 | There is no way of telling if someone is infected by looking at them , but a special blood test declares a person negative or positive . |
| 10 | They take a trip in a ‘ means of communication ’ to the limits of language at the ultra-violet end of the verbal spectrum , and Someone is fuelled by the ‘ internal combustion ’ of words ( 22/218,51/247 ) . |
| 11 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 12 | But if everything is determined by the laws of science , then free will must be an illusion , and if we do n't have free will , what is the basis for our responsibility for our actions ? |
| 13 | The second question was : If everything is determined by some fundamental theory , then what we say about the theory is also determined by the theory — and why should it be determined to be correct , rather than just plain wrong or irrelevant ? |
| 14 | There is rather less footroom because of the wider transmission tunnel , with nowhere to rest the left foot , and one is faced by a very full instrument panel . ’ |
| 15 | If something is increased by fifty percent it is multiplied by one point five . |
| 16 | He may exercise a right of appeal if one is provided by the legislation under which the decision complained of was taken . |
| 17 | ‘ If nought is divided by nought is the answer infinity ? ’ he asks . |
| 18 | If anything is demonstrated by the USSR 's record on energy over the past decade it is that the resources , the equipment , manpower and the money do exist broadly to achieve whatever the mighty planning and executive mechanism dictates . |
| 19 | But nothing is implied by the new study of the utility of AZT in the treatment of those in whom symptoms have already appeared ; there is no case for abandoning that treatment , at least on the evidence now available . |
| 20 | It had at last been able to start building a hall of residence which had been in abeyance for six years , and the Director was underlining that student accommodation was in short supply in Teesside , and ‘ unless something is done by the provision of fiats , hostels , etc. , to supplement the supply of digs , I can see this being a factor which could really inhibit our development ’ . |
| 21 | Is not it a fact that doctors and nurses in France were on strike recently , and that in Italy patients have to ask relatives to bring in food because none is provided by the hospitals ? |
| 22 | It is a difficult journey , particularly when one is misled by sudden exultations which seem to offer an almost magical release but so quickly dissipate into even worse depression and remorse . |
| 23 | But when anyone is beset by such evil power as this , nothing can save him but Jesus Christ : this I firmly believe . ’ |