Example sentences of "[be] [verb] by [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 His return had been delayed by the same blizzard that had almost prevented Judith leaving Manhattan , and put him beyond the deadline Klein had set .
2 ‘ The composition listens for the listener … [ both ] are kneaded by the same mode of production … [ creating ] a pre-established harmony … between production and consumption …
3 The degree of dispersion away from these concentrations has been limited by the same forces that have prevented low-income people in general from moving into suburban environments , combined with a desire for being amongst their own people in an essentially alien culture .
4 Ideas of identity and insider integrity in the late 1980s are sustained by the same symbols of status and denigration which have existed since at least the mid-1950s .
5 Moreover , evidence from recent research by Hammersley and Scarth suggests that patterns of whole-class teacher-pupil talk do not differ significantly between courses that are assessed by terminal examinations , ones that are continuously assessed , and ones that are not assessed at all — even when these differently assessed courses are taught by the same teacher and within the same subject .
6 In a journey back through the history of crime and delinquency , Pearson shows that for generations Britain has been plagued by the same problems and fears as today .
7 At this stage , the infant can not cope with the contradiction implied by the fact that two opposing feelings are aroused by the same object .
8 ‘ So far in our investigation we are aware of at least ten loyalist prisoners who have been interviewed by the same policemen .
9 I believe the Gold Award has never been won by the same publication two years running , so after our success last year I thought BNFL news would be out of the frame .
10 Because the glial growth factors and specific activators of the p185 erbB2 receptor are encoded by the same gene , we suggest that the formation of tumours derived from Schwann cells , and perhaps from other glial sources , is regulated by the supply of glial growth factors and by the activity of the p185 erbB2 receptor tyrosine kinase .
11 And these roles are are occupied by the same people every year ?
12 Despite many brands and designs , skiing hardware companies are owned by a few umbrella companies .
13 In Britain , at least , communications are dominated by a few millionaire proprietors and a few large conglomerate companies .
14 It incorporated a common interface component allowing the use of different operating systems and this part had been added by a former employee of the plaintiff who had a similar program and interface .
15 It is the ‘ all'-inclusive macro-redistributive studies that capture most interest in general , but these are the studies that are beset by the most problems at all levels .
16 Within a radius of ten miles of West Challow there are at least half a dozen houses that look so similar to this that they must surely have been built by the same hand .
17 They do not , like other fines , go into the public purse but into the pocket of victims who have already been compensated by the same jury for damage to their reputation .
18 They could have been made by the same craftsman .
19 I think it genuinely irresponsible that someone with my theatrical track-record has written a play about this internationally known theatrical figure yet it has only been seen by a few people . ’
20 Two building societies and a bank have been robbed by the same man in less than three hours .
21 Thus , the adjectives are prerecorded by the same speaker , at a rate of one every three seconds , and played back to subjects .
22 Since the models under consideration are made by the same firm ( Fleck and Drucker ) , the politique des auteurs is inescapable .
23 The Government has been told by the former Lord-Justice General that its appointment of temporary judges in Scotland 's courts could lead to miscarriages of justice .
24 However , Bernard had filled the bottles with supermarket plonk , considering this adequate revenge for having been told by the same neighbour that his new perfume was ‘ rather bourgeois ’ .
25 Figures published for this colony between 1948 and 1966 were usually less than 10 , and it seems likely that this site and Glynde are used by the same group of birds .
26 This contrasts with the YTM procedure ( shown in ( 5.10 ) ) , in which all cash flows are discounted by the same yield to maturity .
27 When comparing engine powers , make sure all are measured by the same system or convert one to another ( imp hp × 1.014 = metric hp or ps ; imp hp × 0.746 = kW ; ps × 0.736 = kW ) .
28 Thus , where substantial quantities of the same material equipment or products are discovered , archaeologists tend to assume that they must have been produced by the same people .
29 ‘ We are convinced by the former Chancellor 's Autumn Statement proposing support for joint ventures between public and private cash .
30 A prized garden which has been tended by the same family for sixty years has been wrecked by an out-of-control car .
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