Example sentences of "[be] [adj] by [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I have argued so far is that the Situationists are ill-served by these publications , and that this is partly due to the influence of a certain pessimism which haunts contemporary cultural politics . |
| 2 | If Labour Members oppose the Bill , they and the miners will know that the redundancy terms on offer — which are generous by any standards — the transfer payments available for those wishing to move to other pits , the retraining help , and the managed workshops are all being provided by a Conservative Government , despite opposition from the Labour party . |
| 3 | If the freefall had gone better on Sunday then we would have been untouchable by this stage , but as it is the French are still ver close and their shooting will be very good . |
| 4 | Second , the same act makes provision for ‘ environmentally sensitive areas ’ ( ESAs ) where annual grants are payable by this ministry to farmers to enable them to follow farming practices which will achieve conservation objectives . |
| 5 | Er , overall I think it 's right to say that we 're disappointed by these results but we 're not downhearted . |
| 6 | Newts and lizards are confused by many people . |
| 7 | Many of our course members are confused by this absence of one particular method of teaching ; the rules and boundaries are not clear to tutors and learners alike . |
| 8 | But one may reasonably dispute that the French fabliaux are pornographic by this definition either . |
| 9 | The banks are unthrilled by such ideas . |
| 10 | The greens are remarkable by any standard . |
| 11 | The Everton side are unusual by any standards . |
| 12 | However , the position would have been different if the nodes had been defective and caused damage or injury to the buyer : the seller would then have been open to a claim in tort , or perhaps under the Consumer Protection Act 1987 , but would have been unprotected by any exclusion , limitation or indemnity clauses . |
| 13 | Eliot , who was putting ‘ Tartar horsemen ’ in his poetry in 1924 , seems to have been impressed by this passage . |
| 14 | Bismarck must indeed have been impressed by this example of family loyalty . |
| 15 | Clearly writers like Kant and Ritchie are impressed by this fact . |
| 16 | Third World countries are poor by many criteria . |
| 17 | Carew 's bleak diagnosis can hardly have been uninfluenced by several decades of mounting concern at the impermanence of non-agricultural employment compared with the stability of farmers fully occupied tending their land , and men continuously employed as servants in husbandry engaged for a year at a time . |
| 18 | There is , in one way , an admirable balance of supply and demand , and some applicants are good by any standards . |
| 19 | Some of us are puzzled by this phenomenon , because it seems incompatible with another idea we cherish , which is that people must not be blamed for acts over which they had no control , nor held responsible for unfair gains when they have gained nothing themselves . |
| 20 | The sums are complicated by another factor : when a bond goes into default , an investor can expect to recover some of its value when assets are sold off . |
| 21 | Arachnologists have long been puzzled by these patches . |
| 22 | ‘ I have been concerned by some leaks . |
| 23 | It can not be upset by this court . ’ |
| 24 | The house , in outline , looked quite snug , she might even be asleep by this time . |
| 25 | Religion Must Be Understandable by All People |
| 26 | It should be clear by this time that if there is one critical statement entirely and absolutely wrong , it is the one quoted at the start of this chapter , about The Lord of the Rings not being ‘ moulded by some controlling vision of things which is at the same time its raison d'être' . |
| 27 | Chief Superintendent Alan Jones , head of West Midlands police training , said : ‘ The majority of our drivers are highly skilled and would doubtless be dismayed by these comments . ’ |
| 28 | Do not be alarmed by this trend but always warn the parents that it is a possibility . |
| 29 | The network unit , used in conjunction with NewsPrint software , will be accessible by any computer including Apple Macs and personal computers , prints on paper up to 11″ x 17″ and holds 500 sheets , an initial capacity due to be expanded early next year when SunPics rolls out a sheet feeder . |
| 30 | It was dusk and we would be out all night , returning at dawn next morning when we would be relieved by another patrol . |