Example sentences of "it [be] [verb] by [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is succeeded by a third stage at which the tension between conformity and care , selfishness and responsibility , is dissipated by a self which , in Gilligan 's words ‘ becomes the arbiter of an independent judgment that now subsumes both conventions and individual needs under the moral principle of non-violence ’ ( Gilligan , 1977 , p. 492 ) . |
| 2 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 3 | The centre of the circle is stabilised when it is occupied by a fourth dot . |
| 4 | Not only does the house contain one of the most interesting ‘ collections of collections ’ , but it is surrounded by the first pleasure garden to be run entirely organically in the National Trust . |
| 5 | It is alleged by the fourth plea , that the defendant 's testator never requested the plaintiff to enter into the engagement to marry , or to marry , and that there never was any consideration for the testator 's promise , except what may be collected from the letter itself set out in the declaration . |
| 6 | The first category , compare and contrast positive and negatives , involves a comparison between positive and negative adjectives describing the person used together to form the final opinion ; for example , ‘ [ I ] weighed all good points against all bad points ’ or ‘ as far as I was able to tell , every person was described by three positive/favourable adjectives and three negative/unfavourable ones … just as an impression was formed it was negated by the 5th or 6th words , giving it a cancelling out effect . |
| 7 | It was followed by the first tractors , the little grey Fergusons . |
| 8 | Tala-Tala , he explained , five miles up the road , had the first church on Koraloona because it was built by the first missionaries to arrive on the island . |
| 9 | Militant Hindus have been trying to destroy the mosque at Ayodhya for years because they believe it was built by the 16th Century Moslem invaders . |
| 10 | It was bought by the first buyers for the purpose of reselling in smaller quantities to be compounded into food for cattle and poultry and was resold by them for compounding into pig and poultry food . |
| 11 | It brought to an end the era of amphibians and it was introduced by the next great group to appear , the reptiles . |