Example sentences of "[is] [adv] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The material being drilled is effectively broken up by the drill bit , and the rotary action of the drill bit is primarily to remove debris from the hole . |
| 2 | It is somewhat let down by the front of the headstock , which is covered in sanding marks , but in the company it keeps here it 's the exception rather than the rule . |
| 3 | She is so slowed down by the dope slamming fifty visions of hell at her a second that she finds it hard to fight , hard to believe in her own anger , hard to believe in what she 's doing . |
| 4 | This is perhaps borne out by the fact that since the UK joined the EC with its current population of 320 million people , it has always operated with a net deficit on its balance of trade with its European partners . |
| 5 | This principle of inclusive fitness is perhaps summed up by the answer reportedly given by the distinguished biologist J. B. S. Haldane when asked in a bar whether he would lay down his life for his brother . |
| 6 | I have seen beheading done too early and too suddenly — with the result that the still not perfectly united bud is literally pushed out by the sudden flood having nowhere else to go . |
| 7 | The Blackburn manager is just knocked out by the worldly-wise maturity of the genial Geordie , still aged only 22 . |
| 8 | At the provincial level there are Land Use Planning Officers , although their time is largely taken up by the supervision of settlement schemes and in planning state farms ( Stocking 1981b ) . |
| 9 | The interior of the villa is largely taken over by the Modern Art Museum which is spread through 35 rooms that are still marvels of late eighteenth-century elegance , with luxurious decoration in plaster , parquet floors and chandeliers . |
| 10 | Skilled craft workers frequently establish their own methods and pace of work , and this control by the occupational group is usually backed up by the craft union . |
| 11 | It is still lived in by the direct descendant of Sir John Damer , who was perhaps so appalled by the building programme of his brother , Viscount Milton , first Earl of Dorchester , at Milton Abbas , that he vowed to build a small house for himself . |
| 12 | Any suspicion that the German company is lowering its sights with the 518i is quickly snuffed out by the introduction of two new six-cylinder engines introduced at the 1990 Motor Show . |
| 13 | The most satisfactory extrinsic marker is [ 3H ] thymidine which , due to the rapid cell cycle of early post-implantation embryonic cells , is quickly taken up by the vast majority of cells and appears not to be deleterious to development ( 25 ) . |
| 14 | The finale includes a cunningly constructed canon during which Ferrando , still heartbroken , at first refuses to take part , until he is gradually drawn in by the others . |
| 15 | This is partly brought about by the theoretical writings of Constantin Stanislavsky who confounds the issue for us by bringing emotional expression back onto the stage . |
| 16 | Mrs Chamoun guides him around the Emir Bashir 's palace at Beit Eddine ; he is clearly taken in by the mythical Lebanon of happy agrarian masses toiling away under the guidance of a benevolent leader . |
| 17 | The agreement reached over the ( h ) — ( b ) and ( e ) — ( f ) pairs is also borne out by the original . |
| 18 | In the ‘ humanistic ’ view , learning is also brought about by the promotion of experiential well-being , but in this case by affective self -regulation . |
| 19 | Richard 's second victim , Clarence , is also taken in by the hypocrite 's feigned concern , but since the real plot against him has been done through intermediaries he may seem less blameworthy . |
| 20 | The business is now carried on by the sons of the original proprietor who trade under the name of ‘ Joseph Wright & Sons , ’ and employ from six to seven hundred men . |
| 21 | This responsibility is often taken on by the detergent suppliers who takes care of the chemicals , dosing equipment and the minor repairs and adjustments on the machine . |
| 22 | Moreover , the largest areas that are affected ( Table 7.1 ) are rangelands where overgrazing is the major culprit though , as Cloudsley-Thompson ( 1988 ) has discussed , this is often brought about by the encroachment on grazing lands by cash-crop farmers . |
| 23 | This is often picked up by the programmers , who then make the system more secure . ’ |
| 24 | Five thousand square metres of the castle , which is regularly lived in by the royal family , was affected by a blaze which began near the family 's private chapel in the Chester tower on the north-east side of the vast complex . |
| 25 | I 'd like that allowance to be related very much to how much everybody thinks the work 's going to be er , going to cost which is initially worked out by the estimator . |
| 26 | The material is then worked on by the waves and built up into a ridge facing the direction from which the greatest waves come . |
| 27 | Though the thermal establishment itself is quite stately , in the normal style of these amenities , the village is tightly shut in by the mountains on either side and is not much more than a ribbon of dark houses strung out along the main road . |
| 28 | This belief is firmly backed up by the experience of the West German government when in 1965 it attempted to bring criminal charges against nine Chemie Grunenthal executives who were indicted for causing bodily harm and involuntary manslaughter in connection with the drug thalidomide . |
| 29 | An E minor when it should have been an E major brings the rehearsal to yet another halt while the suspect note is cordially argued over by the boys in the band . |
| 30 | This is certainly borne out by the World Boxing Council ratings . |