Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [vb pp] by their " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the vast majority are hardened by their loss , others have been driven over the edge of madness . |
| 2 | Decorum , Puttenham proposed , is a quality which comes naturally to the elite , but these elite are identified by their natural sense of decorum . |
| 3 | The books that candidates study are chosen by their teachers . |
| 4 | Elements of the page are described by their mathematical form instead of as a series of dots , typefaces are stored mathematically rather than as digitised characters . |
| 5 | Of course , the assumption behind this is precisely that enunciated by Barnes , that woman are dominated by their reproductive organs . |
| 6 | Even the smallest particles of diamond are revealed by their brilliant green emission . |
| 7 | This type of guarantee will reverse the 6 p.m. release procedure and is useful for overseas travellers whose times of arrival are governed by their air , sea or rail travel arrangements . |
| 8 | The images in the book are bound by their presentation and stillness to impart an air of safe serenity , but in reality there can be great differences between the sense of security experienced by the users of different schemes and indeed between the principles on which these approaches are based . |
| 9 | Their plans for growth are threatened by their apparent inability to find , retain and manage key staff — in fact , they rate the problem higher than the level of interest rates . |
| 10 | However , this should not be taken to suggest that the present generation are seduced by their salaries and expenses to the degree that they will abandon their principles in order to continue to have access to the institutional channels for political activity . |
| 11 | These are the full stops to a paragraph that give the audience an opportunity to sum up — as it were — how the Bride 's hair is cut ; why the men convey the Groom to the Bride 's house ; how the Bride and Groom are blessed by their parents ; and so on . |