Example sentences of "[vb -s] be [adj] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not for the first time , therefore , a government keen on deregulation has been upset by the results . |
| 2 | Anybody who supposes that the events of 1983 in the Caribbean have left the humbug of the Commonwealth unscathed is as self-deceived as those who imagine that the humbug of the United Nations has been unscathed by the events of 1982 in the South Atlantic . |
| 3 | The selection of paper and board manufacturers/retailers has been pre-selected by the magazine . |
| 4 | Faber has been delighted by the response from booksellers to its £100,000 ‘ How to become a millionaire ’ spring promotion . |
| 5 | It is working closely with HSE , and has been impressed by the progress made since 1974 in moving towards a much more thorough understanding of the real reasons for major breaches of safety , and of how to make them less likely . |
| 6 | Because he took over his new duties in the close season Love has not had too many opportunities to meet many of the players , but the squad have had two nets at Moray House College , Edinburgh , the last two Fridays and Love has been impressed by the effort put in by the players at these sessions . |
| 7 | The government is hoping for a vote of confidence in the elections , and has been dismayed by the support the Front appears to be getting . |
| 8 | Many a visitor has been embarrassed by the fact that Reykjavik airport is different from Keflavik . |
| 9 | Delhi 's response has been complicated by the existence of the lame-duck Kashmiri state government of Dr Farooq Abdullah , who fought last month 's general election in alliance with the then governing Congress party , and which is deeply unpopular in the valley . |
| 10 | In Ireland , however , the position has been complicated by the failure of the attempted union with Britain . |
| 11 | The development of serological assays for antibody responses to H pylori antigens has been complicated by the fact that H pylori organisms share antigens with other bacterial species , such as Campylobacter jejuni . |
| 12 | The committee has been concerned by the high numbers of planning applications granted by six Welsh councils in defiance of published development plans . |
| 13 | Graham Greene does this so thoroughly that the country of his imagination has been dignified by the name of ‘ Greeneland ’ . |
| 14 | As myths go , the Leavis myth was widely successful : but then what teacher , when he tells the young that he has been ill-treated by the world for his opinions , is not believed ? |
| 15 | Since writing his Book of the Royal Wedding , published in 1981 , he has been amazed by the evolution of the Princess of Wales . |
| 16 | Since the book appeared in America , Rock has been surprised by the letters he 's received ‘ from people who live in the suburbs or small flats where the father is the king , where his armchair is the throne . |
| 17 | The small practitioner has been frightened by the spectre of the JMU into throwing the baby out with the bathwater . |
| 18 | Payment has been satisfied by the issue of 274,914 Savoy ‘ A ’ shares . |
| 19 | Katie Jane 's been stricken by the acting but too , floating in as a jilted bride in wig and mask before revealing her new crop and slinging on the trademark tousled Ophelia barnet . |
| 20 | Ever since March , when Clinton recalled smoking marijuana , he 's been unconvinced by the candidate 's own version of events . |
| 21 | He 's been worried by the deer-raiding that 's been going on . |
| 22 | However , the pattern of merger/approximation that this suggests is complicated by the existence of the raising rule by which /a/ is raised before velars . |