Example sentences of "be [adv] [vb pp] by [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although covered by thick Tertiary basalts and Lough Neagh Clay , its western margin has been successfully mapped by reconnaissance Vibroseis . |
| 2 | Among the developing nations that are worst affected by soil erosion are Mexico , Ethiopia and many more African states , as well as India , Pakistan and China ( see review in Brown and Wolf 1984 ) . |
| 3 | His throat had been badly scarred by praxis gas during a bankruptcy action three years ago , and his words came out sounding like fingernails scratching glass . |
| 4 | Kelly revealed his anguish over the case that sparked a fierce debate in soccer and said : ‘ Would the game 's interests have been better served by Blissett spending Christmas in jail ? ’ |
| 5 | Insects , like all animals , are greatly affected by body temperature . |
| 6 | Only the valence levels are greatly affected by molecule formation , as this is where the bonding actually occurs . |
| 7 | The budget of the Horton generally puts day to day work has got to better reflect the fact that there 's a growing district Hospital , and has got to better reflect the size of the population it serves , and then also about a third of the patients that are treated at the Horton come from Warwickshire , Northamptonshire and Gloucestershire , but actually the Horton is funded as if every patient there comes from Oxfordshire , and that 's clearly crazy , and we 've got to make quite sure that cross-boundary flows of patients are better reflected by cross boundary flows of money . |
| 8 | The Nature Conservancy Council reports that 10 per cent of its Sites of Special Scientific Interest are annually contaminated by spray drift . |
| 9 | Private renting has now been largely replaced by owner occupation and council renting and manufacturing jobs have increasingly disappeared , whilst managerial and professional jobs have shown a rapid increase . |
| 10 | Many functionalists maintain that the order and stability they see as essential for the maintenance of the social system are largely provided by value consensus . |
| 11 | The exemption is granted because the beneficiaries are already protected by trust law and therefore do not need to be protected by the COB Rules . |
| 12 | The interaction between the two rings is so weak that there is incomplete association in both the solid state and in solution ; the free radicals present are easily detected by ESR spectroscopy . |
| 13 | In contrast , the unconjugated , carboxylic , bile acids are easily precipitated by calcium phosphate . |
| 14 | Birthmarks are easily removed by laser treatment . |
| 15 | It has been specially developed by Sun Alliance to protect you and your family against the financial consequences of a permanently disabling accident . |
| 16 | Worth £3 each , the ProSport supports , which are worn just below the elbow , have been specially designed by Seton Healthcare specifically for tennis elbow sufferers . |
| 17 | ‘ Fatalities are usually caused by smoke inhalation , ’ said Mr Burnett . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , many directors do not have even a basic social work qualification but are more influenced by business management . |
| 19 | Professor Robert Davies , of Bart 's , has pointed out that exhaust pollution explains the curious fact that city dwellers these days are more affected by hay fever than those in the country . |
| 20 | the youngsters are partly funded by Grampian Enterprise 's Skillseekers at the current maximum level per trainee . |
| 21 | A bit of Euro savvy is de rigueur these days — so while Tarling and Freedman 's suits and jackets are clearly inspired by Savile Row , they are made in soft , lightweight tweeds and worsteds , with a far more relaxed fit and gentle construction . |
| 22 | For him , even choices which are clearly dictated by subject matter are part of style : it is part of the style of a particular cookery book that it contains words like butter , flour , boil and bake ; and it is part of the style of Animal Farm that it contains many occurrences of pigs , farm , and Napoleon . |
| 23 | Ex-Croydon No. 386 at Thornton Heath terminus , after the track had been slightly extended by London Transport . |
| 24 | Police activities are also affected by public opinion , which is itself fed by the media response to the published statistics . |
| 25 | It could also be because there was also a noticeable increase in the incidence of liver cirrhosis discharges during this period and the most liver cirrhosis cases are also caused by alcohol abuse in Finland . |
| 26 | The Bari lands are also threatened by coal mining , and national oil company Maraven has begun seismic tests in the area . |
| 27 | These drawings had been carefully assembled by Thomas Coke , First Earl of Leicester , in the first half of the eighteenth century , as part of the great collection for which Holkham was conceived and built . |
| 28 | Further refinements developed : for example , Dejerine ( 1982 ) described a patient whose disorder in the processing of written language was confined to its perception — that is , this patient could still write normally , even though his reading had been severely impaired by brain damage . |
| 29 | ** A report by Scottish National Heritage , English Nature and the Countryside Council for Wales shows that 25 per cent of the area of the UK 's sites of special scientific interest ( SSIs ) have been severely damaged by acid fallout from power stations , industry and vehicle exhausts . |
| 30 | The Flow Country , one of the largest areas of blanket bog in the world , covers some 400,000 hectares , of which one-sixth has been severely damaged by conifer afforestation . |