Example sentences of "[adv] be [verb] by a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This has since been complemented by a Co-op super-store with 40 000 sq . |
| 2 | Airline access to Heathrow had hitherto been restricted by a rule introduced in 1977 , declaring that only those airlines which already served it could continue to do so . |
| 3 | In recent times , farm incomes in disadvantaged rural areas such as upland N E Scotland have only been maintained by a reduction in farm numbers , an increase in farm size and a fall in farm employment . |
| 4 | Many a case had only been solved by a combination of Morton 's flair and his own instincts . |
| 5 | The kidnap has apparently been perpetrated by a cell of international terrorists , and that automatically makes it a matter for state security . |
| 6 | It has all been organised by a group of venture Scouts from Abingdon in Oxfordshire . |
| 7 | Many vulnerable elderly people , particularly those living alone are sustained by a network of friends , neighbours and more distant family calling briefly on a regular or irregular basis . |
| 8 | A circular aperture has an area proportional to the square of its diameter , so doubling the aperture diameter increases the image illumination by a factor of four ; to double the illumination , the diameter need only be increased by a factor of 2 . |
| 9 | This bond can only be broken by a crime , and that kind of crime brings it 's punishment . ’ |
| 10 | As for confession , which had been allowed to laymen , this was to be undertaken only when the penitent was in mortal danger : the emphasis now was not on contrition but on absolution which could only be given by a priest . |
| 11 | Nyman and Silberston , while making use of fixed percentages , also insist that the location of control can only be discovered by a case by case approach . |
| 12 | Noting that " negotiations can not take place behind the backs of our people " , he implicitly reaffirmed the ANC demand for a one person one vote system , declaring : " It is our belief that the future of our country can only be determined by a body which is democratically elected on a non-racial basis . " |
| 13 | A DC can only be assessed by a user who has been asked by LIFESPAN to assess it ( ie. all managers of modules listed on the DC , managers of packages referencing modules on the DC and the DC submitter , calculated at the time the DC was submitted ) . |
| 14 | It is suggested that enabling educational environments can only be achieved by a re-examination of the way in which special education relates to mainstream education . |
| 15 | When bile duct injury is diagnosed , optimal management can only be achieved by a team , including surgeon , endoscopist , and radiologist . |
| 16 | Incidentally it should be remembered that the first picture ( Fig. 22.3 ) is actually the second stage of the sequence , because this pattern is itself the consequence of an instability that occurs only if the Rayleigh number is high enough ( Sections 22.2 , 22.3 ) ; however the first stage could only be represented by a picture which was ‘ a perfect and absolute blank ’ . |
| 17 | Should this well-behaved and well-intentioned parliament fail , then its failure will merely be infinitely depressing vindication of the theory that Russia — and a fortiori the Soviet Union — can only be ruled by a rod of iron . |
| 18 | Let me hasten to say that in many schools , particularly in the West Riding , fine education took place , but far from it helping to increase drama in schools , it had the reverse effect for two reasons : ( 1 ) it appeared once more to be something that could only be handled by a specialist — this time a P.E . |
| 19 | Service of this can only be made by a solicitor or Sheriff Officer who will either post it in a special court recorded delivery envelope , arrange for it to be personally handed to your debtor , or put through the front door of his house . |
| 20 | But there is obvious weakness in a system for controlling the government which can only be activated by a member of that government . |
| 21 | I admit that the vast majority of contributors are women , but this is one occasion when the article I 'm thinking of could only be written by a man . |
| 22 | This being the case , if the production of constant capital is to increase — an absolute necessity for accumulation to occur — then this can only be done by a transfer to Dept . |
| 23 | I have declined to act as external examiner to candidates whose subject or thesis title seemed to be so dubious that a successful treatment of it could only be done by a candidate of exceptional brilliance ; in such cases it is likely that the candidate has had inadequate or misguided supervision . |
| 24 | The effect of this is to make clear that registration as an RFL does not entitle the RFL to undertake work which may only be done by a solicitor , and also that an RFL must not put solicitors or recognised bodies in breach of rules , or other requirements of conduct . |
| 25 | At the moment , Gemma Swann can only be fed by a tube through her nose . |
| 26 | This alarm may only be de-activated by a key holder , and the noise alone is such that the prospective thief will hopefully abandon his anti-social ideas . |
| 27 | In addition some 20 items , including platinum , raw jute , and floppy diskettes for computers , were removed from the list of products which could only be imported by a government agency . |
| 28 | When selecting utterances to practise these intonation patterns it may be more difficult to find complete utterances with the same overall tune , because the intonation pattern may only be carried by a segment of the utterance . |
| 29 | At a press conference in Sarajevo on Aug. 23 he had outlined a " future constitutional arrangement of Bosnia-Hercegovina " which would guarantee equality between the three major groups though a lower house in parliament where decisions would only be passed by a consensus and a tribunal to monitor " human and national rights " . |
| 30 | This can only be performed by a user with SPR SSR CONTROLLER privilege and who is the creator of the SSR , or an ancestor of that user . |