Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [verb] [adv] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you are wrapped around by the cirque you realize that it is not beautiful but what in the eighteenth century they knew as ‘ sublime ’ . |
| 2 | Before you are carried away by the possibilities of information manipulation for its own sake it is worth taking a step back and examining how much more than the pen , paper and adding machine you really need . |
| 3 | As you turn the corner towards the church of St Mary , which was enthusiastically restored in the picturesque style during the nineteenth century , you are bowled over by the beauty of this grandest of farms . |
| 4 | We are born again by the spirit of God . |
| 5 | For we are taught both by the words of worthy men of old and by our experience that this is a most certain sign , and it has been found that even if she be urged and exhorted by solemn conjurations to shed tears , if she be a witch she will not be able to weep : although she will assume a tearful aspect and smear her cheeks and eyes with spittle to make it appear that she is weeping ; wherefore she must be closely watched by the attendants . |
| 6 | That is , when you ask erm er who are we , is any part of what we are made up by the body , the answer 's quite straightforwardly no , we er already identified use the body , this other thing . |
| 7 | They are worn out by the desire of politicians to fight among themselves , manipulating the archaic rules of Westminster and creating red herrings as part of the game that aims to divorce the people from having a say . |
| 8 | Most take the experience with typical British humour and carrying on searching until either the dream home is found or they are worn down by the practicalities of price and location . |
| 9 | There is a particular problem associated with some designs in that they are activated simply by the sound of barking . |
| 10 | The men march with their warders and when they are clear of the confines of the fences for those few steps they are hemmed in by the soldiers and the dogs . |
| 11 | These people are basically independent to the company but they are appointed basically by the directors of the company in a capacity and basically er another safeguard or a check on the actual management what you would call management er governance of the company . |
| 12 | He has also forgotten the importance of taking an interest in his children — until they are snatched away by the evil Captain Hook to Never Never Land . |
| 13 | These young gannets , or " gugas " [ the fat ones ] as they are called affectionately by the Gaelic-speaking islanders , were plucked and salted on the spot , then taken home to be stored as food . |
| 14 | And they are treated harshly by the form of the electoral system . |
| 15 | Although women state that they are tied down by the responsibility of small children , they also experience satisfaction with several aspects of their role [ which role ? ] . |
| 16 | To think they are , shows that they are governed not by the Spirit but by the attitudes and outlook of their unregenerate days ( 3:1,3 ) . |
| 17 | The queen spreads them over her body and they are licked off by the workers , who pass them to the rest of the colony by trophallaxis . |
| 18 | Clower referred to magnitudes such as as ‘ notional ’ quantities in the sense that firms , if they are constrained only by the parameters of their production function and a given real wage rate , w 1 , would ideally like to supply output and demand labour services . |
| 19 | For the most part they are confined there by the same spell which draws the magic to Ulthuan , but some things manage to find their way down to ravage the lands below . |
| 20 | If such plants are kept under artificial light these strange movements continue , for they are triggered not by the fading light , but by the plant 's biological clock . |
| 21 | And they are put forward by the schools themselves ? |
| 22 | They are put forward by the schools through the local authorities , except that of course there are a large number of independent schools in East and West Sussex , and these schools have I wrote to these ones asking if they had any children that they wanted to nominate . |
| 23 | take the view that erm they are put up by the Council from time to time for various reasons . |
| 24 | Perhaps they are carried eastwards by the Gulf Stream in spite of anything they themselves may do . |
| 25 | The Government 's alternative is to reduce prices in manufacturing from the uncompetitive levels to which they are forced up by the exchange rate , by firing people and depressing the price of labour . |
| 26 | The Members of the smaller parties complain that they are squeezed out by the front-benches whatever happens . |
| 27 | One experienced constable explained the process as follows : ‘ Like , whenever we get a new constable in this station , they are guided along by the rest of the men . |
| 28 | In large leks the satellites have little chance of mating as they are driven away by the residents . |