Example sentences of "is carried [adv prt] by the [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 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 .
2 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 . "
3 This check is carried out by the Audit Commission , usually on an annual basis .
4 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 .
5 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 .
6 At the distant end , the conversion from electrical signals to sound is carried out by the earpiece and the listener receives the information .
7 It is important that planning is carried out by the managers involved in the activities of a business so that they can relate to the plan and feel that the plan is their plan .
8 That determination process is carried out by the Home Office and the adjudication tribunal .
9 ( Photosynthesis is carried out by the stem ) , e.g. heather , cacti
10 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 .
11 Is carried out by the professional .
12 US regulation of the futures industry is carried out by the CFTC which sanctions new contracts or changes in trading practices .
13 Investigation in these areas is carried out by the police .
14 Intervention — the management of the Treasury 's Exchange Equalisation Account ( EEA ) is carried out by the Bank of England .
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 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 .
  Next page