Example sentences of "[noun sg] are [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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1 | Dirt and moisture are brushed off by the Coral Clean-off-Zone as people walk over it . |
2 | While the majority are carried out by a person known to the victim , random attacks on strangers are on the increase . |
3 | If there are no clubbers at all then any netted enemy are jumped on by the netters themselves , and damage is resolved with a strength of 3 as normal . |
4 | The chairman of the TEC , David Houghton , and his team are backed up by an able chief executive — Roy Knott . |
5 | The oscillations stimulated in the sample are picked up by an arm attached to the rigidly fixed end held in torsion bars , and transmitted to a recorder by a linear variable differential transformer . |
6 | Generally , university libraries are seen as the primary repositories for such material , and in many cases , the regulations on access are drawn up by the library authorities , and ratified by the university governing body . |
7 | The layers of paint are built up by the application of a thin wash , staining the primed canvas . |
8 | The layers of paint are built up by the application of a thin wash , staining the primed canvas . |
9 | Other details of this allegedly gentle pre-war street life are filled in by the writings of youth club workers — Butterworth 's Clubland ( 1932 ) , Hatton 's London 's Bad Boys ( 1931 ) and Secretan 's London Below Bridges ( 1931 ) — which are teeming with rowdy incident , outbreaks of hooliganism , shoplifting sprees , youngsters terrorising old ladies , foul language , youth club riots and vandalism . |
10 | Anyway , on a brighter note … apparently the Arsenal mailing list are pissed off by the Scum mailing list for slagging them off . |