Example sentences of "[is] [verb] [adv prt] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | International : Cotton republic is hanging on by slim thread |
| 2 | Aimed at the dedicated games player with crisp graphics and rapid scaling , it 's let down by short battery life . |
| 3 | is carried on by private study under supervision . |
| 4 | Zooming is carried out by repeating pixel values , so that zooming by a factor of four implies that each pixel value in the memory bank or banks is repeated four times , and each line of the image is also repeated four times . |
| 5 | Because disposal of industrial waste is carried out by private enterprise with the sole interest of making a profit , the temptation to dodge intricate and often expensive safety precautions is evident . |
| 6 | However beyond the age of 30 extra life experience is cancelled out by increased learning difficulties . |
| 7 | In general , the wider ( and often cheaper ) choice of credit types which is opened up by monthly-paid bank accounts seems to us to be , on its own , a big enough advantage to outweigh what is really the temporary awkwardness of change to a new set of habits . |
| 8 | It is this stress that keeps the fluid closer to the wall moving ; in its absence this fluid is slowed down by viscous friction at the wall . |
| 9 | It 's brought on by repetitive typing on a computer or word processor keyboard . |
| 10 | A minor road skirts its western base but a direct climb from it is ruled out by unremitting steepness and a barrier of rocky buttresses , the ascent usually being made over gentler ground from the north . |
| 11 | Military government is forced out by popular pressure — the demagogic Juan Peron returns in triumph . |
| 12 | Most of the agricultural sector is taken up by part-time crofting but , unusual for Shetland , there are tracts of fertile land sufficiently extensive to allow for some full-time farming . |
| 13 | This means that a good proportion of the interview is taken up by passing information to the candidate . |
| 14 | It is also undesirable because , if the glider is bounced off by bumpy ground , it will fly back into the ground heavily a few moments later . |
| 15 | Object Design UK is headed up by managing director , James Beagle . |
| 16 | A RED DEVIL MARK Hughes is sent off by Danish referee Jan Dangaard for a second bookable offence long before Manchester United 's mission to Moscow ends in bitter defeat . |
| 17 | The report is backed up by anecdotal evidence from careers fairs . |
| 18 | This evidence is backed up by early cave paintings in Europe too . |
| 19 | In nature it 's backed up by waterproof animal oils — Nikwax use TX10i . |