Example sentences of "be [verb] by [det] [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The playground has been built by another Hereford firm , who say it 's been quite a challenge . |
| 2 | Génération Europe has been founded by former EC Environment Commissioner Carlo Ripa di Meana , and green politicians Brice Lalonde ( France ) and Roelants du Vivier ( Belgium ) . |
| 3 | The Isle of Wight practice , now known as Hook & Co , has been bought by former Hook Harris partners Peter Warren and Gordon Barton with finance from another south coast accounting firm , through its limited company , Ashdown Hurrey & Co Ltd . |
| 4 | I treated myself to some dried dates — very ‘ more-ish ’ so they have been guzzled by this Sunday evening ! |
| 5 | Another British Embassy man was there , and the principal host was a Mr Hu from the Ministry of Education ( our previous dinner had been hosted by another Mr Hu , who the embassy designates as ‘ Mr thin Hu ’ as opposed to ‘ Mr fat Hu ’ ) . |
| 6 | This Saturday he 'll be joined by former Gloucester captain Mike Hamlin , who 's playing his first First team match for his new club . |
| 7 | Mrs Thatcher never let herself be interviewed by another Mrs Gould . |
| 8 | The VCA hopes its scheme , inspired by the German TUV safety tests , will be adopted by all EC countries . |
| 9 | The flagship news show will be presented by former ITN man Alastair Stewart and Fiona Foster from BBC 's 999 . |
| 10 | The tremors will be felt by all Italy 's partners in Europe , Britain not least , writes Robert Fox in Rome . |
| 11 | There are no plans to resurrect the services which were due to be hauled by former BR Standard 2-6-4 tank 80080 from Crewe to Llandudno . |
| 12 | And there were shouts too for the resignation of manager Ray Hankin , who , according to the many rumours sweeping the ground before and during the match , is to be replaced by former Middlesbrough and Millwall boss Bruce Rioch . |
| 13 | The experience against those rivals will be provided by former England captain and club captain John Orwin who said : ‘ We know each other very well and frankly we would have preferred to come out of the hat first . |
| 14 | The first Private Bill ever in the Lords is to be proposed by either Lord Winstanley , himself a former GP , or Lord Allen . |
| 15 | The Spanish Omelette would be complemented by either Sainsbury 's La Mancha Bianco , £2.59 a dry white , or Sainsbury 's Navarra , £2.99 a simple but full-flavoured red . |
| 16 | Rather than addressing individual anomalies by directives , ICAS called for a conceptual framework and a single model tax treaty , to be signed by all EC members , which would in itself result in harmonised treatment of cross-border transactions . |
| 17 | But then , much more to the point , the pope went on to say that there was also a letter from Pope Boniface IV to King Ethelbert , from which he quoted a passage laying down that the monastic community of the cathedral church was to be continued by all Augustine 's successors . |
| 18 | Most French and German employees contribute to schemes which do not involve invested funds , and so will not be covered by any EC directives . |
| 19 | First , they will be required to distribute most ( possibly around three-quarters ) of these funds ( the ‘ aggregated schools budget ’ ) between schools strictly and even-handedly according to a formula , to be devised by each LEA but requiring approval by the DES . |
| 20 | The Committee would be headed by former KGB chair Lt.-Gen. |
| 21 | It was to be headed by former UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and would include representatives of political parties , the government , the National Peace Commission and the Church . |
| 22 | This point is academic — first , because so much of this type of absenteeism goes unnoticed or unrecorded ( it was described as ‘ hidden ’ truancy by the Pack Report ) , and second , because , realistically , the use of legal procedures would probably not be contemplated by any LEA until the problem had worsened and discussion with parents had failed to resolve it . |
| 23 | Sinn Fein president Gerry Adams will lead the team which meets the Irish-Americans , who are led by former US Congressman Bruce Morrison . |
| 24 | British manufacturers looking for new product lines are being targeted by former US funeral company director . |
| 25 | The paper reports being told by another Microsoft competitor that Novell approached it about joining a potential independent antitrust suit against Microsoft . |
| 26 | Northern Ireland has an Inter-Board Training Panel and a Library Information Services Council , and a Public Service Training Council , one or both of which were noted by all Northern Ireland respondents . |
| 27 | The purpose of the research is to assess the success of the new measurement system , which is now being employed by most UK companies . |
| 28 | It 's being run by former Andersen consultants Richard Williams , managing director and Andrew May , marketing director , both of whom worked on Andersen 's Foundation CASE product range . |
| 29 | The airline had already being criticised by some CAA officials , and pilots believe Mr Stewart became a pawn in a trial of strength . |
| 30 | On the other hand , entries were enhanced by such WW racers as Goetschy , Profanter and Juillerat , presumably trying to win themselves Olympic places for next year . |