Example sentences of "i have [be] [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | In this respect , I have been influenced by the success of Proposition 13 enacted in California in 1978 , which necessitated a sharp reduction in property taxes . |
| 2 | I do n't think I am taking this line merely because I have been corrupted by a philosophical training and can not come off the fence . |
| 3 | I do n't think I have been fooled by artefacts , or overinterpreted my findings , though it is obvious even to me , let alone a critical outsider , that in fitting the data within a temporal cascade I have not formally proved all the necessary biochemical links ; some of my arguments have run dangerously close to the classical trap of assuming that post hoc implies propter hoc ; just because the phosphorylation step precedes the glycoprotein synthesis I can not automatically assume that the latter depends upon the former . |
| 4 | [ Oh , by the way , I have been chased by wolves on two occasions . |
| 5 | Since writing these words I have been assured by Manx Cat specialists that the animal 's troublesome genetic defects have now been largely eliminated by careful selective breeding without losing its uniquely tailless condition . |
| 6 | David Jordan will be in charge of the inter-divisional competition for the George Wood Cup , which I have been assured by Conor Massey , is in the safe hands of George and Sheila Rose . |
| 7 | Each year I have been struck by the repetition of the same pattern of reactions . |
| 8 | Ever since James brought me the clothes of that unfortunate young girl , I have been beset by a conviction that I failed to notice something of importance . ’ |
| 9 | But I have read and enjoyed ‘ pornography ’ , just as I have been aroused by the pictorial depiction of sex — and I refuse to feel guilty for it . |
| 10 | I have been assisted by Mr. James Munby , appearing for the Official Solicitor as amicus curiae . |
| 11 | ‘ I have been savaged by love , ’ she would declaim , when she 'd had a few . |
| 12 | And , yes , I know , to become gods you have to lose God and I have been touched by evil . |
| 13 | I have been searched by the police . |
| 14 | ‘ I have been contacted by a number of my constituents , who work for Clwyd County Council , expressing their concerns about the way they will be represented during the period of local government reorganisation . |
| 15 | I have found the way I have been treated by qualified and unqualified people patronising and presumptuous and deeply offensive . |
| 16 | I have been sought by this remarkably beautiful creature who is offering herself to me … |
| 17 | I have been asked by my chief to ask you to let me have for him without further delay , the short note which he called ‘ on what you would advise should be done to concentrate and coordinate the work you are doing ’ . |
| 18 | I have been asked by your Committee to tell you something of Professor Cizek and his School of Arts and Crafts for children in Vienna , reproductions of whose work can be seen exhibited on these walls . |
| 19 | I have been asked by several Society members what it was like to take a ride on the Bishop 's Castle Railway , and the best description that I know of is the account by the late Sir Jasper More in his book , ‘ A TALE OF TWO HOUSES ’ , published by Sir Jasper in 1978 . |
| 20 | I have been asked by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council to express their grave concern about the apparently haphazard and uncontrolled infilling of the area in Scorton known as ‘ the Cut ’ the site of the former mill ponds . |
| 21 | I have been asked by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council to seek clarification on the planning regulations concerning temporary caravan sites and caravan rallies . |
| 22 | I have been asked by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council to draw your attention to the very overgrown and untidy state of the railway embankment alongside Station Lane in Scorton . |
| 23 | I have been asked by Nether Wyresdale Parish Council to draw your attention to the state of the flood embankment alongside the river Wyre on Gubberford Lane near Gubberford Bridge . |
| 24 | I have been asked by Messrs Grant Thornton , our financial advisors , to write to Parish Priests to provide you with the information regarding Pay As You Earn regulations . |
| 25 | I have been asked by the building custodian acting on behalf of the fire service to inform you that , should the fire alarm sound , you are required to leave the building in an orderly fashion by the nearest exit . |
| 26 | Sir Anthony goes on : ‘ The information I have been given by the joint liquidators of BCGM [ the British fund ] and BCI [ in Gibraltar ] indicates that in the period up to December 1984 there had been frequent movements of money or securities between the United Kingdom funds and the Jersey funds and , most important of all , that at December 1984 the gilt-edged securities and cash held for the Jersey funds were at least some £3.65 million less than the funds ’ obligations to investors . |
| 27 | Like most therapists , I have been inspired by countless different sources — from metaphysics to Buddhism , from object relations theory to Jung , from Gestalt therapy to psychosynthesis , from mysticism to shamanism . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been instructed by the NEC to recommend opposition , ’ she said to some laughter . |
| 29 | To that end I have been instructed by the Committee to explore with ScotRail the scope and costs for providing and servicing a rail halt for Murrayfield . |
| 30 | I have been instructed by the committee and members of Harlow W I to write to you making the strongest possible protest about the increase in the W I subscription to nine pounds . |