Example sentences of "is often [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In some cases ( eg Blackbirds , Turdus merula ) the mutation is often killed by normal individuals . |
| 2 | Millions of pounds are spent on food promotion yet the importance of a balanced diet is often ignored by British health experts and food firms , the Consumers ' Association said in a report yesterday . |
| 3 | Excessive drinking is often caused by negative self-images , which indicate to individuals that they are unable to cope with the stress and unhappiness existing in their lives . |
| 4 | We watched for signs of bird activity , because terns and shearwaters congregate whenever small fish shoal near the surface of the sea , and the shoaling is often caused by predatory fish chasing the smaller fish upwards . |
| 5 | However , I believe that particular gamble is often lost by negative press coverage . |
| 6 | Traces , records , vestiges of female experience can appear nostalgic in character ; but their witness to a common past is often challenged by present irony and by different , contrary desires to erase such relics or reshape the ground in which they were originally made . |
| 7 | I noticed that Aunt Louise could thread her needle without too much trouble and even write a few letters , but I had heard that sight is often impaired by poor health , and prided myself that this improvement might be due to good food and peace of mind . |
| 8 | However guarded such advice might be , this reasoning is often expanded by lay people and used to justify increasingly heavy and more regular drinking . |
| 9 | Employment training in Britain is a scandal and is often run by Government-appointed has-beens from industry accountable to no-one . |
| 10 | Resort to the photocopier is often determined by economic factors . |
| 11 | And the informal learning that teachers could so usefully acquire from each other , through talking about their teaching and watching each other teach , is often prevented by overcrowded timetables ( and , of course , the vexed issue of ‘ cover ’ ) and/or by a staff ethos that discourages such activities . |
| 12 | Primitively this pattern comprises a network of polygons , each the product of a single epidermal cell , though such a simple arrangement is often replaced by other patterns of special functional significance ( Hinton , 1970 ) . |
| 13 | But his old friend ‘ the Professor ’ is obviously a scientist of note — and perhaps best of all , is fun and always using science to produce exciting things , even if he is often defeated by magic spells ( Fig. 3 ) . |
| 14 | However , this " sun-washed " effect , which emulates the ageing process , is often achieved by chemical washing , and it is advisable not to take the term too literally . |
| 15 | Dislike of party lists is often fortified by dark suspicions about the quality of the candidates they supposedly include . |
| 16 | Abstinence is often supported by temporary separation of the couple or by their separation from bed . |
| 17 | Nevertheless , it is not clear from current Marxist criticism and theory , which in the rainbow coalition is often buttressed by Lacanian ideas of the decentred self , whether it is prepared to accept any form at all of a personal , subjective or affective response , or whether all that must wait until after the revolution . |
| 18 | Political culture in mainland European countries is often marked by sheer apathy and disinterest , and plans for European union exploit this . |
| 19 | Bereavement is often accompanied by strong guilt feelings . |
| 20 | Light and irregular rainfall during the summer growing season here is often accompanied by high temperature , scorching wind , and devastating dust storms . |
| 21 | Gaseous exchange at the alveolar surface is gravely hindered and the lesion is often accompanied by interstitial emphysema and pulmonary oedema . |
| 22 | In major enumerative schemes , synthesis is often controlled by careful instructions regarding citation order and the way in which the notation for complex subjects is to be built up from its components . |
| 23 | Violence ‘ involves the use of great physical force or intensity and , while it is often impelled by aggressive motivation , may occasionally be used by individuals in a mutual violent interaction which is regarded by both parties as intrinsically rewarding ’ ( Siann 1985 : 12 ) . |
| 24 | The presence of these links is often signalled by explicit cues within the text . |
| 25 | Evidence of change in progress is often provided by systematic differences in apparent time of the kind shown in table 5.2 ; that is , differences between generation cohorts . |
| 26 | If the eighteenth century is often described by architectural historians as the great age of the English house , the Victorian period might equally well be called the great age of the English home . |
| 27 | With these it is often initiated by acute tail-biting which gets out of hand ‘ and then the attacking pig or pigs continue to eat further into the back . |
| 28 | The WRAC Centre helicopter landing site is often used by visiting dignitaries , and as he leaves the Minister tells the Adjutant that he wishes to visit the unit in the autumn . |