Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For over a century any non-Spaniards who entered the area claimed by Spain were likely to be called pirates . |
| 2 | It was agreed that a pedestrian tunnel , the Tower subway , should be driven under the Thames ‘ as a sample of the system ’ , but the memory of the extreme difficulties of Isambard K. Brunel [ q.v. ] in completing the Thames tunnel resulted in none of the contractors approached by Barlow being willing to tender for the work . |
| 3 | Although the near-monopoly enjoyed by solicitors was indefensible because it related only to the preparation of documents , ‘ there is a real need for consumer protection and I am far from sure that the White Paper proposals meet this need , ’ he said . |
| 4 | However , the reasons for non-compliance reported by Mangla are ambiguous . |
| 5 | Children picked by paedophiles were likely to be reabused or become abusers themselves . |
| 6 | At the Poly , where we are already catering for 400 students , a new canteen designed by CCG is due to open in 1992 to serve 1000 students . |
| 7 | The general data presented by Cox are undeniable , but interpretation of the data rests on certain assumptions , principally that people act on an individualistic basis rather than as groups , and according to attitudes expressed in the quiet of their homes rather than in response to major events . |
| 8 | The damage done by McCarthy was immense . |
| 9 | As the camp magazine critic noted : ‘ The effect of soprano and alto parts an octave lower than written by Handel was peculiar but … the aged Commandant , Graf Schwerin , thanked the men for the music with trembling voice and tears on his cheeks . ’ ) |
| 10 | Often , timbers dated by radio-carbon are carbonised oak and a date obtained relates to the age of the rings of the surviving tree and not the felling date . |
| 11 | You ca n't say that all music made by machines is robotic and unfeeling , just because you play guitars it does n't mean you 've got soul . |
| 12 | ‘ The decision made by UEFA is contrary to all principles of law . |
| 13 | The solution adopted by Brooke was oblique . |
| 14 | Entry to or use of Car Parks operated by BCP is subject to the current terms and conditions of the Terminus Securities Group . |
| 15 | The kind of guilt imposed by society is responsible for maintaining a certain amount of law and order within our civilisation . |
| 16 | Already by the mid 1970s it appeared , however , that neutralisation under Great Power guarantees as elaborated by Malaysia was acceptable neither to the majority of Southeast Asian states nor to the external powers that count . |
| 17 | It was widely believed that the financial records supplied by Hakim were instrumental in supplying evidence for the charges against Clines . |
| 18 | The velocity induced by arrows is dependent mainly on the angle of juncture ; there are fast arrows and slow arrows . |
| 19 | Patrassi et al postulated that the enhanced fibrinolysis in ascites induced by alcohol was due to increased release of tissue plasminogen activator from the mesothelium , and Wilde et al were able to quench this fibrinolytic activity with the addition to the ascites of antibody to tissue plasminogen activator . |
| 20 | The modifications to small mammal bone produced by weathering are different from those described by Behrensmeyer ( 1978 ) for large mammals ( summarized in Table 1.3 ) , but they are readily distinguishable from other types of modification produced by trampling , by soil corrosion and attrition or by digestion . |
| 21 | The truth produced by science is universal — ‘ In the sciences the truth is always the truth ’ ( Stark 1958 : 167 ) . |
| 22 | Third , the goods produced by bureaus are public goods in the sense that they are unlikely to be provided if charged for and offered for sale . |
| 23 | Nor can it be a matter of the effects he intends to cause in hearers , for one may say something with a definite meaning , with all sorts of different such intentions , and , in any case , the causal theory as advanced by Stevenson is concerned with the actual causal potency of language , not with what is intended . |
| 24 | That Throgmorton had died by poison was hard enough for them to take in , when all had assumed sudden acute stomach illness . |
| 25 | Our discussion has shown that so long as the resources used by producers are accessible to all , all their activities are entrepreneurial-competitive . |
| 26 | As cannons are notoriously filthy , artillery men are often covered in soot and grime , so it is convenient that the colour used by Nuln is black ! |
| 27 | Where the words used by Parliament are obscure or ambiguous , the Parliamentary material may throw considerable light not only on the mischief which the Act was designed to remedy but also on the purpose of the legislation and its anticipated effect . |
| 28 | The grammar used by METAL is rule-based but the rules each have an associated weight ( Caeyers & Adriaens , 1990 ) . |
| 29 | So far the concept of ideology as used by Marx is vague and does not lead to a formula of ideology as being ‘ false ’ knowledge or untruth . |
| 30 | The increased sophistication of the system used by dolphins is necessary because sound travels nearly five times as fast in water as in air . |