Example sentences of "[be] [verb] [adv prt] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is intolerable that Labour MPs who are also accountable to all the voters in their town should be turfed out by the block vote . |
| 2 | Administrative assistant — the accuracy of the checking procedure , ie the number of errors undetected at this stage that could be referred back by the personnel section or the finance department . |
| 3 | Cumberland decided that Wales was the more likely objective , though he tried to cover himself by arranging for the road between Buxton and Derby to be broken up by the Derbyshire militia to slow Charles down should he take it instead . |
| 4 | Heavy fatty deposits can be broken up by the use of caustic cleaners sometimes specially formulated and described as drain cleaners . |
| 5 | According to Jensen , the most effective way of disposing of the chemicals is to spray them over the land according to the manufacturer 's directions , allowing them to be broken down by the sun and weather . |
| 6 | Nature has , of course , tremendous resilience in coping with abuse ; even great quantities of waste can be broken down by the bacteria in the water . |
| 7 | Erm , I like it there to be filled in by the managers older by about two years or so . |
| 8 | But this theory begs a question : if the score was copied for a revival , or indeed after it , why was it done in haste , and — even more to the point — why were there blanks which had to be filled in by the composer ? |
| 9 | The pack says social workers should take responsibility for ensuring the forms are completed but they can be filled in by the person the child is living with . |
| 10 | This serial number will be filled in by the lexicographers and will represent the order in which the Project Director requires the forms to be actioned . |
| 11 | It is issued in a common form which any carrier may use and is designed to be filled out by the shipper and completed by the carrier . |
| 12 | If a mare is fit and healthy , with a normal oestrous cycle , there is no reason to suppose she will have problems in foaling , but it seems fair to suggest that teenage mares be checked out by a vet before you start working out names for the as-yet unconceived foal . |
| 13 | The publication of the General Theory before the war was part of Keynes 's campaign to persuade his fellow economists that his proposition — that the trade cycle could be ironed out by the government adjusting the volume of demand in the economy — was correct . |
| 14 | He was n't going to be fobbed off by the issue of her drink either , she found . |
| 15 | As a conscious exercise in boosting public morale at a difficult time there was a real danger of over-indulgence in wishful thinking ; it would be a cruel delusion to anticipate too many rabbits out of the hat , only to be fobbed off by the patter of the conjurer . |
| 16 | Now , when you find management — the representatives of enterprise and risk capital — standing up in public and saying that they have a responsibility to keep prices stable , or lower them , that individual prices ought to be reported on by a commission , and that profits ought to attract special tax penalties if they exceed a certain level , then it is a sign that either the millennium has arrived or else something is going very seriously wrong indeed . |
| 17 | He was a child again , wanting everything to be sorted out by an adult . |
| 18 | It might take four or five years for the matter to be sorted out by the NVQ Committee . |
| 19 | Brockbank , owner of a Teesside construction company , said : ‘ We have spoken to a few people and expect something to be sorted out by the middle of the week . ’ |
| 20 | On appeal the primary submission was that the questions which were responded to as above should be edited out by the judge . |
| 21 | Often elements of the story would be edited out by the interval . |
| 22 | ‘ It occurred to General Schellenberg that you might be caught out by the weather . ’ |
| 23 | Student Vivienne Wilson , 18 , from Purley , Surrey , said she would never be won over by a salesman — but a President would be another matter . |
| 24 | In her statement to MPs , Mrs Bottomley said the reforms would be carried through by an implementation group , and a London initiative zone would make sure the reforms cover the most deprived areas of the city . |
| 25 | You leapt for the cleaner banks and I allowed myself to be carried on by the filth of deceit , of shame , and of a guilt that even now I can not put into public or private words . |
| 26 | Then everything was movement , sensation , and she could no longer laugh or speak or do anything but be carried along by a force greater than anything she had ever known before , a force that took them to the heavens to touch the stars that had already decided their destiny . |
| 27 | This may seem self-evident , but it is not unknown for people to be carried along by the atmosphere of an auction , or the sales patter of a dealer . |
| 28 | Although such examinations can be carried out by a court officer it is usually best to do it yourself and , indeed , some courts will even insist on this . |
| 29 | The only functions that necessarily have to be carried out by the Bank of England are lender of last resort facilities — even supervision could be carried out by a self regulatory organisation ( SRO — see Chapter 12 ) for the banking system . |
| 30 | The combination of computer and laser printer effectively replaces the work that would normally be carried out by a typesetter , a proofreader and a layout artist . |