Example sentences of "[vb base] be [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Willy 's synthetic abstractions which generalize and falsify are countered by her analytic and critical re-writing of Herodotus . |
| 2 | When working by hand , it is only necessary to record those values that change upon iteration ; in this text the values that change are denoted by bold print , but the other numbers are copied over for clarity . |
| 3 | But the desertion of a part of the crew is to be considered an emergency of the voyage as much as their death ; and those who remain are bound by the terms of their original contract to exert themselves to the utmost to bring the ship in safety to her destined port . |
| 4 | M. B. I never forget being called by a superintendent , who said : ‘ Sergeant Bullock , you 're acting inspector over the weekend . |
| 5 | An important aspect of Piaget 's approach is his claim that , since children the world over are very similar physiologically and neurologically , and since the world they explore is regulated by the same laws of nature , progress , in terms of their ability to make sense of the world , will be broadly consistent across all children . |
| 6 | Erm C Forty One is one of the er policies which you say is ignored by the suggested amendment . |
| 7 | Sometimes we are not convincing because what we say is belied by our actions — for instance , a woman who wears a permanent fixed smile while trying to reprimand a subordinate , or when returning faulty goods to a shop . |
| 8 | The organisers hope their movement , which they say is supported by many Muslim organisations , will persuade the Government to order an inquiry into the Rushdie affair . |
| 9 | The society in which our children live and grow is characterised by contrasting and conflicting values . |
| 10 | The last thing we want is teaching by numbers , reducing learning to a series of mechanistic measured units . |
| 11 | ‘ The document the kidnappers want was written by Vicente Ortiz , ’ said Charlotte in a rush . |
| 12 | Given that predators will attack the brood , parents can reduce that probability of their own fry being eaten by diluting their brood with foreign fry . |
| 13 | Now just imagine you are imagine being paralysed by this drug and yet being fully awake . |
| 14 | The subtle effects of centuries of propaganda will not be easily overcome , but we could make a start by looking more honestly at the reality of war and stop being blinded by the glamour . |
| 15 | Here are some : [ quote ] Finally , however much you delay the moment of murder , let is happen by at least one-third of the way through your story . |
| 16 | The maximum value of any put is set by its exercise price : . |
| 17 | Most of the help that older people receive is provided by their family , neighbours and friends . |
| 18 | When the systems manger is stressed by complaints about the slowing access times on the system he may send out warning messages and then complete a tape dump of all documents last accessed before a certain date . |
| 19 | Worry was considered by Woman 's magazine to be the main cause of an unattractive appearance . |
| 20 | Ballymena eventually got the equaliser 11 minutes from the end after referee Tommy Deegan awarded them a penalty when Speak was impeded by McGurnaghan . |
| 21 | The choices governments face are conditioned by social constraints , as we discuss in chapter 6 . |
| 22 | Such legislative powers as the three Offices enjoy are delegated by Parliament and subject to its scrutiny , though they differ in form and function . |
| 23 | The small , frightened freedoms that we enjoy are underpinned by a global system that requires that they be paid for by rigorous and intensifying dispossession of the poor of the earth , the destruction of the resource-base , the ousting of indigenous peoples who happen to occupy the last remaining deposits of ‘ raw materials ’ to which the global market now stakes its superior claim . |
| 24 | Such worthy clients as the Lords Hanson and White , the John McEnroes , the Roger Moores , Richard Branson , Jack Nicholson and the entire chorus of supermodels , all enjoy being mothered by Mara . |
| 25 | UNITY Trust , the trade union bank , is preparing to offer its basic banking services to charities , many of which now face being charged by commercial banks as if they were profit-making small businesses . |
| 26 | Fyodor Kuzmin , the commander of the Baltic Military District , ordered Lithuanian deserters from the Red Army to return to their units within four days or face being returned by force . |
| 27 | I stood at the front door for a long time being soaked by the rain . |
| 28 | : animate being affected by the action ; |
| 29 | Thus , the final result is as if the execute is replaced by the " target " instruction ; that is , by the instruction specified by the execute , or by the final non-execute instruction if a cascade of executes is allowed , as shown in Figure 3.17 . |
| 30 | My knowledge of this period of history is rather hazy so I am not going to make an issue of it either way , for the simple reason which I suspect is shared by many of you , that I do n't care . |