Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The structure can be stabilised by a triangulation that is most economic when symmetrical and evolves into the familiar forms of roof trusses , bridges , arches and vaulting . |
| 2 | He meant by this that the areas of colour in his painting were not to be blended by the eye but were to be seen as acting on each other reciprocally , thus producing pictorial form and space . |
| 3 | A briefing paper presented to him on Dec. 18 , 1989 , by comparison , had argued that anything up to 80,000 Pacific-based US personnel could be withdrawn by the end of fiscal 1994 , saving around $3,600 million , and that two light infantry divisions on standby postings in Alaska and Hawaii could also safely be withdrawn . |
| 4 | Germany 's particular concern was the 275,000 Soviet troops still stationed there and due to be withdrawn by the end of 1994 . |
| 5 | In June Lithuanians had voted overwhelmingly for Russian troops to be withdrawn by the end of 1992 ; Latvia and Estonia had reportedly also made the same demand . |
| 6 | These deposits are then frozen — they can not be withdrawn by the banks . |
| 7 | Recognition , which once granted will remain in force for three years , will automatically cease upon liquidation or the making of an administration order under the Insolvency Act 1986 and may be withdrawn by the Council in the event that it is subsequently discovered that it was obtained as a result of any error or fraud . |
| 8 | Marx believed that this contradiction would be highlighted by a second : the contradiction between social production and individual ownership . |
| 9 | It was thought that many of the problems of criterion-referencing would be highlighted by the particular topics selected . |
| 10 | Problems are sometimes difficult to spot and are certainly unlikely to be highlighted by the vendor or his solicitor . |
| 11 | On the other hand , there are some general differences in emphasis , as indicated , which should be highlighted by the accounting function . |
| 12 | Note that actual files containing skeleton package modules are not deleted ; these files will be highlighted by the validation procedure as files containing unknown modules . |
| 13 | Where there is uncertainty about the financial information in the target 's most recently published financial statements , any important factors must be highlighted by the board and the financial adviser . |
| 14 | The issue of private catering in the prison will be highlighted by the POA at their conference this week . |
| 15 | The limestone scars seen on the left during the ascent here give place to a moorland shelf inclined at an easier gradient which , on investigation , is found to be perforated by a line of potholes . |
| 16 | In that year the secretary of the Society for the Relief of Persons Confined for Small Debts received a letter from Spencer Perceval the Prime Minster ( who was later to be assassinated by a bankrupt , John Bellingham ) to say that His Majesty had graciously given orders to present The Thatched House Society with £2,000 from his private purse . |
| 17 | Mandela was to be assassinated by a sniper on his return from abroad in mid-July . |
| 18 | Do not be enslaved by the textbook . |
| 19 | Mr Bent says the scheme should not be dismissed by farmers achieving high cereal gross margins , as the £121.20/ha ( £48.50/acre ) payment can be trebled by the refund of cereal co-responsibility levy on grain sold from this year 's harvest . |
| 20 | A ship would have to be guarded by a warship , the Americans , who supplied the original plutonium , insisted . |
| 21 | ‘ T is too narrow a road to be guarded by a castle . ’ |
| 22 | These may be provoked by the lowered self esteem that many suffer as a result of teasing and criticism by peers , parents , and teachers . |
| 23 | They are not to let themselves be provoked by the Copts . |
| 24 | But although it is such a widespread condition , endometriosis is often overlooked because it can only be diagnosed by a minor surgical procedure called laparoscopy ( the insertion of an illuminated instrument through a small incision in the abdomen ) and many suffers do have problems getting their GPs to refer them to a specialist who can do the these for them . |
| 25 | Although a rare complication of minor surgery , the toxic shock syndrome may be diagnosed by the classical presentation of severe diarrhoea , rapid progression to a shock-like state , and development of a fine macular rash within hours of the surgical procedure . |
| 26 | The former can be diagnosed by the above but -test pattern together with a unique order of occurrence of the related lexical items in Xs and other Ys : |
| 27 | Thus , for example , all versions of positivism which rely upon an exhaustive sources thesis might be refuted by the undoubted circumstance that criminal law incorporates and generates moral standards . |
| 28 | It can only be altered by a separate legal document called a ‘ codicil ’ . |
| 29 | The physical environment can be altered by a manager , who may be able to regulate noise levels at work , comfort and security of working conditions , seating arrangements , the use of open-plan offices or segregation into many small offices , the physical proximity of departments as well as individuals . |
| 30 | Thus output might be altered by a technological breakthrough , or by changes in the structure of taxation which affected the choice between work and leisure , or by changes in other real variables , but should not be affected by a change in nominal spending : such changes should affect the price at which the available output is sold and not the quantity of output itself . |