Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv prt] by the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alcohol is broken down by the chemicals called enzymes in the liver through which blood circulates once every four minutes . |
| 2 | The stage is tilted and is propped up by the coffins of Inquisition victims . |
| 3 | Its lemon fragrance is given off by the leaves without the need to rub them , unlike lemon balm and , even when dried , continue to be pungently scented for years , so that they constitute an excellent ingredient for potpourris . |
| 4 | Thus , despite the formalization of a system of state subsidy with the foundation of the University Grants Committee , any fears that university autonomy might be lessened were considerably allayed by the known attitude of the President of the Board of Education , H. A. L. Fisher , enshrined in his dictum : " The state is , in my opinion , not competent to direct the work of education and disinterested research which is carried on by the universities . " |
| 5 | It is important that planning is carried out by the managers involved in the activities of a business so that they can relate to the plan and feel that the plan is their plan . |
| 6 | Investigation in these areas is carried out by the police . |
| 7 | Outside the governmental research activities major work is carried out by the universities , through departments of social administration and social policy , sociology , applied social science , social medicine and so on . |
| 8 | The incorrectly fitted coping is sorted out by the skaters allowing full skate action to commence but not for long . |
| 9 | Much of the difference between costs and revenues is made up by the losses of owners . |
| 10 | There is a strong thriller element to the novel , particularly in the last part , in which Piero is tracked down by the agents of what is portrayed as something close to a police or military state in the underground corridors of the prison-like block of flats where Charles lives and the fugitive has been hiding . |
| 11 | In some systems of law the disability of persons under full age is helped out by the powers of the parent or guardian , who can represent the child , and , by acting on his behalf or giving concurrence to his acts , can make dispositions of his property and contracts binding on him . |
| 12 | I believe the problem is worse in Craven Arms that is shown up by the figures , |
| 13 | Much of the significance of ancient sites comes from their use for ritual purposes , and this is borne out by the survivals of ancient traditions . |
| 14 | The lack of women at the top is borne out by the findings of the latest Arthur Andersen Corporate Register , published by Hemmington Scott . |
| 15 | The slow progress of the campaign to put women into top executive positions is borne out by the results of an Economist survey carried out while compiling the 1993 Crawford 's Directory of City Connections . |
| 16 | Mussels , for instance , do not need to go to look for food , as most animals do ; the organic debris they feed upon is wafted in by the tides ( or the river estuaries ) . |
| 17 | Because it is open to the sea , the lake becomes salty now and again , but the salt is flushed out by the rivers that feed it from the African mainland . |
| 18 | A critical factor appears to be the enhanced influx of external calcium which is taken up by the stores with two consequences . |
| 19 | A large part of its small area is taken up by the grounds of The Crystal Palace and by a residential school . |
| 20 | Those are important and worthwhile projects , and we must ask the Government where the money for them will come from , especially if £1.4 billion is gobbled up by the proposals for King 's Cross . |
| 21 | The theme music is faded up by the Grams Operator , and then faded down again after the final credit has been captured on tape . |
| 22 | This is backed up by the accounts we have of many aspects of the economic structure of the music business then : the drive for profit , the trend towards monopoly and conglomeration , the conservative appeal to the predictable and universally understood ( see for example , Peterson and Berger 1975 : 160–4 ; Laing 1969 : 43–5 ; Sanjek 1988 ) . |
| 23 | The system is backed up by the Employers ' Liability ( Compulsory Insurance ) Act 1969 which makes it compulsory for employers to have insurance for personal injury to their employees . |
| 24 | SHE who 's bowled over by the attentions of a powerful , successful man begins by enjoying herself but , fatally , moves on to fantasising about their future together . |