Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun prp] [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 | However , the reasons for non-compliance reported by Mangla are ambiguous . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | The damage done by McCarthy was immense . |
| 7 | 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 . ’ ) |
| 8 | ‘ The decision made by UEFA is contrary to all principles of law . |
| 9 | The solution adopted by Brooke was oblique . |
| 10 | Entry to or use of Car Parks operated by BCP is subject to the current terms and conditions of the Terminus Securities Group . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | It was widely believed that the financial records supplied by Hakim were instrumental in supplying evidence for the charges against Clines . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 ! |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Thought experiments like those used by Einstein are classic examples of provocation . |
| 17 | For Jacques and Green the issues raised by Watts were central tenets of belief and commitment and the raison d'être for their opposition to much of strategy embodied in the rural areas scheme . |
| 18 | The control exercised by ORDEN is terrifying and everyone has to be extremely careful . |
| 19 | The transport provided by Disney is excellent and most visitors would n't need a car . |
| 20 | Pressure from Bruce Millan , EC regional commissioner , has resulted in the Treasury reluctantly accepting that the funds provided by Brussels are additional to government spending rather than part of it and should be steered to specific projects rather than forming part of the spending pool . |
| 21 | The stepwise progression of colorectal cancer through a series of genetic alterations as proposed by Vogelstein is attractive in that it postulates an inter-relationship between the accumulation of genertic changes and tumour stage . |
| 22 | The notation introduced by Hill is convenient . |
| 23 | The police force inherited by Nicholas was small , corrupt and ill-trained . |
| 24 | Community feeling in the area as monitored by Ahlbrandt was low , with barely more than one half of interviewees accepting the neighbourhood as a good or excellent place to live and two-thirds ( almost 20 per cent below the percentage for Allegheny West ) feeling strongly attached to it . |
| 25 | The image of intellectual and emotional self-control and stability projected by Nizan was fragile . |
| 26 | At this point , an example not discussed by Freud is interesting . |
| 27 | The nature of these changes , then , can be seen as some confirmation that the trends identified by Dearlove were genuine enough , but that working them through has taken much longer to achieve and involved much more upheaval than his initial analysis would have suggested . |
| 28 | The steps that may be taken by LCH are extensive and diverse . |
| 29 | In 1758 an expedition following a more northerly route than the one taken by Braddock was able to capture Fort Duquesne , which was renamed Pittsburgh by grateful Pennsylvanians who felt that at last a British politician had emerged who understood American needs . |
| 30 | The origin legend of the Merovingians as recorded by Fredegar is important not only for its suggestion that the family claimed to be descended from a supernatural ancestor , but also for the implications it has for the rise of the dynasty . |