Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [pron] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are rules for deciding how much is taxable , and these should be explained to her by the insurance company with which she is dealing . |
| 2 | You pay out twenty pounds a week the officer of the court is agreed and the address will be given to you by the court usher before you leave it is your responsibility to make sure that money is paid each and every week , the first payment is due by next Tuesday . |
| 3 | The officer of the court is agreed the address will be given to you by the court official before you leave . |
| 4 | You may be lucky and that necessary little twist may be given to you by the workings of intuition . |
| 5 | Please note that if the reason for cancellation falls within the terms of the holiday insurance policy , then any such charges will normally be refunded to you by the insurance company . |
| 6 | A. borealis is similar to A. fragilis but may be distinguished from it by the following characters : the shape of the modified arm spines which are flattened often with an axe shaped tip in borealis , while those of fragilis have a serrated edge ; the number of arm spines ; borealis has 3–4 , fragilis has 5–7 arm spines ; the distal oral papillae , which in borealis are small and low , often two on each side of the jaw , in fragilis they are slightly larger and more spine-like , with usually only one on each side of the jaw . |
| 7 | ‘ I expected something to be said to me by the directors after recent results . |
| 8 | Now , at Pac Bo , under Ho 's chairmanship , the Party cleared its ideological decks and prepared to take advantage of the even more extraordinary opportunities that would be presented to it by the Second World War . |
| 9 | ‘ Even if the Mad Killer epithet will be attributed to me by the media , I consider myself a rational erudite that only the arrival of the Grim Reaper has forced to take extreme acts . |
| 10 | The new book was to be handed to me by the minister , the Revd Dr Adam Burnet , only after we had signed the register — no self-respecting hotel would have accepted us with different names . |
| 11 | The toy , the squeaky duck or whatever , will be offered to him by the smiling child . |
| 12 | An efficiently organised reception office should always have an up-to-date set of reference books in order to be able to answer the innumerable and varied questions that could be put to them by the guests . |
| 13 | Ostensibly it was to prosper from a mono-poly of trade with Spanish America , which would be bestowed upon it by the government in return for taking over the entire £9 million worth of unsecured national debt . |
| 14 | As Thomas Reid remarked , in a passage that could be mistaken for one by the twentieth-century Oxford philosopher J. L. Austin : |
| 15 | ‘ Personal Number ’ means your Personal Identification Number which will be sent to you by the Bank . |
| 16 | The card may be sent to you by the Bank . |
| 17 | He was so modest , reticent , and reserved that his paper on his voyage of 1880 , given at the Royal Geographical Society , had to be read for him by the secretary . |
| 18 | An ingenious Yamaha employee suggested a hoist for the drum , so that the jug could simply be held under it by the sprayman , or woman ( women undertake almost any job in the factory ) , making life easier , ensuring less waste and almost certainly fewer days off work due to back injuries ! |
| 19 | Among several other flaws in Anselm 's election and investiture , there was one which neither Anselm nor anyone else mentioned at the time , but was later to be held against him by the papal legate : on a strict view , his election -in addition to all its other legal defects — had been schismatic , since the king and all the others who took part , with the sole exception of Anselm himself , were schismatics , for they had not recognized Urban II as the legitimate pope although he had now been pope for five years . |
| 20 | The vendor will also be concerned to know how quickly the cash will be returned to it by the purchaser . |