Example sentences of "[am/are] not [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Statuses which are not fixed by inheritance , biological characteristics , or other factors over which the individual has no control , are known as ‘ achieved ’ statuses .
2 Important consequences attend the fact that the composition , powers and procedures of the Cabinet are not fixed by law .
3 Losers will be those groups whose incomes rise less rapidly than the general price level : examples include workers who are not represented by unions or who are only weakly unionised but face strong employer resistance to wage claims .
4 Where the reclaimed tips are not grazed by sheep , plants enter readily .
5 That 's in the open ocean in enclosed basins , for example the Black Sea , many fjords and sea lochs , the deep waters are not renewed by water masses moving in from other areas in the way that they are in the open ocean and there anoxia can occur in the deep waters , that is the oxygen can be completely removed by biological activity particularly in degradation processes of organic matter , bacterial respiration so anoxic conditions can occur in isolated deep basins but low oxygen concentrations are actually very rare in the open ocean .
6 The incorporation of stimuli is thus extremely common , if not invariable ( given that on many occasions the effects of stimulation on dreaming will be so idiosyncratic that they are not recognized by experimenters ) .
7 Entailment can occur between sentences differing only in respect of the lexical fillers of a particular syntactic slot even when the lexical items in question are not related by hyponymy .
8 If you are not related by blood , or were not legally married to the deceased , you can not inherit from him or her if he or she dies without a will .
9 Spirits are not perceived by sense ; they are not ideas but things which have ideas .
10 The background sky is darker ; but more important , images are not blurred by atmosphere motions .
11 However , as discussed above , in relation to contracts under which ownership of goods is transferred , so far as such contracts are not governed by s 6 of the UCTA , they are now governed by the new s 7(3A) .
12 The accusations are not disputed by Chikatilo , who led police to the site of 19 more murders than he was originally believed to have committed .
13 Many continental margins are not separated by subduction zones from the divergent boundaries marked by mid-oceanic ridges .
14 We are not disturbed by slowness , for what goes slow can run deep .
15 But this argument is weakened when democratic arrangements break down and are not replaced by socialism , as has frequently occurred in industrializing countries .
16 The test can be carried out any time of day — there is no need to use the first morning urine — and its results are not affected by medicines such as pain relievers , antibiotics or the contraceptive pill .
17 Species of Class III , such as , which can be regarded as a dimer , show sharp IVCT bands that are not affected by solvent , whereas Class II species such as give broad IVCT bands whose energy is sensitive to solvent .
18 The regions of the spectrum that are not affected by absorption are called atmospheric windows ( Figure 5.6 ) .
19 Flagellants are not affected by panic , fear , terror , or any of the psychology rules .
20 Thus , Ruangpanit concludes that in such regions , especially where it is necessary to ensure watershed protection so that downstream regions are not affected by flooding or excessive silting , crown cover should be maintained at c. 70 per cent with as little bare soil as possible .
21 Most organisms , ranging from other microbes to man , can absorb folic acid and rely on it to provide their needs , and so they are not affected by sulphonamides .
22 You can even bring along a man , although they are not affected by cellulite .
23 Big'uns are not affected by Goblins that break or flee past them , in the same way as other Orcs .
24 In particular , note that Mobs already fighting in hand-to-hand combat are not affected by Animosity — they are too busy bashing the enemy to worry about bashing each other .
25 Black Orcs are not affected by Animosity so no test is necessary for Black Orc units .
26 Characters are not affected by Animosity unless they join a Mob , in which case they are affected along with the unit itself .
27 War machines and chariots are not affected by Animosity .
28 Night Goblin Fanatics are not affected by Animosity at all .
29 Squig Hoppers are not affected by Animosity .
30 The other thing to remember is that Mobs already engaged in hand-to-hand combat are not affected by Animosity and ca n't be attacked by another Mob that fails its Animosity test .
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