Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you 're successful on this er current application , you wo n't , but erm supposing this application were to be turned down by the planning authority , er that you were successful upon the appeal on the first one you would actually proceed according to the plan that was submitted at the first one . |
| 2 | Cumberland decided that Wales was the more likely objective , though he tried to cover himself by arranging for the road between Buxton and Derby to be broken up by the Derbyshire militia to slow Charles down should he take it instead . |
| 3 | These have to be broken down by the digestive system before they are absorbed as single units of mainly glucose and fructose . |
| 4 | According to Jensen , the most effective way of disposing of the chemicals is to spray them over the land according to the manufacturer 's directions , allowing them to be broken down by the sun and weather . |
| 5 | The reason why there are fewer disconnections is that the electricity companies have introduced card meters , so that people cut themselves off rather than having to be cut off by the electricity companies . |
| 6 | As the plaster dust settled , dazed guards emerged from the interior of the palace , only to be cut down by the machete-wielding cacos who had brought their knowledge of the palace to the rebels . |
| 7 | Ziegler did not want to be slowed down by the prisoner , so he ordered the Frenchman to strip off his boots and coat , then ordered his Sergeant to cut the man 's overall straps . |
| 8 | I want those subsidies to be phased down by the Community , and I also want to encourage British coal to be exported to Germany if that is a way to deal with the problem . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'm not going to be mucked about by the likes of you , mate . |
| 10 | A surge of people had to be thrust back by the Sellswords . |
| 11 | Every now and again rust pimples up , metallic lichen destined only to be beaten back by the lavish care and attention administered by Grant . |
| 12 | Mr Lorenzo contends he fired in self-defence because he was about to be run down by the motorcycle , which was being chased by a police car . |
| 13 | But without that pride the Spaniard would not be Spanish , as Harvey writes : ‘ It is profoundly to be hoped that he will never allow these sharp angles to be smoothed off by the modern cult of ‘ all things to all men' ’ , and a false catholicity of taste which is no taste at all . |
| 14 | Simon was expected to be called up by the Army , and sent off God knew where . |
| 15 | Sometimes they would drive off in their vehicle without the fieldworker , only to be called back by the sergeant after she made a complaint . |
| 16 | The pace and success of any rehabilitation programme , after a care order is made , are to be decided on by the local authority and only the local authority . |
| 17 | However , a very restrictive express term which tries to prevent an ex-employee making use of mundane skills will be likely to be struck down by the courts as being in restraint of trade . |
| 18 | The League had already declared that it would boycott the investiture and , when he stood up to speak , a hundred or so extremists began shouting and jeering , and dozens had to be dragged off by the police before he could be heard . |
| 19 | This process is analogous to a buyer at an auction paying more than he can afford because he allows himself to be swept along by the bidding . |
| 20 | Roddie had the ball in the net on two other occasions only to be ruled out by the referee for infringements , and Iceland duly rubbed salt in the wounds when Feyenoord 's Arnar Gunnlaugsson crossed from the right and Thordur Gudjonsson blasted the equaliser past substitute goalkeeper Jim Will . |
| 21 | The new-born child is virtually a clean slate , to be written on by the world . |
| 22 | Recalling that swinging ‘ 67 start , the dry Scouser said : ‘ I expected to be chucked out by the BBC any moment then . ’ |
| 23 | The Continental C90–16F powerplant being equipped with a vacuum pump , the artificial horizon and DI erect immediately on starting and do not need to be spun up by the act of getting airborne , as happens with similarly-aged aeroplanes fitted with venturis . |
| 24 | It was he who tended most to be swallowed up by the show 's overall style and it was therefore he who became in a sense ultimately dispensable . |
| 25 | ‘ They will be subsumed , ’ said one official sonorously , implying that Tory ideology , at least in Strasbourg , was about to be swallowed up by the centrist Christian Democrats . |
| 26 | How easy it is to allow life to be swallowed up by the daily round and so to miss that pause to reflect and to take one 's bearings . |
| 27 | I scuttle off , to be swallowed up by the wavering shadows of mulberry trees . |
| 28 | The injury itself occurred as a result of a cross-field back-row move , bereft of forward movement , that was quickly going nowhere to be swallowed up by the English midfield . |
| 29 | Paula , 35 , did n't allow herself to be hemmed in by the dearth of mini-skirts on offer at the show in the Victoria and Albert museum . |
| 30 | Suddenly Clare jumped up , leaving his bucket to be kicked over by the cow , went quickly towards her , and , kneeling down beside her , took her in his arms . |