Example sentences of "[be] [adv] [verb] by [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Individual trees are just as likely to be harmfully overshadowed by members of their own species as by members of other species .
2 Moreover , the fact that characters may be successfully interpreted by means of these linguistic approaches presents a strong case for characterisation once again being regarded as a legitimate object of the critic 's attention .
3 In 27 patients ( 96.4% ) bleeding could be successfully managed by injection of norepinephrine and polidocanol , in repeated sessions if needed .
4 As between themselves the authority of individual partners to bind the firm can be properly circumscribed by agreement in effective variation of the basic principle set out in this section .
5 I am aware of that provision , to which I was referring before I gave way to my right hon. Friend — and I hope that it will be widely understood by parents throughout the country .
6 The theoretical assumptions of the Lancaster Inventory are considerable , and did not appear to be widely shared by staff on the Modular Course .
7 Also , before therapy , I used to be constantly plagued by memories of my childhood , but all of a sudden that had ceased to be a problem .
8 But Raff speculates that it makes more sense that all cells are suicidal : to survive they have to be constantly reminded by signals from the body that they are loved and cherished .
9 Rather it is for them a process of , existence that has to be daily achieved by individuals through work , that is through the individual mastery over emotions and the skills of wizardry .
10 The taste for the double telling of a story , both in text and pictures , is never lost , and so the paperback of Asterix and the Secret Weapon ( Hodder & Stoughton , £3.99 ) , which has a feminist infiltrating the English village , will be much welcomed by readers at all stages .
11 The hon. Gentleman 's advice should be warmly taken by members of his own party .
12 The work of the clinical team is likely to be greatly assisted by use of a simple problem-orientated approach .
13 Black smoke gushed out of open doors and through windows and roofs only to be suddenly consumed by tongues of fire that licked heavenwards , raising up their flaming fangs like the arms of satanic dancers placating some obscene god .
14 Falling industrial employment could in the past be better characterized by reference to product sectors such as cotton , 1945–61 , or coal mining , which lost 317,000 jobs from 1961 to 1971 .
15 On the other hand , the loss of the gall bladder reservoir , the increase in gastro-oesophageal reflux , and the possible relation with cholonic neoplasia suggest that young patients who develop gall stones in relation to a particular episode — for example , pregnancy — may be better served by preservation of the gall bladder .
16 However , it can also be easily increased by division in autumn .
17 This can be best calculated by reference to accurate time-cost information .
18 We have seen how the three strategies of recognition involve the lexicon in different ways , and differences in the processing of words can be best explained by reference to this notion .
19 Such detail may , in some instances , be best supplied by management in the overseas subsidiary .
20 It is important to note what the purpose of the definition was before being too critical of the notion that legal problems can be objectively defined by reference to specific situations .
21 Tolkien had finished The Lord of the Rings by 1949 , though it was refused on his terms and did not begin to appear for another five years , on a non-royalty agreement — to be coolly received by reviewers at home and rapturously welcomed in that heartland of Anglo-Saxon romanticism , the United States of America .
22 Prestige , however , is a different concept altogether , as it can be subjectively attached by speakers to forms and varieties which are very distant from , and in conflict with , the codified norms of the standard .
23 Bill Wade , Liberal Democrat hopeful for the Bishop Auckland seat , will be formally adopted by members of his party at a meeting at 8pm in the Old Manor House Hotel , West Auckland at 8pm tomorrow .
24 The dangers of generalizing about ‘ apathy ’ on the basis of aggregate data can be further highlighted by variation in turnout between different wards in the same authority .
25 Curran points out that a rough woodland canopy is likely to be more affected by variations in the solar angle than is a smoother grassland canopy .
26 Fish eggs and invertebrate larvae may be more affected by episodes of acidity than adult organisms .
27 With regard to the latter , it is apparent that the problem of poverty is not one that affects the household considered as a unit but may be differentially experienced by members of the family .
28 Females may be variably affected by virtue of random inactivation of the X chromosome .
29 The members decided that the unilateral introduction of Performance Related Pay on a one-to-one basis was not the way forward and if , at any stage , it was to be introduced , it should be collectively negotiated by IBOA on behalf of its members .
30 The differences between our results and those of some published studies may be partly explained by variations in design and analysis .
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