Example sentences of "be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This also means that it is not possible to compare the dissociation from isolated GC sites with that from clusters of such sites which may be stabilised by cooperative interaction . |
| 2 | Once issued , bonuses can not be withdrawn by Clerical Medical regardless of future economic conditions and provided the policy is maintained in full force until the end of the term . |
| 3 | To account for them by subsidence , it must be assumed that preglacial subsidence was so slow that any breaches could be healed by new coral growth , while the Post-glacial rise of sea level was so rapid that any breaches formed could not be filled . |
| 4 | As to the former , the objects clause in the company 's memorandum of association sets out the activities for which the company has been formed , though these activities may subsequently be altered by special resolution . |
| 5 | If not , they should be altered by special resolution prior to the matter being brought before the court . |
| 6 | A horse 's more or less inherited position in the herd can be altered by unusual conditions . |
| 7 | However slight the contact may seem to be between certain levels of government policy-making and the work of teaching , managers of education at school level would be better placed if teachers were at least aware that programmes such as those connected with the TVEI can be altered by ministerial will — and can have their funding reduced . |
| 8 | The planning system is designed to provide the reliable , long-term rules by which citizens know their surroundings , and house values , are not going to be altered by sudden development . |
| 9 | You then whip the cream ( it is easier if you have left it an hour or two in the refrigerator after cooling ) and when it stands in peaks you can turn it in to the muslin or clean napkin with which you have lined an earthenware or metal cheese mould or drainer — which can be improvised by piercing holes in a cheap cake tin or in a tub-shaped carton — and leave it 3 or 4 hours , or overnight . |
| 10 | Scratches , cleavage shattering and other features of mechanical damage in crystals luminesce brightly and can be recognized by experienced observers . |
| 11 | William Wordsworth described the river Duddon as something which would always be recognized by succeeding generations : |
| 12 | To be a Foodie , to be recognized by other Foodies as such — that is the most succulent form of bliss . |
| 13 | The presence of virus could be recognized by microscopic changes in the infected cells , and means of assay were devised to detect the presence , and preferably the amount , of virus present . |
| 14 | Conversely , emotional or mental problems can arise from a physical cause , as was the case with the victim of the instant coffee , and this is even less likely to be recognized by orthodox practitioners . |
| 15 | Recent work has shown that the types of deposit produced by different kinds of eruption can be recognized by objective criteria such as the total volume of material erupted , the distance that it travels from the vent , the degree of fragmentation , and the range of particle sizes present at any point . |
| 16 | The regulations will be policed by Environmental Health officers and factory inspectors , and any employers not complying could be prosecuted . |
| 17 | Even the provisions of the formal document , the United States Constitution , may be amended by judicial decisions and custom usage . |
| 18 | Toynbee Hall was designed as a residential settlement to be inhabited by young university graduates , who were to work among the poor in their spare time — offering art , music and education as well as material help and advice — with the aim of achieving mutual knowledge and respect between the classes . |
| 19 | But so long as the three conditions expressed in the speech of my noble and learned friend are understood and observed , I do not , for my part , consider that the relaxation of the rule which he has proposed will lead to any significant increase in the cost of litigation or in the burden of research required to be undertaken by legal advisers . |
| 20 | These steps into new territory were too big and too risky to be undertaken by individual merchants . |
| 21 | Some areas of branch work could best be undertaken by Working Groups or Sub Committees . |
| 22 | Acquisition searches should only be undertaken by MAS if appropriate research capabilities are in place . |
| 23 | The care for the poor was not to be undertaken by private charity as and when people decided to give but was to be organised by the society . |
| 24 | Alternatively , major capital projects would be undertaken by private sector contractors who would finance and build the assets in question , operate them for a specified period in return for an agreed fee and then transfer them to the commissioning authority . |
| 25 | ( viii ) Finally , the terms under which economic development can be undertaken by new States have been radically changed , so that today the programme of economic liberation has become separated from that of political freedom . |
| 26 | The move must be undertaken by professional removal contractors and completed within three days . |
| 27 | THERE would have been a report in today 's paper about the first parachute jump to be undertaken by 81-year-old old Mick Terrans , chairman of Durham County Council . |
| 28 | When it comes to access to polling stations this will require accessibility audits to be undertaken by electoral returning officers . |
| 29 | It is important that the day to day running of the proposed systems can be undertaken by non-technical personnel . |
| 30 | The design , costing , supervision and execution of a project may be undertaken by different individuals within the organisation but by informal agreement , not legally based demarcation . |