Example sentences of "[is] supported by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is achieved through special offences and through rules invalidating apparent consent given by those under 16 , and it is supported by the Tyrrell rule against convicting a participant who falls within the class protected by the offence concerned . |
| 2 | This conclusion is supported by the replies which Michael Müller-Claudius , formerly a psychologist , received to his unique , camouflaged small sample of opinion of sixty-one Party members ( all of whom had joined either the NSDAP or the Hitler Youth before 1933 ) in 1942 . |
| 3 | This conclusion is supported by the fact that changes in the fossil record , even rather rapid ones like the increase in human brain size in the last four million years , were slower by a factor of 1,000 than the rate at which changes can be produced by artificial selection in laboratory populations or domestic animals . |
| 4 | The theory is less applicable to land animals , but it is supported by the paler back of a sloth that lives upside-down . |
| 5 | It has proved its worth for the church and the state and it is supported by the leadership of the Christian Democrats and Social Democrats . |
| 6 | This conference , which is supported by the EC , WHO , IUPAC and Cefic , is a sequel to the Society 's conferences Toxic hazard assessment of chemicals , in 1986 and Risk assessment of chemicals in the environment , in 1988 . |
| 7 | The separate spatial patternings of male and female reveal an absence of close intersexual bonding , and this impression is supported by the casual sexual arrangements and rather brief courtships of these animals . |
| 8 | Prof Sadler , whose interdisciplinary research group is supported by the Cancer Research Campaign , MRC and SERC , has pioneered the use of NMR to monitor transition metal ion-based pharmaceuticals in biological environments . |
| 9 | The CAB adviser is supported by the vast information system which will often be brought into the prison using the portable microfilm system . |
| 10 | The suggestion that LDL may be having a primary effect is supported by the finding of premature atherosclerosis in the presence of most primary hyperlipidaemia , in particular familial hypercholesterolaemia , in which elevated LDL levels are characteristically found . |
| 11 | In these vicissitudes he is supported by the cockney humour and sharpness of Sam Weller , ‘ boots ’ of the White Hart inn , whom he takes on as his servant . |
| 12 | This interpretation is supported by the different solution given by the same jurist in other cases where the debts newly contracted are not dependent on the existence of an old debt but are entirely new . |
| 13 | The first point is supported by the DES Survey and the CBI Task Force which suggested that approximately 90% of the current teaching force have : |
| 14 | Finally , the false vocal cord theory is supported by the evidence of the simple action of placing your fingers gently on the throat of a purring cat — there is no doubt , then , that the purring sound is stemming from the region of the voice-box , and it is hard to see why any alternative theory should have been put forward . |
| 15 | In addition , member states are allowed to exempt from the notification requirement what are termed ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ if they do not use the securities acquired to interfere in the company 's management ; the expression ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ may be confined to market makers ( as under the 1985 Companies Act ) but the expression does seem wide enough to include own account dealers as well and this is supported by the fact that the exemption applies even to professional dealers who are not members of a stock exchange , provided that they are authorised or supervised by a competent authority ( an investment bank , for example ) . |
| 16 | This theory is supported by the mummified remains of a duckbill which revealed conifer needles , twigs , seeds and fruit of other land plants . |
| 17 | ‘ Aqua Fortis ’ intros with a gentle lapping of waves before thickening into a pulsing yet controlled hypno-technological dream and is supported by the scary ‘ Asylum 3 ’ , which involves a story about some magic toys and sets up the rest of the track for a chilling rollercoaster ride into a spooky world that you really do n't want to enter . |
| 18 | ‘ Neither the Prince nor the Princess is supported by the Civil List , and this position will remain unchanged . |
| 19 | Left : Most of the weight of compact camcorders is supported by the right hand on the hand-grip , leaving the fingers and thumb clear to operate the on-off and power-zoom buttons . |
| 20 | A County Court has decided that a paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque even though it is supported by the bank 's guarantee card ( p 95 ) . |
| 21 | A County Court has decided that a paying bank is under no obligation to pay a forged cheque even though it is supported by the bank 's guarantee card ( see First Sport v Barclays Bank , Current Law , September 1992 , para 20 ) . |
| 22 | The agreement is supported by the British Mountain Bike Association and the Welsh Cycling Union , among others . |
| 23 | The claim to forgive sins is supported by the miracle . |
| 24 | More than 13,000 bundles of brushwood , harvested by coppicing hazel and willow trees , are being supplied to the National Rivers Authority through the Anglian Woodland Project which is supported by the region 's county councils . |
| 25 | It is supported by the Keep Sunday Special campaign but falls far short of the deregulation called for by many large stores currently opening on Sundays in breach of existing laws . |
| 26 | The practitioner has technical expertise , has some command of the organisation 's scarce resources , and is supported by the generalised aura of power that surrounds officials in modern societies . |
| 27 | This idea is supported by the fact that several species of cuckoos in other countries appear to mimic the appearance of hawks that are common locally . |
| 28 | The post is supported by the RAE . |
| 29 | Although it is impossible to be certain , this assumption is supported by the overall length of service of the majority , their attachment to the particular employer , as well as their answers to specific questions about redundancy and early retirement . |
| 30 | This suspicion is supported by the remarks of many fallibilist and pragmatist philosophers about scepticism . |