Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] be [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A statement of law which , although based on facts found to be relevant by the court , does not form the basis of the court 's decision , e.g. a dissenting speech in the Court of Appeal or House of Lords . |
| 2 | The woman was trapped in the car and found to be dead by emergency teams . |
| 3 | By arranging the samples to be tested in a two-dimensional array , either physically or conceptually , pooling the samples in both columns and rows ( figure ) , and doing PCR on the pooled samples and those individual samples found to be positive by ‘ grid referencing ’ , it is possible to increase the efficiency of screening . |
| 4 | With the Turks at the gates of Vienna as late as the seventeenth century , it is not surprising that Bohemia came to be half-forgotten by Western Europe . |
| 5 | Alexei did not understand why Jotan seemed to be amused by the notion , and so he said nothing . |
| 6 | The spine was so long and thick that Hawkbit , who happened to be close by , woke Speedwell to have a look at it . |
| 7 | For the moment she was so shocked by Charlotte 's naked , sexual jealousy that she forgot to be frightened by the storm . |
| 8 | No assessment was in fact raised on Woolwich in the present case , because the money alleged to be due by way of tax was paid , though under protest . |
| 9 | He never ceased to be amazed by her physical strength . |
| 10 | I never ceased to be amazed by its proportions and architecture and spent many happy hours during School holidays , sketching this wonderful building . |
| 11 | A further five subjects ( four taking ranitidine , one proved to be achlorhydric by intubation studies ) collected urine specimens around the time of breakfast . |
| 12 | Such a flow proved to be uncontrollable by either trade union or parliamentary action . |
| 13 | The Chancellor appeared to be unmoved by the appeals from some of his party faithful , preferring to claim that his actions were in the country 's long term interest . |
| 14 | It came as little surprise , therefore , that the close relationship appeared to be unaffected by Iraq 's August invasion of Kuwait . |
| 15 | The civilian population in Kuwait appeared to be stunned by the invasion , and although some immediately tried to escape into Saudi Arabia most simply remained in their homes . |
| 16 | Maybe , if she appeared to be unruffled by his underhand behaviour , Luther would seek other means by which to destroy her peace of mind . |
| 17 | Ruth noticed that he stammered slightly , and appeared to be embarrassed by her presence . |
| 18 | Fellow undergraduates and tutors at the University were last night said to be stunned by the news of his death . |
| 19 | For as I say , as I motored on in the sunshine towards the Berkshire border , I continued to be surprised by the familiarity of the country around me . |
| 20 | However professional and manly and disciplined the stance taken on their subject matter , English academics continued to be worried by their inability to account rationally for the intrinsic value , style , spirit , and mood of the literary work . |
| 21 | Vocalists had to bob down out of the way during instrumental breaks , and those unfamiliar with recording technique had to be man-handled by the recording director to bring them close to the horn on low notes and push them further away on high notes . |
| 22 | One of them , a calf called Samia , born in February 1985 , was abandoned by her mother and had to be bottle-fed by Anna . |
| 23 | I did n't think you wanted to be bored by that again and Alan 's back on there so er where are you there you are right . |
| 24 | These were widely ( though never universally ) held to be demonstrable by appeal either to direct awareness or intuition , or , more often , by indirect argument starting off from ordinary human experience of ourselves and the world around us . |
| 25 | In turn , those values are partly constitutive of the form of life held to be valuable by the adherents of the discipline . |