Example sentences of "[noun] [be] [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heads of departments and institutions are indemnified by the University in respect of any claims made against them under civil law in connection with safety duties . |
| 2 | Criminal acts are defined by the Home Office as ‘ those acts against the law for which the offender is caught , tried and found guilty ’ . |
| 3 | However , the ‘ Radfahrer frei ’ sign indicates that cycling is allowed , though riders are warned by the cartoon underneath ( Figure 6.28 ) ‘ But not this way ! ’ |
| 4 | With the spatial approach , the initial relationships between objects are established by the interpretation of the local orthogonal domains or bricks ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 5 | En route , the slavers make an early sale when Ian and two other prisoners are bought by the master of a galley ship . |
| 6 | It was noted above that these accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General who reports to the Public Accounts Committee . |
| 7 | Measures and sacrifices which the bourgeois-liberal mind contemplates with horror are vindicated by the country 's transformed position in the world and the protection afforded future generations against similar tragedies : in the scheme of history , timely , resolute action has been the greatest kindness . |
| 8 | ( d ) a fund manager ( including an exempt fund manager ) with any investment company , unit trust or other person whose investments are managed by the manager on a discretionary basis , in respect of the relevant investment accounts ; |
| 9 | Barnard further suggested that the limitations on man 's accomplishments are determined by the effectiveness of his organisation . |
| 10 | Letters of admission are issued by the Committee . |
| 11 | In Britain , Bill Watts meets John Pizey , whose finishing skills are devoured by the variety of ‘ students ’ he teaches , and gains vital advice on those final touches , and how to rejuvenate antique furniture . |
| 12 | The structures of majors and independents are determined by the size of the repertoire each company handles . |
| 13 | I occasionally hear it said that the Institute 's technical policies are determined by the Secretariat in concert with the big London firms , and that the district societies no longer have any say in the matter . |
| 14 | However , if fundamental changes in business attitudes and government policies are induced by the creation of the SEM , these could lead to larger changes in the economy of the EC than are suggested by Cecchini . |
| 15 | Each Gospel begins with a richly ornamented page in which the opening words of the text are submerged by the decoration . |
| 16 | And in An Ideal Husband ( Globe Theatre ) their marriage and his livelihood are threatened by the appearance of the Cruella de Ville-like Mrs Cheveley who has blackmail and greed on her mind . |
| 17 | Ensure all events and operations are supported by the model . |
| 18 | Some or all of these operations are performed by the edit operation , which has three operands ; the location of the numeric value to be edited ( a string of decimal digits ) , the destination string to hold the final edited characters , and an editing pattern giving details of the editing to be performed . |
| 19 | This is a natural consequence of machine tool design in which metal removal operations are performed by the application of discrete surface generation techniques . |
| 20 | Starting from the premise that actions and attitudes are motivated by the maximization of self interest , the focus is on the micro-social conditions under which the ideology of individualism may be transcended , and collective aims given priority . |
| 21 | Researchers also wanted to discover how much viewers ' attitudes are affected by the context in which a sexy scene turns up on the home screen — and the timing . |
| 22 | Some 80 per cent of diminished-responsibility defences are accepted by the prosecution , and only in around 13 per cent of cases does the prosecution contest the defence evidence and thus require the jury to apply section 2 . |
| 23 | There is a National Assembly , to which 111 members are elected by direct universal suffrage every five years from a single list approved by the party ; a further nine deputies are appointed by the President , who also appoints the Council of Ministers . |
| 24 | Harlequins ... 14 Swansea … .. 21 DO NOT believe everything that has been written about the parlous state of Anglo-Welsh matches now that the English clubs are diverted by the league . |
| 25 | Major personnel projects are supported by the formation of teams within the department , responsible for meeting information needs associated with the project as they arise . |
| 26 | As more cases are examined by the Commission , the precise meaning and ambit of the term ‘ decisive influence ’ will be clarified . |
| 27 | Over 1000 new cases are accepted by the Fund each year . |
| 28 | Over 1000 new cases are accepted by the Fund each year . |
| 29 | Taking the above example , the effect of ( a ) would be to increase the £13,000 transfer value to £16,000 ( assuming pensions in payment are increased by the maximum of 5 per cent a year ) ; while the effect of ( b ) would be to increase the transfer value to £22,000 ( assuming male and female pension age , are equalised at age 60 with full retrospection of benefits ) . |
| 30 | The size and complexity of that framework are dictated by the interplay of national policies on education , local authority implementations , HMI monitorings , whole school policies , practices in evaluation and individual teacher input . |