Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [vb pp] by the [adj] " in BNC.

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31 It is arguable that the design of the system should be dictated by the optimal information flow , in which case the simplest approach would be to use these sources of knowledge in a serial fashion , with a uni-directional flow of information .
32 By the laws of hospitality , they should be bound by the strictest rules of honour , custom , decency , each one to help and preserve and defend all the others .
33 And of course if they 're doing the job probably should be licensed by the local authority in any case .
34 ‘ It should be opposed by the Labour Party as well as by Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats , ’ he told the BBC Radio 4 Today programme .
35 The union supported the idea of a national wage for seafarers , determined by and supervised by a National or London Joint Committee of the parties concerned and corresponding Local Joint Committees but proposed that labour should be supplied by the National Sailors ' and Firemen 's Union .
36 Under Cromwell , the truly radical Diggers demanded that all commons and wastes should be cultivated by the poor in communal ownership .
37 This objective is clearly rejected by the majority who apparently consider that a woman 's right to choose should be protected by the criminal law in limited circumstances only .
38 Ministers insisted that both projects should be financed by the private sector and the Channel Tunnel Act specifically prohibits the British Government from subsidising either the tunnel or transport infrastructure linked to it .
39 Of course there would be some non-contentious business , perhaps quite a lot ; but even then , there must also be the reservation that nothing should be disclosed by the one group to the other which might prejudice its case when the business was contentious .
40 The Ulster politicians should be told by the British Government that maintaining law and order in the Province will require a reassessment of financial priorities to relieve the burden of the mainland taxpayer .
41 Services which ideally should be provided by the statutory sector are instead being provided by voluntary agencies which are heavily dependent on fundraising and/or State aid .
42 Clinical care ( both inpatient and outpatient care should be provided by the same medical team )
43 A SENIOR English judge called for a review of the conduct of serious fraud cases yesterday after ordering that an American lawyer 's defence costs should be paid by the British taxpayer .
44 Disclosure that a particular Committee had dealt with a matter might lead to argument about the status of the decision or demands that it should be endorsed by the whole Cabinet .
45 Just a few months ago , Opposition Members were telling us that trust hospitals would fail and that they should be judged by the simple test of whether they do more or less work on NHS patients .
46 As a general rule , rugs employing bolder , more overtly geometric compositions should be judged by the same criteria as nomadic rugs , particularly if they are also dyed in a limited palette of austere or primary shades .
47 In contrast , the finest and most prestigious village rugs should be judged by the same standards as workshop items .
48 The motion was defeated , however , despite Salifou 's arguments that recognition of Taiwan breached Niger 's commitments to China and violated a resolution of the previous year 's national conference that international commitments should be respected by the transitional government .
49 This motion should therefore be dealt with by the committee itself but before it is , it should be considered by the relevant local authority industrial conference .
50 The interests of the deaf in various towns should be watched by the local agents , and grievances if fully substantiated be published in the organ of the Association .
51 It was therefore entirely fitting that , in the celebrated Ealing comedy about the last age of steam , The Titfield Thunderbolt should be driven by the local vicar and fired by a visiting bishop .
52 The programme should be guided by the general principles given in Part 2 but these are flexible enough to allow modification to suit different families ' individual needs .
53 It also recommends that the future development of general SVQs should be guided by the broad principles set out in the Howie report .
54 Schools should be approved by the Royal Yachting Association .
55 THE £3 billion Channel Tunnel high-speed rail link and the £300 million Heathrow Express line are to go ahead , Chancellor Norman Lamont announced yesterday.But the future of the £1.7 billion cross-London rail link Crossrail appeared less certain with Mr Lamont saying the scheme was now going to be a joint venture between the public and private sectors.The much-delayed 68-mile Channel Tunnel fast link will not go into London 's King 's Cross station as British Rail hoped , but instead will terminate at neighbouring St Pancras — a less expensive option.But Mr Lamont did say that Government money would be put into the scheme which could be completed by the end of the decade.The 15-mile Paddington-Heathrow fast link — a joint venture between BR and airport operator BAA — will be started later this year and should be finished by the second half of 1997 .
56 EXPORTS should be boosted by the effective devaluation of the pound .
57 We are asked to reiterate that ALL Tutors must apply for the End of Module Tests from the N.E.C. Application for the Tests should be accompanied by the following information , giving three weeks notice or more .
58 In support of one of these views , James Michie ( 1964 : 9 ) writes in his translator 's preface " It is better that Horace should be " done down " into English than that he should be undone by the gradual disappearance of Latin from our culture " .
59 The Homunculi are not truly intelligent , and can be taken in by any subterfuge along these lines if they fail an Int test ( which should be modified by the role-play skill of the adventurers ) .
60 For that reason , too , such investigations should be directed by the mainstream staff themselves .
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