Example sentences of "be [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He meant by this that the areas of colour in his painting were not to be blended by the eye but were to be seen as acting on each other reciprocally , thus producing pictorial form and space . |
| 2 | A briefing paper presented to him on Dec. 18 , 1989 , by comparison , had argued that anything up to 80,000 Pacific-based US personnel could be withdrawn by the end of fiscal 1994 , saving around $3,600 million , and that two light infantry divisions on standby postings in Alaska and Hawaii could also safely be withdrawn . |
| 3 | Germany 's particular concern was the 275,000 Soviet troops still stationed there and due to be withdrawn by the end of 1994 . |
| 4 | In June Lithuanians had voted overwhelmingly for Russian troops to be withdrawn by the end of 1992 ; Latvia and Estonia had reportedly also made the same demand . |
| 5 | These deposits are then frozen — they can not be withdrawn by the banks . |
| 6 | Recognition , which once granted will remain in force for three years , will automatically cease upon liquidation or the making of an administration order under the Insolvency Act 1986 and may be withdrawn by the Council in the event that it is subsequently discovered that it was obtained as a result of any error or fraud . |
| 7 | It was thought that many of the problems of criterion-referencing would be highlighted by the particular topics selected . |
| 8 | Problems are sometimes difficult to spot and are certainly unlikely to be highlighted by the vendor or his solicitor . |
| 9 | On the other hand , there are some general differences in emphasis , as indicated , which should be highlighted by the accounting function . |
| 10 | Note that actual files containing skeleton package modules are not deleted ; these files will be highlighted by the validation procedure as files containing unknown modules . |
| 11 | Where there is uncertainty about the financial information in the target 's most recently published financial statements , any important factors must be highlighted by the board and the financial adviser . |
| 12 | The issue of private catering in the prison will be highlighted by the POA at their conference this week . |
| 13 | Do not be enslaved by the textbook . |
| 14 | Mr Bent says the scheme should not be dismissed by farmers achieving high cereal gross margins , as the £121.20/ha ( £48.50/acre ) payment can be trebled by the refund of cereal co-responsibility levy on grain sold from this year 's harvest . |
| 15 | These may be provoked by the lowered self esteem that many suffer as a result of teasing and criticism by peers , parents , and teachers . |
| 16 | They are not to let themselves be provoked by the Copts . |
| 17 | Although a rare complication of minor surgery , the toxic shock syndrome may be diagnosed by the classical presentation of severe diarrhoea , rapid progression to a shock-like state , and development of a fine macular rash within hours of the surgical procedure . |
| 18 | The former can be diagnosed by the above but -test pattern together with a unique order of occurrence of the related lexical items in Xs and other Ys : |
| 19 | Thus , for example , all versions of positivism which rely upon an exhaustive sources thesis might be refuted by the undoubted circumstance that criminal law incorporates and generates moral standards . |
| 20 | But in some areas a minority hold the view that the confidentiality of the client is thus breached and the nature of the interview may be altered by the presence of an observer . |
| 21 | The shape of a hill might be altered by the construction of earthworks , or even taking off a pointed peak . |
| 22 | Maybe as a result , there were considerable differences of opinion within the committee as to the nature of the relationship between finance and industry and whether it should be altered by the development of new institutional arrangements . |
| 23 | Research indicates that behaviour may be altered by the very fact that it is being monitored . |
| 24 | The infusion rate is titrated with the patient 's response and can be altered by the nursing staff within the parameters of the prescription . |
| 25 | A Public Service Commission controlled all appointments ; there were 13 entrenched clauses which could only be altered by the vote of the five regional councils : a not altogether unbiased observer called this ‘ Government by Civil Servants behind a Parliamentary facade ’ . |
| 26 | These factors are given : their meaning can not be altered by the tribunal itself . |
| 27 | Even today , however , the older idea still prevails on a vote by a show of hands , when the common law rule is that each member has one vote irrespective of the number of shares held ; a rule which , although it can be altered by the constitution , is normally maintained , if only because the number of a human being 's hands can not be more than two . |
| 28 | By applying the 27.6% Grampian ration to the above figures , we are able to estimate the extent to which the top market destinations in Table 3 might be altered by the inclusion of whisky . |
| 29 | Clearly it is of interest to know whether the memories of witnesses to crimes are likely to be altered by the often stressful nature of being a witness to or a victim of a crime . |
| 30 | This needs to be incremented by the number of unused pages you are lacking , so in this example we need to add to our total global pages count , giving us a new required total of 4050 . |