Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] by [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Recently , flies have been successfully controlled by mixing one of its pheromones with a nonspecific insecticide . |
| 2 | And then Mrs Reed , whose health had been badly affected by worrying about her son , had suddenly fallen ill when she heard of his death . |
| 3 | Like Nigeria , Libya has been badly affected by growing North Sea production as has the development of its oil industry . |
| 4 | The company , which owns the historic MV Brightlingsea that links Harwich and Felixstowe , has been badly hit by falling passenger levels . |
| 5 | ( There are young people , functionally illiterate , whose involvement in educational pursuits has been greatly stimulated by allowing them to make slide-sequences or videotapes ; the acquisition of reading skills sometimes comes after the motivation has been established by other communication experiences . ) |
| 6 | These areas are much frequented by wintering flocks of Redpolls and Siskins , and Woodcock often feed in these sites . |
| 7 | These are less affected by stretching and restretching than are the animal skins formerly used . |
| 8 | That the congregation progressed favourably during the time they had ministers and probationers to preach there , but their progress has been suddenly arrested by having no minister to officiate among them . |
| 9 | We are so encumbered by having British literature in our foreground that … one must speak of it in disproportion . |
| 10 | We do operate a handicap system and certificates are only issued by qualifying at our golf days . |
| 11 | He had been so moved by reading Political Justice that in 1794 he had decided to found a Godwinian state in a remote part of America . |
| 12 | Oliver said that could have been easily accomplished by telling Shildon where they really were and if it were Shildon she had heard going through a desk in the typists ' room he must already have found out . |
| 13 | In addition to the above , annuals are normally covered by standing orders , which eliminate repetitive clerical work . |
| 14 | On the well-known principle that new dog and cat foods are best tested by feeding them to , respectively , dogs and cats , the vintage crop of 1982 books on astronomy was therefore fed to members of the Astronomy Department of Glasgow University experienced in both teaching the subject and researching in it . |
| 15 | Although these functions have remained essentially unchanged since the early 1970s , there have been a number of changes in the way they have been carried out , which are best examined by looking at the balance sheet of the discount market ( Table 17.8 ) : |
| 16 | He suggested that people 's interests are best served by pursuing personal gains . |
| 17 | The trustees have sufficient discretion for future use of the estate … if they decide that its interests are best served by selling it they can do so . |
| 18 | The legal issues are best understood by distinguishing between the benefit of a contract and the burden of a contract , or between the rights and entitlements of a contract and the obligations to be performed under a contract . |
| 19 | These terms are best understood by visualising the monofilament as a solid , circular section flexible rod , while twist is a combination of fine threads , wound together as found in a Hawser . |
| 20 | The important differences are best summarised by comparing features of their balance sheets . |
| 21 | The net effects are best demonstrated by looking at the population . |
| 22 | Perhaps these kinds of questions are best answered by knowing what we want to analyse . |
| 23 | These are best achieved by catching the string with the flesh of your r/h thumb immediately after the pick has struck the string . |
| 24 | Light and portable products both chemical and equipment are best controlled by assembling them into ‘ kits ’ , ready for use in an improvised or specially provided container . |
| 25 | Some of the crucial variables are best identified by posing a single question , in some such form as , ‘ What happens at the eventual hearing of the case by the trial court ? ’ |
| 26 | Lice themselves are best found by combing the hair with a detector comb . |
| 27 | Those that are due to demands ' being refused and bad temper can be ignored but others are best managed by helping the child cope with frustrating experiences . |
| 28 | Problems of late bedtimes are best measured by recording the time the child goes to bed and soiling is best measured by frequency . |
| 29 | These are best considered by itemizing characteristics of contemporary environmental monitoring and prediction : |
| 30 | These disadvantages are largely overcome by using the tape-recorder or cassette recorder , so if possible put the record material on tape or cassette . |