Example sentences of "[noun pl] [am/are] [verb] [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nervous riders are taken on by Blue Well Riding Centre ( Tel : 0267 202274 ) at Pencader , Dyfed , limited to four guests only on the Monday to Friday courses . |
| 2 | I appreciate that scientists may believe our characteristics and tendencies are passed on by genetic inheritance ; I accept that Jung favoured the concept of an ancestral ‘ memory bank ’ to which we are all capable of tuning in . |
| 3 | It must be the case that the norms of these variable states are agreed on by internal consensus in the communities concerned . |
| 4 | The SAWS points to cases where outstanding women associates are passed over by younger , less experienced men sharing the same school tie . |
| 5 | The owners ' subjective opinions are borne out by objective facts . |
| 6 | Mr Fenney also has been ordered to comply with a landscaping scheme ; close the centre by 9pm every evening ; and make sure that his floodlights are switched off by that time . |
| 7 | Probably the extra words are left in by most draftsmen because of understandable caution . |
| 8 | The most extensive tracts are taken up by five dairy farms . |
| 9 | Most successful companies are bought out by large customers who see them as a way of getting into new technologies . |
| 10 | The economics involved may mean some smaller ITV companies are taken over by larger ones or even open to takeover from Continental broadcasters . |
| 11 | But uncertainties are smoothed over by this idealization of a historically and socially specific , juridical concept of power ( Hussain 1981 ) . |
| 12 | So nothing at Barnsley House is too grand … and the broader vistas are broken up by judicious planting of trees and shrubs.As for the flower borders … they owe more to the Victorian cottage than to the stately home : |
| 13 | Wing movements are brought about by powerful muscles , the depressor and elevator pectoral muscles . |
| 14 | Cleaning and other domestic duties are carried out by Domestic Assistants , and every EPH has cooking staff , clerical support , and help with gardening and building maintenance , generally provided by a gardener/handyman . |
| 15 | As state functions are taken over by private companies , even if made up of ex-civil servants , we will find them dropping out of the public records net . |
| 16 | He fears they could become targets of revenge attacks if Serb planes are shot down by United Nation forces . |
| 17 | Expectations are built up by past experience of an author 's books , by a title , by the book 's dust jacket , and by its illustrations . |
| 18 | Small droplets are spun out by rotary discs rather than being forced through a nozzle , |
| 19 | Citation counts are carried out by unskilled operators . |
| 20 | Four out of five of our guests are worn out by 17.30 , when tuition finishes . |
| 21 | These observations are backed up by those of Tina , a 15-year-old born in Camden but now living in Gerrard 's Cross , a small , affluent town 25 miles from London . |
| 22 | The goods are sent on by large waggons , and meet us at Loch Crinan ; while the ‘ Cygnet ’ or the ‘ Plover ’ puffs along right merrily , and we sit down to have a quiet look at the bonnie bits of scenery that are everywhere meeting us . |
| 23 | The officers are backed up by four different police cars . |
| 24 | The officers are backed up by four police cars whose job is to try to keep up with the train on nearby roads and help catch the faster of the trespassers fleeing from their colleagues on the trackside . |
| 25 | Ida McAninly , of St Albans Street , Tow Law , says it 's years since she stood on Witton Park Station , but the memories are brought back by this photograph . |
| 26 | As these wastes are broken down by physical , chemical , and bacterial action , they gradually form ‘ humus ’ , a highly important binding factor in the formation of stable soil crumbs or tilth and in the transformation of minerals into soluble plant nutrients . |
| 27 | The number of large publishers is much smaller — a figure of a few hundred , steadily diminishing as the smaller independent firms are taken over by large conglomerates . |
| 28 | Finstat 's figures are dragged down by that spread , as a market index is not . |
| 29 | Budgeting loans are paid back by weekly deductions from benefit . |
| 30 | Transparent hues predominate , while the edges are drawn in by both scraping back to the white ground and by applying dark lines with a gutta nib , a method also used with the watercolour . |