Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | James studied the title page and for twenty seconds pretended to be fascinated by the contents of page one . |
| 2 | The flowers bloomed happily in the soft sunshine , complemented by the gently swaying leaves of the trees , which were just beginning to be touched by the colours of autumn . |
| 3 | Are we to be killed by the Cubans or the Russians ? ’ |
| 4 | In the aftermath of Kristallnacht the NL had to be treated by the authorities as more than an eccentric lunatic fringe organization . |
| 5 | Some of the lesser forms of violence are almost routine and tend to be ignored by the police . |
| 6 | There was a whole host of things that had to be monitored by the stewards er on a daily basis . |
| 7 | Thc effort of the natives to be heard by the Greeks was evidently encouraged by the curiosity of the Greeks about the natives and , generally speaking , corresponded to the political situation . |
| 8 | Bingham J. dismissed Mr. Cheall 's action ; the Court of Appeal ( by a majority ) allowed his appeal , but the House of Lords , in turn , allowed an appeal against this court 's decision and upheld Bingham J. One of the issues before the House of Lords was whether Mr. Cheall had been entitled to be heard by the disputes committee of the T.U.C. before it made its decision . |
| 9 | But we must accept that these occasional audible signals were not even meant to be heard by all the chorus singers : they were to be heard by the sub-conductor(s) , who would then relay the beat visually . |
| 10 | Russian diplomats in west-European capitals until the end of the seventeenth century expected to be maintained by the rulers to whom they were accredited , and often complained vociferously when they were treated less generously than they had expected . |
| 11 | In Kirchberg , small flower-decked open air cafes , are dotted about , and we defy anyone not to be tempted by the gateaux on offer . |
| 12 | Do not allow the joints in the figure to be cut by the edges of the frame , that is at the subject 's ankles , knees , waist or neck . |
| 13 | Any new share market would have to be authorised by the Securities and Investments Board ( SIB ) as a Recognised Investment Exchange ( RIE ) . |
| 14 | This explanation , it has to be admitted , is not wholly convincing , and would appear to be contradicted by the actions of investors and the fortunes of firms . |
| 15 | Inevitably it was even more chaotic than the first , with no sort of line possible to be kept by the attackers , and what was left of the encampment now a shambles . |
| 16 | It is one of the largest law faculties in the United Kingdom , and is one of the very few to be recognised by the Universities Funding Council as a Grade 5 ( ‘ international excellence ’ ) centre of research . |
| 17 | Although the total viewing audiences were significantly less than that achieved by association football , this , it is suggested , is partially to be explained by the differences in transmission times , for , unlike the soccer event , no ‘ significant ’ matches were played during the peak television viewing times of the day . |
| 18 | There the changing of the locks is easily to be explained by the needs of security ; and the fact that they paid the rates and settled the electricity bill and tried to improve the premises really takes the matter no further . |
| 19 | Politics is an autonomous realm , to be studied by the methods of science . |
| 20 | CPRE and TCPA argue , however , that hidden damage to the environment ( destruction of the water-table and long term reduction in agricultural productivity ) , as well as the destruction of mature countryside created through the centuries , are costs too high to be offset by the benefits of cheap , clean coal ’ . |
| 21 | Thus , they contend that losses resulting from the automatic prohibition of mergers above a certain size are unlikely to be substantial , and are more than likely to be offset by the benefits arising from the creation of a climate of greater certainty and competition . |
| 22 | Now , the signs of that beauty are still discernible but tend to be offset by the layers of crumbling stucco , stone or woodwork resulting from too many years of neglect . |
| 23 | Not to be outdone by the Rossinians and the Mozartians , or the Vienna and New York Philharmonics , Houston this year celebrates the twentieth anniversary not of a birth or death or a founding , but of a hiring , that of David Gockley as General Director of the Houston Grand Opera . |
| 24 | Not to be outdone by the mammals at the zoo there were several ‘ firsts ’ among the bird species . |
| 25 | AN accusation made yesterday that the British Amateur Athletic Board was manipulated into bankruptcy , is to be examined by the solicitors of the Amateur Athletic Association . |
| 26 | Also , the census was slow to be influenced by the techniques of survey method , both in the use of sampling designs and in the search for more appropriate data . |
| 27 | The Chairman will take control on behalf of this two colleagues , and the Court will be seen to be run by the Magistrates , and the Clerk will be there as their legal adviser on procedure and any legal points that arise . |
| 28 | This was the first independent radio station in the republic and was to be run by the students ' official youth organization . |
| 29 | Given , therefore , that the company has come about essentially through private means , it must be understood as a private body , to be run by the corporators for their own self-selected purposes , and without any obligation to further the greater good . |
| 30 | The Duffer , who celebrated her 100th birthday last week in lavish style , also seems to think that CAPTAIN AMERICA were forced to change their name to C&A after Marvel Comics sued them , only to be injuncted by the clothes store and forced to change their name again . |