Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] [prep] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some languages quite openly exploit this belief : Janssen-Jurreit notes that in Konkani , a language of south India , there is a distinction between married women ( who are referred to by the feminine form ) and young or widowed women ( who get the neuter to mark their lesser status ) . |
| 2 | The bureaucracy certainly needs streamlining : the immigrants are met initially by the Absorption Ministry , but once in the country many of their needs are looked after by the Jewish Agency , the semi-private organisation that dates back to the early years of Jewish settlement in Palestine . |
| 3 | In Bangladesh children under the age of five or six are looked after by the whole family . |
| 4 | I am conducting research into the education provision and support for young people who are looked after by the local authority . |
| 5 | Registered Designs are provided for by the Registered Designs Act 1949 , amended by the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 . |
| 6 | His aim was to determine whether single letters are dealt with by the right hemisphere in a visual or a phonological code . |
| 7 | Most building disputes which go to litigation are dealt with by the Official Referee . |
| 8 | Such disputes are dealt with by the civil law and in the civil courts . |
| 9 | These authorities are presided over by the National Water Council , set up at the same time to be a central co-ordinating body to give advice on major matters of policy ( Times , 1978 ) . |
| 10 | One is mounted on top of the power supply , and two are spoken for by the floppy and hard disk drives , so you 'd be in trouble if you wanted to fit more than two peripherals . |
| 11 | And remember , they are all products of Pakistan 's domestic cricket competitions , which are competed for by the commercial organisations and regional teams which have always been condemned by Imran — who for the last decade had not played domestic cricket in Pakistan . |
| 12 | More than 60 per cent of Indian exports are accounted for by the two Tata outfits , Tata Consultancy Services ( TCS ) and Tata Unisys Ltd , which employ around 1,500 professionals in Bombay and Bangalore . |