Example sentences of "[adv] be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] by " in BNC.

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1 Many institutions have a policy of supporting the incumbent management wherever possible and will only be persuaded from that by some very special reasoning .
2 It is sadder still that the weight of being given funding may soon be lifted from FAB by the London Borough 's Grants Unit proposal to cut FAB 's grant .
3 Their reports could be commented on by the head of mission ; but they might well not be seen at all by the imperial chancellor , who had formal responsibility for the conduct of German foreign policy .
4 It is still true to say that many Continental philosophers would hardly be recognised as such by their English-speaking contemporaries .
5 Though his small decorative motifs can sometimes be compared with those by Keith Vaughan , the breadth and vigour of his illustrative work remained unsurpassed .
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