Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] by the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am fascinated by the sculptural elements in nature . |
| 2 | Appeals to the House of Lords are heard by the Appellate Committee of the House , which consists of those members of the House qualified to deal with its judicial business . |
| 3 | In my judgment , provided the specified precondition is met , the only limitations on the type of order that can be made under section 6(2) that are justified by the statutory language are that the order must be intended to restore all the parties to the transaction to their respective former positions and that the steps directed by the order to be taken must be reasonably capable of doing so . |
| 4 | We say that locally the surface is Euclidean and distances are given by the differential Pythagoras equation where dx , and dy are the coordinate separations of nearby points on the surface . |
| 5 | At the nearby Dalek outpost preparations are being made to receive emissaries from seven planets , and orders are given by the Black Dalek to hunt down and exterminate the Earthmen known to have landed on Kembel . |
| 6 | Natural gut strings are favoured by the professional players because of their ‘ playability ’ — their sensitivity and feel for the ball . |
| 7 | Our discussion of such surveys both at the national and local level lead us on to examine the impact of crime on women and ethnic minorities , and to a broader consideration of how these groups are treated by the criminal justice system . |
| 8 | While the younger members of the family are treated by the British press and public as stock characters in some soap opera , when one of them speaks , on architecture , AIDS or literacy , the news media none the less report their comments seriously . |
| 9 | These dividends are treated by the Inland Revenue as net dividends to shareholders . |
| 10 | All prosecutions are undertaken by the public prosecutor , the Lord Advocate , or his subordinates , the procurators fiscal . |
| 11 | ‘ The composition listens for the listener … [ both ] are kneaded by the same mode of production … [ creating ] a pre-established harmony … between production and consumption … |
| 12 | No less than 20 different diameter rods , from 1.5mm ( 1/16in ) up to 312.8mm ( 11/4 in ) , are listed by the largest manufacturer in the UK , R.B.J. Reinforced Plastics Ltd . |
| 13 | For while he goes to some lengths to avoid formulating a question which presupposes the distinction between subject and object , he is frankly concerned to provide an answer ( and hence a question ) which will be compatible with the claim that social changes are overdetermined by the complex whole , and which will therefore embody a particular view of the production of knowledge . |
| 14 | We reach the Welsh border in five hours , but soon lose our way and travel thirty miles in the wrong direction , during which we are stopped by the Welsh police . |
| 15 | We recognise the need to strengthen the voices of those in North America who are marginalised by the dominant culture and to provide access for their participation in both mass and alternative media . |
| 16 | Languages : Hindi ( official spoken by 30% ) and English ; 16 regional languages are recognized by the Indian Constitution . |
| 17 | Languages : Hindi ( official , spoken by 30% ) and English ; 16 regional languages are recognized by the Indian Constitution . |
| 18 | These ‘ away ’ areas are often behind the opposite goal to the home End and are recognized by the visiting supporters as their ‘ spots ’ . |
| 19 | Domestic power structures are sustained by the imperial role . |
| 20 | In its art-world application it goes like this : women artists ( like men ) are sustained by the romantic fallacy — positively Pharaonic in its vision of the after-life — that present neglect could well be followed by posthumous frame . |
| 21 | Ideas of identity and insider integrity in the late 1980s are sustained by the same symbols of status and denigration which have existed since at least the mid-1950s . |
| 22 | Soon they are joined by the supporting cast taking sides . |
| 23 | The CPU , memory , and I/O subsystems are joined by the Synchronous Backplane Interconnect ( SBI ) . |
| 24 | From 30 m to 50 m down , the small copepod Oithona similis becomes plentiful ; below this Oithonia and another small species , Microcalanus pygmaeus , are joined by the larger calanoid copepods Calanus finmarchicus , C . |
| 25 | It is perfectly obvious that the choices made by creative social actors are limited by the practical resources available to them . |
| 26 | The steps include banning chlorofluorocarbons — already limited under the Montreal Protocol to protect the ozone layer — and restricting emissions of air pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and volatile organic compounds , which are limited by the Clean Air Act . |
| 27 | Reserve police in the RUC wear the same uniform , for all that an outsider can distinguish , and as a consequence face the same security risks , but most are marginalized by the restricted range of duties they perform and the short-term status of their contract . |
| 28 | They oblige all , including non-Catholics , because they proceed from right reason , and not because they are taught by the Catholic Church . |
| 29 | Moreover , evidence from recent research by Hammersley and Scarth suggests that patterns of whole-class teacher-pupil talk do not differ significantly between courses that are assessed by terminal examinations , ones that are continuously assessed , and ones that are not assessed at all — even when these differently assessed courses are taught by the same teacher and within the same subject . |
| 30 | Phonemes which are uttered by the articulatory action of the same vocal organ . |