Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [be] [verb] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | CBI gloom and a call from Peter Shore to reflate or resign was met by the advice from Geoffrey Howe to ‘ keep our nerve ’ . |
| 2 | Most are women and children — the men either opted to stay behind to fight or have been captured by the Serbs . |
| 3 | It may be noticed also , first , that no actual misrepresentation seems to have been made by Duval to his wife , notwithstanding that he had concealed from her material facts and , second , that the pressure he exerted on her to persuade her to sign does not seem to have been excessively overbearing or to have been accompanied by the threats or false promises or intimidation that are sometimes the hall marks of undue influence . |
| 4 | He admitted that some people in Hong Kong had been alarmed by reports of carnage in Peking but said this was only because they ‘ misunderstood ’ or had been misled by the ‘ false reporting and even rumour of some news media ’ . |
| 5 | When interest group activity is added to electoral pressure , the ‘ shame ’ attached to being held responsible for social dissensus , lead to changes which may have been a voluntary response or have been supervised by a state responding to legitimate protest . |
| 6 | The 16 to 18-year-old group is the very group that has been punished by the Government . |
| 7 | This in turn led to increased degradation that has been exacerbated by the subsequent use of marginal lands for cultivation . |
| 8 | How , she asks , can we account for evil in a world that has been created by a good God ? |
| 9 | In a recent review of Germany 's environmental performance , the OECD criticised the confusion in Germany 's definition of waste that has been caused by a desire to encourage recycling . |
| 10 | The establishment now of a co-ordinated network of Regional INSET ( in-service training ) offices , or officers , with the primary function of advising and promoting self help , would be timely , in view of the stimulation to training that has been engendered by the introduction of the pre-licentiate scheme , and could make a major contribution towards combating the inefficient and inequitable distribution of training . |
| 11 | I only say that it is the route of the Council of Europe that has been recognised by the Community as leading to Community membership itself . |
| 12 | In this section we examine the contribution to the crisis that has been made by the sentencing decisions of the courts . |
| 13 | I also support the suggestion that has been made by the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux about housing benefit continuing to be paid until the new system commences in 1993 . |
| 14 | Maxton saw the Agreement as " the answer of the three most politically conscious and informed workers Parties in the country to a very widespread demand for unity that has been felt by every working class spokesman who has faced audiences during the last two years " . |
| 15 | I recognise the work that has been done by the design museum in making an important contribution to the understanding of the role of design in a modern industrial society . |
| 16 | I have never known a Member of Parliament so unwilling to accept the work that has been done by the Ministry on behalf of his constituents . |
| 17 | Erm we do n't know the details of the consideration that has been given by the authorities , what we are concerned with is what they are now proposing . |
| 18 | We have already seen much of that in the lead that has been given by the Community , which has taken special steps to limit the damage and the fighting to enable the parties to come together . |
| 19 | If there is one overriding message that has been reinforced by the experience so far it is that the most productive approach is one that flows from an attitude of , and a commitment to , continuous improvement . |
| 20 | This has led to an increasing separation of place of work and place of residence for many rural residents , a trend that has been reinforced by the decentralization of population from towns ( chapter 4 ) . |
| 21 | From this high moral ground the army had expected to challenge the record of human-rights abuses during its 17 years in power that has been compiled by a ‘ commission for truth and reconciliation ’ made up of seven lawyers from across the political spectrum . |
| 22 | I have followed the pension changes and difficulties that have been experienced by my constituents and the work that has been undertaken by the all-party pension group . |
| 23 | Clearly , the specialists who see most cases are either venereologists or dermatologists , but many 's the case of secondary syphilis that has been treated by a general practitioner or physician with a variety of ointments or creams to great effect — syphilis having the doctor-flattering attribute of ‘ getting better ’ whatever the treatment . |
| 24 | Unless carefully monitored , stimulation of the brain leaves us with the problem of not knowing the extent of the area that has been affected by the stimulation . |
| 25 | There is no doubt about the high quality of housing stock that has been built by the Housing Executive in Northern Ireland and every time I see it I am envious and wish that I had some of it in Wigan . |
| 26 | Portfolio is organising a Women in Management seminar for the hospitality industry on May 13 and this fits into a much broader campaign that has been launched by the Government , Opportunity 2000 . |
| 27 | The application of such an effect can change the intracellular structure of a cell that has been transformed by a cancer-causing agent , even in its latent stage . |
| 28 | When it reaches the bottom , it enters a small drop of water that has been secreted by the surrounding tissues of the cone . |
| 29 | And whereas a womb that has been occupied by a Future Buddha is like the shrine of a temple , and can never be occupied or used again , therefore it was that the mother of the Future Buddha died when he was seven days old , and was reborn in the Tusita heaven . |
| 30 | Visual difference on the same surface between a part that has been cleaned by a standard technique and the untouched area . |