Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add to this the fact that our universities and practically all our major cultural institutions are run by English people , and that many of the executive posts in local government and other organisations are occupied by them , and it will be clear that Scotland is rapidly being colonised , indeed being turned into an extension of England . |
| 2 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 3 | Some two thirds to three quarters of all solved burglaries are committed by young men under the age of 21 . |
| 4 | It 's estimated that 80% of burglaries are committed by casual opportunists , and in three out of ten thefts the burglar does n't have to use force to gain entry — open windows and unlocked doors make life very easy for him . |
| 5 | Fire fighting problems of high-bay warehouses are characterised by large amounts of fuel , arranged in a cellular manner to facilitate deposit and retrieval . |
| 6 | The interactions are represented by integer-spin fields that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle . |
| 7 | The western edge of these Atlantic gems are fringed by wonderful , white , shell-sand beaches , backed by flower-bright , green machair plains ; the east coast is rugged and inhospitable , bounding a trackless land , confronting mainland Scotland over the stormy Minch , beyond Cuillin on Skye . |
| 8 | Virtually all the data the 650 needs to compile the national accounts are collected by other departments . |
| 9 | Both states are plagued by secessionist militants , and both are at present ruled — with the army 's help — directly from Delhi . |
| 10 | Most Germans are disgusted by anti-foreigner violence . |
| 11 | After a study for the Layfield Committee , Diane Dawson concluded : ‘ we do not at present have any way of finding out why particular policies are adopted by local education authorities . |
| 12 | Its actions and policies are formed by local as well as national events , and it must be seen as both an agent of , and an obstacle to , central government . |
| 13 | Imperial policies are explained by individual passion and affection . |
| 14 | In Sweden , for example , new policies are initiated by special commissions which constitute the preliminary stage of a legislative proposal . |
| 15 | However , there is a class of data management systems where all operations are initiated by simple commands . |
| 16 | The attitudes held by the modern racists are deracialized in that the attitudes are justified by traditional values , such as equality and fairness , and not by oven racial themes . |
| 17 | Standard weepers are produced by budding and sometimes grafting , rambler types into stems a foot ( 30cm ) or more higher than bush types in order to enhance the weeping effect . |
| 18 | This directory is very voluminous and copies are held by Legal Aid Committees in Glasgow , Dundee and Aberdeen . |
| 19 | At the federal level the highest organ of state authority is the bicameral Federal Assembly , comprising the Chamber of the People ( 101 seats for the Czech Lands and 49 seats for Slovakia ) , and the Chamber of Nations ( 75 seats for each republic ) , to which deputies are elected by universal adult suffrage . |
| 20 | As a result theoretical discourses are traversed by narrative structures which form a hidden thread running through the argument . |
| 21 | However , there is and has been no club lobby of the European Parliament , and although most clubs are affected by exclusive purchasing agreements they played no part in the construction of Reg 84/83 , whose operation now affects them . |
| 22 | But even these clubs are influenced by major companies ; for example , Grumpas Eight , the club that invited English striker Gary Lineker , was once the soccer club of Toyota , whose rugby club has Japanese centre , Eiji Kutsuki . |
| 23 | Projects are authorized by divisional product committees . |
| 24 | The tendering process has in a number of cases been used by local authority managers to reassert their right to manage ’ ( 1988 , p. 187 ) . |
| 25 | Most cases are heard by part-time chairmen who must be solicitors , barristers or advocates of five years standing . |
| 26 | Most cases are caused by sewage-polluted water . |
| 27 | As soon as scripts are marked by internal examiners they are sent to external examiners and the unmoderated results fed into the student management system . |
| 28 | At common law , all fair and accurate reports of Parliament and the courts are protected by qualified privilege . |
| 29 | Unless such a distinction is to be found , as the defendants say that it is , in the public nature of a local authority , which has governmental powers under statute and of which the policy and activities are decided by elected councillors , I agree with that view of Morland J. In the South Hetton Coal Co. case Lopes L.J . |
| 30 | Health authorities are supported by medical and by administrative staff . |