Example sentences of "is [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 2 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 3 | Alcohol is broken down by the chemicals called enzymes in the liver through which blood circulates once every four minutes . |
| 4 | In others , such as the strongyloids , it is large , and opens into a buccal capsule , which may contain teeth ; such parasites , when feeding , draw a plug of mucosa into the buccal capsule ( Fig.3 ) , where it is broken down by the action of enzymes which are secreted into the capsule from adjacent glands . |
| 5 | The stage is tilted and is propped up by the coffins of Inquisition victims . |
| 6 | and the pelmet is propped up by the bookcase . |
| 7 | Its lemon fragrance is given off by the leaves without the need to rub them , unlike lemon balm and , even when dried , continue to be pungently scented for years , so that they constitute an excellent ingredient for potpourris . |
| 8 | But , in pursuit of joint oversight responsibilities for these facilities in Wales , did the Secretary of State for Wales plead with that Department on the ground of regional policy alone as is pointed out by the Hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan ( Sir R. Gower ) , who is sadly absent today , in his early day motion that it makes no sense to move hi-tech jobs in Government research and development from an area such as south Wales to an overheated area in the south-east of England ? |
| 9 | ‘ I can hardly see , but something is thrashing around by the car . |
| 10 | The system consists of two parts : a transmitter which is plugged into the main audio system and a receiver which is carried around by the person . |
| 11 | Thus , despite the formalization of a system of state subsidy with the foundation of the University Grants Committee , any fears that university autonomy might be lessened were considerably allayed by the known attitude of the President of the Board of Education , H. A. L. Fisher , enshrined in his dictum : " The state is , in my opinion , not competent to direct the work of education and disinterested research which is carried on by the universities . " |
| 12 | The medium of continuous recording prompted the inclusion of bridging scenes to allow one group of characters time to go off one set and onto another while the action is carried on by the second group of characters . |
| 13 | When prototypes have satisfied the OR Staff , production is carried out by the Procurement Executive of the Ministry of Defence , using commercial contracts of a number of different types such as ‘ fixed price ’ , ‘ single tender ’ , and the much criticised ‘ cost-plus ’ , which is used when the technical risks are too high , the contractors able to tender too few , or the time too short for normal competitive tendering . |
| 14 | He says : ‘ I think that number will increase once the promised summer tax review is carried out by the new Conservative government . |
| 15 | Brachiopod feeding is carried out by the lophophore ( p. 61 ) , a ciliated band usually carried on a loop , which also creates the currents used in feeding . |
| 16 | Unlike the statutory listing of buildings , which is carried out by the Department of the Environment , it is local authorities that have the power to designate conservation areas . |
| 17 | This check is carried out by the Audit Commission , usually on an annual basis . |
| 18 | A further control on local authorities is carried out by the local ombudsman ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 19 | At the distant end , the conversion from electrical signals to sound is carried out by the earpiece and the listener receives the information . |
| 20 | There is , then , a difference between ‘ outsider ’ research ( whether observational or manipulative ) which is carried out by the external researcher with teachers as part of the data or the object of enquiry , and ‘ insider ’ research which is carried out by teachers themselves . |
| 21 | Is carried out by the professional . |
| 22 | In terms of Wirral , this function is carried out by the local Drugs Council which provides a ‘ drop-in ’ service for users and their families , a 24-hour telephone service , two-week induction courses with follow-up counselling , and residential facilities for those who need to ‘ come off the street ’ . |
| 23 | Some filter-feeders like the scallops do manage to travel : they clap their valves together convulsively and so make curving leaps , but by and large adult bivalves live rather static lives and the spreading of the species into distant parts of the sea bed is carried out by the young . |
| 24 | A transformation is carried out by the measuring instrument : it can be viewed as a device for converting properties that unaided human intuition can not deal with into ones that it can . |
| 25 | In contrast , such intra-hemispheric competition does not occur when balancing is carried out by the left hand since this is controlled from the right hemisphere . |
| 26 | However , the conversion from a numeric user-address to a device address in terms of cylinders and records is carried out by the manufacturer 's software , and thus involves an overhead of both primary storage space and CPU time . |
| 27 | Outside the governmental research activities major work is carried out by the universities , through departments of social administration and social policy , sociology , applied social science , social medicine and so on . |
| 28 | The first of these has meant that systematic surveillance is carried out by the branch over organizations that regularly organize demonstrations and marches or are involved in industrial disputes . |
| 29 | A large proportion of the expenditure in areas such as transport , law and order and education is carried out by the local authorities . |
| 30 | Investigation in these areas is carried out by the police . |