Example sentences of "[prep] [be] [verb] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The next best thing is to read , with real care and attention , detailed accounts of modern fieldwork such as are provided by the two Hugh-Jones volumes . |
| 2 | Her predecessor , William Vander Zalm , had resigned after being criticized by the provincial conflict-of-interest commissioner for his role in the sale of his family-owned amusement park , Fantasy Gardens , to a Taiwanese investor . |
| 3 | Accountants are still wading through Maxwell 's complicated business dealings to see if pension funds can still keep paying out after being plundered by the greedy tycoon . |
| 4 | Gloria Lang , 46 , was last night seriously ill in hospital after being hit by the stolen Nova car with four teenage boys inside . |
| 5 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
| 6 | TWO pensioners who met at a wedding ceremony half a century ago have become close friends after being reunited by the Daily Post . |
| 7 | THE Football Association are to bring to an end a lucrative film contract after being embarrassed by the notorious Vinnie Jones video , writes Rob Shepherd . |
| 8 | Sheffield United 's Dave Bassett is the latest to find himself the subject of a police inquiry after being reported by the gentle , clean-mouthed souls who inhabit Chelsea 's stands for swearing . |
| 9 | Already Gazza has restricted his interviews to twice a week after being hounded by the Italian Press . |
| 10 | Following the United States invasion of Panama on Dec. 20 to remove Gen. Manuel Antonio Noriega from power [ see pp. 37112-13 ] , Noriega on Jan. 3 voluntarily left the papal nunciature , where he had sought refuge , and gave himself up to the US authorities after being persuaded by the papal nuncio , Mgr José Sebastián Laboa , that asylum in a third country was not a viable option . |
| 11 | The victim was already distressed after being raped by the other man when D announced his intention to have sex with her . |
| 12 | Tired of being buffeted by the eddying crowd , she moved over to the wall , where a sofa seemed to dare her to sit on it . |
| 13 | Are we going to withdraw from the risk of being contaminated by the modern alternatives to following Jesus ? |
| 14 | Lord Griffiths , committee chairman , said : ‘ The major step is that clients should have the choice of being represented by the same lawyer throughout . |
| 15 | These are only two examples of cases where it should be possible for a non-trading corporation , which asserts that its reputation is capable of being damaged by the defamatory statement , to sue for libel . |
| 16 | In fact , this is probably , the most completely original church from the sixteenth-century in Milan and has a long history of being attended by the rich and powerful . |
| 17 | The affair thus highlights the unreality of the common-law rule which continues to concentrate on the independent judgment of a police officer who is in fact simply obeying instructions which are issued as part of a general policy not necessarily susceptible of being influenced by the specific facts of particular cases . |
| 18 | Before this visit , Anselm shows no signs of being influenced by the Gregorian concept of the libertas ecclesiae ; after his visit , he both used the phrase and supported the policy which the phrase summed up — at least to some extent . |
| 19 | Tigers have attacked the dummies and torn them apart without any sign of being discouraged by the sharp jolt they have received . |
| 20 | Khan and Chilad ( 1982 : 49 ) saw these developments as the ‘ modest beginning ’ of a new phase in prison reform , in which , at last , ‘ institutional correction was accorded the status of an issue , worthy of being discussed by the political executive and the bureaucracy ’ . |
| 21 | Their recommendations may offer an idea of what stocks have the benefit of being promoted by the licensed dealer in question . |
| 22 | However , if our main aim had been to get as many ‘ ordinary people ’ involved as possible , this was in danger of being frustrated by the sheer bureaucracy of the process . |
| 23 | Even if one is not concerned with broader issues of social policy , one has at times a sense of being overwhelmed by the sheer extent of the work that needs to be done to support very old people and their carers , often reinforced by personal anxiety about one 's own relatives . |
| 24 | Scotland 's wild salmon population is in danger of being overwhelmed by the farmed variety , according to the findings of a study conducted by the Atlantic Salmon Trust . |
| 25 | Apart from the embarrassment of being watched by the entire lounge , I was also in agony and consequently limped out of customs to greet my mum . |
| 26 | That was the freakish effect of blast for you , so powerful , yet capable of being deflected by the flimsiest thing , always choosing the line of least resistance . |
| 27 | Despite being described by the right hon. Member for Finchley ( Mrs. Thatcher ) , then Prime Minister , as both ’ unassailable ’ and ’ brilliant , brilliant , brilliant ’ , he is given a much lower rating by contemporary Conservative opinion . |
| 28 | And , the indications are that Gazza has a chance , despite being slammed by the Italian press for his first half display on Sunday . |
| 29 | Upon being introduced by the special needs coordinator as the new tutor to a group of students with severe learning difficulties , I heard several groans of ‘ Oh no , we thought we 'd got rid of you … ’ . |
| 30 | Anybody would think the birds and monkeys benefited from being fooled by the remote resemblance ! |