Example sentences of "[pers pn] are [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Wyndham Lewis wrote in The Listener : ‘ On entering the gallery you are overwhelmed by a rancid vegetation , tropically gigantic … |
| 2 | While nestling behind your drink in the upstairs bar you are surrounded by a veritable rainforest of shrubs and plants — with a great view of Belfast Lough . |
| 3 | Personally , I think that if we can obtain in Cambridgeshire a federation of WEA student groups which will be represented on the Rural Areas Committee of the Extra-Mural Board in the same way as we are represented by a kindred federation in Bedfordshire , there will not be anything lost from the WEA point of view , in the Board being recognised as the responsible body . |
| 4 | John Stuart Mill notices this ( he quotes the sentence in question , italicising ‘ and of individual qualities ’ ) , and proceeds ( 1 ) to ask what is meant by an ‘ individual quality ’ ; ( 2 ) as if he knows the answer to this question ( namely , the individual qualities of an object are ‘ the individual and instantaneous impressions which it produces in us ’ ) , to deny that predicating a quality of an object is predicating of it one of its individual qualities ; and ( 3 ) to say what it is to predicate a quality of an object ( namely , ‘ to assert that the object affects us in a manner similar to that in which we are affected by a known class of objects ’ ) . |
| 5 | When we ascribe a quality to an object we intend to assert that the object affects us in a manner similar to that in which we are affected by a known class of objects . |
| 6 | At the beginning we are confronted by a huge battle which leads on to the deaths of loyal knights . |
| 7 | It is a fundamental assumption for structural sociology that when we are born we are confronted by a social world which is just as real — at least in its consequences for our behaviour — as other realities which we also confront . |
| 8 | As we study its shape , its size , its layout in relation to the parish church , and the details of its topography , we are confronted by a whole series of questions . |
| 9 | Often when we meet together we are distracted by a thousand thoughts . |
| 10 | They are raised by a separate arm of government — Customs and Excise . |
| 11 | They are distinguished by a sensitive use of imagery and a firm construction . |
| 12 | Wherever they go they are escorted by a vast armada of local dignitaries , including the Lord Lieutenant , the Mayor or Mayoress , complete with the chains of office , the Chief Constable of Police and every last member of the town council . |
| 13 | They are separated by a thin layer of a very complex organic material . |
| 14 | Microscopically they are characterised by a shallow buccal capsule with three teeth . |
| 15 | It is relatively unimportant what these conditions are called as long as they are characterised by a sufficient number of symptoms of depression to be definable as cases . |
| 16 | They are spurred by a marked sense of vocation : they are of the generation which grew up after the war when pollution came to be popularly identified as a serious problem needing urgent attention . |
| 17 | They are able to do this because they are formed by a special type of cell division , during which the 46 chromosomes in the body cells of the father and the mother assort into 23 pairs , following which the two members of each pair segregate , so that the resulting germ cells receive only 23 chromosomes . |
| 18 | First , Rutter regards as comparatively small the reductions of two to seven points in IQ now being associated with lead pollution , whereas I view such effects as extremely serious when they are suffered by a major proportion of a whole generation of urban children . |
| 19 | Prices are extremely strong for these works and they are represented by a tightly-knit circle of dealers who belong to the Dealers Association and control the market . |
| 20 | They are linked by a narrow ridge which dips in the middle to a saddle . |
| 21 | Such treatment does not improve germination ( they are protected by a hard endocarp during their animal passage ) , but seedlings grow up in dung piles in clearings : the species is shade-intolerant . |
| 22 | They are surrounded by a new aura of meaning ’ ( 1965 : 129 ) . |
| 23 | And so began one of the most successful record production partnerships of the decade — the glitzy music biz rewards of which are an impressive collection of gold discs , hanging along the stairwell at Street Mansions and continuing up into the studio , where they are accompanied by a blown-up print of The Beatles hard at work in the studio on the ‘ Let It Be ’ sessions . |
| 24 | Entries will remain copyright of the entrant but can only be returned if they are accompanied by a large stamped addressed envelope . |
| 25 | But I will accept personal cheques up to fifty pounds if they are accompanied by a valid cheque card . |
| 26 | Pyracanthas have three seasons of interest but here they are augmented by a climbing rose in a suitably harmonious shade . |
| 27 | They are managed by a joint group which includes the consultant , a principal psychologist and a social services specialist advisor . |
| 28 | They are succeeded by a big workshop known as the Leagros Group . |
| 29 | If some of those who proposed it are proved right in several years ' time , I hope that I will admit as much , but I have grave doubts nevertheless , and they are shared by a large number of heavyweight people in the Scottish universities . |
| 30 | The most common occasion when the agreement is drafted by the seller 's solicitors is when the seller is offering a company on a tender basis under which information about the company , together with a draft contract , is sent out to those who express interest and they are required by a specified date to indicate the price they would be prepared to pay for the company and , often , the changes that they would request to the contract . |