Example sentences of "partly [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was partly formed by the stone facades located on Sites 1 , 2 and 9 , but elsewhere a series of morticed stones formed the foundation of a timber veranda . |
| 2 | The United Kingdom had a serious balance of payments problem in manufactured goods , which was only partly disguised by the revenue beginning to flood in from North Sea oil , which had a limited life . |
| 3 | She was just cheerfully fat , her obesity partly disguised by the fact that she , too , wore a Mother Hubbard . |
| 4 | As he was partly hidden by the foliage she could not see his face clearly — only that he was wearing a cap and carrying a suitcase . |
| 5 | This phenomenal growth in consumer debt is partly explained by the proliferation of credit and charge cards , which the marketing men sell as ‘ take the waiting out of wanting . |
| 6 | This phenomenal growth in consumer debt is partly explained by the proliferation of credit and charge cards , which the marketing men sell as ‘ take the waiting out of wanting . |
| 7 | This mass exodus is at least partly explained by the fact that St-Nom-La-Breteche is the course which will host the Girls ' European Junior Team championships from July 8–11 . |
| 8 | He knew then that the mystery of Titron was only partly explained by the secret biological warfare establishment . |
| 9 | The reason why so many more women than men suffer from Cystitis is partly explained by the way their bodies are made . |
| 10 | This long immunity undoubtedly owed something to their impeccable Yorkist background , and its termination may , conversely , be partly explained by the fall from favour of their other patron , the earl of Warwick . |
| 11 | This is partly explained by the high level of assumed shared knowledge in science and by the need to give an impression of objectivity in both genres . |
| 12 | The differences can be partly explained by the habits of parental care ; monogamous species often have biparental care , polygynous species maternal care , and polyandrous species paternal care . |
| 13 | This is partly explained by the ability of lawyers to advise on and negotiate settlements to the mutual satisfaction of the parties to the dispute . |
| 14 | Pension funds , too , have reduced their holdings of gilts , but in their case the reduction from 23% of total assets in 1979 to less than 10% in 1990 is partly explained by the attractiveness of equities in the rising market of the 80s . |
| 15 | This is partly explained by the fact that the countries and institutions that collectively wield the greatest power in the EEC have focused their attention on matters arising out of the Single European Act which have little to do with trade . |
| 16 | The reasons for this difference may be partly explained by the different techniques of measurement . |
| 17 | Indeed , the reason for the greater frequency of chronic diarrhoea in this study in comparison with others in the United Kingdom , may be partly explained by the subgroups of children who had recently travelled abroad and those who had an itinerant existance . |
| 18 | This long immunity undoubtedly owed something to their impeccable Yorkist background , and its termination may , conversely , be partly explained by the fall from favour of their other patron , the earl of Warwick . |
| 19 | The reported figures for failure of sclerotherapy vary widely from 5% to 60% , but this variation can be partly explained by the lack of a universal definition of ‘ failure of treatment ’ . |
| 20 | This may be partly explained by the large study population needed to show even a modest advantage ; the statistical power of the study being proportional to the number of deaths within the population . |
| 21 | Its success is partly explained by the fact that the intra-EMS exchange rate realignments that have been effected were deliberately confined to magnitudes which did not fully offset inflation rate differentials . |
| 22 | This glut of contracts can also be partly explained by the actions of some banks supporting their national exchanges , and by some governments ' policies through their tax legislation and regulation actions which are aimed at establishing a presence in what is thought to be an essential requirement for each country 's financial centre . |
| 23 | In the same conversational turn , he changes the topic to a lengthy , rhapsodic utterance on the flexing motion of the aircraft 's wings : Anderson 's sudden topic-change and subsequent change of register in the very lyrical statement about McKendrick 's cigarette smoke , is partly explained by the fear of flying which he admits to here , and which is indicated just before the topic-change in Stoppard 's stage directions — " … |
| 24 | The fortress at Silves has a courtyard that was lined and pinned and partly excavated by the time we arrived in the pouring rain to look at it . |
| 25 | But it was soon partly cancelled by the victory of the English-backed Montfortists at the battle of Auray , in southern Brittany , on 29 September 1364 , at which Charles de Blois was killed and du Guesclin , not for the last time , was taken prisoner . |
| 26 | Their problem can be partly solved by the use of a portable plastic bidet that can be filled at the washbasin , placed over the lavatory and emptied into it after use ( see Chapter 12 ) . |
| 27 | Perhaps that was an indication of the impending cash crisis , which was partly solved by the appointment of Richard Tonks . |
| 28 | That lay on the east side of Russell Road , now partly occupied by the Sauchiebank Industrial Estate . |
| 29 | The government also announced that it would be selling shares in enterprises owned or partly owned by the state and would be asking others to sign performance contracts . |
| 30 | The main danger now is that the gain in competitiveness will be eroded by inflation partly triggered by the rise in import costs . |