Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by the [noun pl] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simone is cheered by the Ladies ' Pond , and in the course of summer she drinks less and dyes her hair a platinum blonde and tans herself till her eyes shine . |
| 2 | A hard-hitting and versatile set , the album is distinguished by The Afros ' singular lingo ( a dictionary accompanies their current US high-pitched whine . |
| 3 | She hears the guard who is posted by the slaves ' quarters to her right call , ‘ Halt ’ , but she does n't stop ; she keeps on , and he begins to shout , the torch at his side bobbing and smoking , he does n't come after her ( he must not leave his post ) , but halloos . |
| 4 | Those who wonder whether the hire of labour by capital can ever be a feature of authentic co-operation may not be , even though the employing capital is owned by the Consumers ' Movement . |
| 5 | Compliance on this occasion is advanced by the pupils ' desire to enjoy the recreational facilities , most importantly the ‘ pool ’ and table tennis . |
| 6 | Labour is outstripped by the Tories ' 61 women councillors out of 257 ( 24 per cent ) and the Liberal Democrats ' 39 out of 137 ( 28 per cent ) . |
| 7 | Whether the family 's love is really extended to include the new member , is affected by the parents ' reaction . |
| 8 | The existence of this self-reward mechanism is demonstrated by the women 's answers to a question about how they felt when they had got their work done as they liked it . |
| 9 | In hotel and catering accounts , the sales day book is replaced by the visitors ' tabular ledger , which is simply a form of analysed or columnar book-keeping . |
| 10 | The deep-seated feeling that man 's nature is essentially structured to survive nomadically and that he needs to be on the move in some way if he is to be satisfied , is complemented by the mystics ' witness that true human fulfilment is the concomitant of what is experienced as a spiritual journey to a goal beyond time that is occasionally anticipated and known in time , the element within which our curiously mixed physical and spiritual natures cohere and mature . |
| 11 | Anyway , the available zoo accommodation for hornbills is dwarfed by the birds ' problems in the wild — there are simply too many potential hornbill refugees . |
| 12 | The audience is thus given a cue as to what is likely to happen , and dramatic tension is created by the characters ' knowing as much as they do , but carrying on regardless . |
| 13 | Harris agrees that Mercedes parts can be expensive , but says this is balanced by the vans ' good second-hand prices . |
| 14 | In the case of female homosexuals , the difficulty lesbian mothers have in retaining the custody of their children when this is contested by the children 's father is further evidence that lesbian sexuality is not accepted on a par with heterosexuality . |
| 15 | This improvement is achieved by the subjects ' making an extra compensatory effort , measurable in terms of increased muscle tension ( EMG ) . |
| 16 | Even so , the beginning of an English influence is suggested by the brothers ' first names and by the fact that William 's second name , Justavus , is spelled that way , indicating an English pronunciation , instead of the more usual Gustavus . |