Example sentences of "[det] is [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 In addition , member states are allowed to exempt from the notification requirement what are termed ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ if they do not use the securities acquired to interfere in the company 's management ; the expression ‘ professional dealers in securities ’ may be confined to market makers ( as under the 1985 Companies Act ) but the expression does seem wide enough to include own account dealers as well and this is supported by the fact that the exemption applies even to professional dealers who are not members of a stock exchange , provided that they are authorised or supervised by a competent authority ( an investment bank , for example ) .
2 This is supported by the morphology of the postcrania , which is more similar in Dryopithecus fontani to the living great apes and humans than that seen in any other fossil hominoid .
3 This is followed by the drinking of the second cup of wine , the ‘ Hallel cup ’ .
4 This is followed by the ventilation tube only group and the adenoidectomy only group , whose survival curves are not significantly different .
5 This is followed by the development of a syntactic typology for the meaning descriptions , and the subsequent creation of parser-grammars for each part of speech .
6 This is followed by the statement that the testator ‘ knows ’ that everything Pamphilus receives from him will pass to the testator 's sons at Pamphilus ' death .
7 The theoretical underpinning for this is given by the theory of portfolio balance .
8 Some support for this is given by the nature of the pre-Permian encountered in the Wytch Farm well X14 ( Colter and Havard 1981 ) , which consists of phyllites with micas dated at 357–337 Ma .
9 By burning , tearing , or otherwise destroying a will , if this is done by the testator or any person in his presence and by his direction with the intention of revolting it .
10 This is done by the bank .
11 In England and Wales this is done by the coroner 's court , as indeed it is in some States in the USA and in Canada , and in Scotland it is the procurator fiscal who looks into the matter and will , if he considers it to be an appropriate case , raise the matter at a fatal accidents inquiry in the sheriff 's court .
12 Cyanotype produces an aged quality evoking the timelessness of the icon ; this is enhanced by the sheet of gold ( brass rubbing crayon melted onto the surface ) surrounding the mother and child .
13 This is prepared by the pursuer 's agents and is a statement of the pursuer 's case and the defender 's response , now including any alterations known as adjustments , made in course of the Adjustment Period , thus for example , if one has obtained a Medical Report which suggests that the pursuer is exaggerating his injuries and that he should have returned to work earlier than he did , appropriate statement to that effect should have been included in the Adjustment Period and will now be incorporated in the Closed Record .
14 This may well have contributed to the feeling that the UK was overtaxed , despite the fact that this is contradicted by the evidence ( see Table 16.5 below ) .
15 This is proven by the size of the company 's customer base and the loyalty customers have shown in the light of ever increasing competition .
16 Deep in their minds some whites have begun to think again what their ancestors thought , that blacks are genetically inferior in the traits that count for economic success , and that this is proven by the fact that blacks have lost ground as discrimination has retreated .
17 Indeed this is proven by the fact that some of the original 1 Squadron crews of 1950 were still flying in 2 Squadron Canberra medium bombers over South Vietnam over a decade later .
18 This is proven by the fact that they have recently given the go-ahead to introduce a wheelie-bin scheme which envisages no recycling whatsoever and at a cost to poll tax payers of £1.25m .
19 This is proven by the fact that they have recently given the go-ahead to introduce a wheelie-bin scheme which envisages no recycling whatsoever and at a cost to poll tax payers of £1.25m .
20 provenance of the drawing : this is represented by the number of prestigious collection stamps
21 This is represented by the channel in the drawing .
22 How much money you need to live on ( this is decided by the Government )
23 This is exacerbated by the fact that there are some extremists who would argue that psychology is nothing but a crude way of approaching brain function that has been superseded by advances in physiological technique .
24 This is exacerbated by the fact that , where car ownership levels are highest , demand for , and therefore provision of , public transport , will usually be the lowest ( Whitby and Willis 1978 ) .
25 This is exacerbated by the fact that capitalism has developed and been maintained throughout the twentieth century and is a very different system from that when Marx and Engels were writing .
26 In part this is assisted by the establishment of accounting standards .
27 In an interim report in July 1972 the Committee recommended that the main aims should be : ‘ ( a ) easier approval or re-approval when this is justified by the strength of a college ; ( b ) the development of a partnership between Council and colleges based on a reduction in the inspectoral function and a development in the advisory role of the Council ; ( c ) less documentation from colleges ’ .
28 This is undertaken by the Cabinet , the Cabinet Secretariat and then by the Treasury .
29 This is dictated by the fact that the purchaser knows little real detail about the business at the time the draft agreement is prepared .
30 ( Coal loses about 10 per cent of its potential energy in the conversion , but this is balanced by the reduction in pollutants produced during burning . )
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