Example sentences of "this [be] [verb] by the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In our caricature , this is supported by the following incident .
2 This is supported by the few studies specifically of rural areas ; Moseley and Townroe ( 1973 ) found that immigrant firms in East Anglia retained most of their original linkages outside the region , and Hodge and Whitby ( 1979 ) , in a study of the eastern Scottish Borders , found that few in-migrant firms had important local linkages .
3 This is supported by the large range of so-called ‘ Motto beakers ’ produced in the Rhineland , and especially at Trier where they are known as Spruchbecher .
4 The conclusion to be drawn is that monotony is clearly associated with work dissatisfaction , and this is supported by the large number of housewives who mentioned monotony spontaneously at various points in the interview .
5 The effects of TPA on intact HGT-1 cells are therefore likely to be mediated by effects on the activity of the adenylate cyclase system , and this is supported by the direct effect of TPA on histamine stimulated adenylate cyclase activity in the isolated membrane fraction .
6 Lord Denning has gone further than any other judge in demonstrating a willingness to require legal representation even where this is prohibited by the procedural rules governing the body in question .
7 This is followed by the binary pixel data , compressed with bit oriented Run Length Limitation coding ( see box ) .
8 This is followed by the successive removal of the ascending ramus , leaving just the mandibular body ( Fig. 3.14 K-N ) .
9 This is followed by the ready display , confirming that the Solution is ready to dive , which alternates approximately every 30 seconds with the dive planning display .
10 This is followed by the inevitable pain on micturition described as passing ‘ a red-hot iron ’ or ‘ pieces of broken glass ’ or , by one patient , as if he had ‘ razors in his pipe ’ .
11 But this is overcome by the successive production series , which make it possible to incorporate improvements suggested by experience , once they have been fully thought out .
12 This is given by the following relationship :
13 The expected value of any bet such as this is given by the appropriate point on line C , and reading across from point X to curve A reveals that this gamble is only worth £210 with certainty to A , and £400 likewise to B. Thus suppose A were to win a lottery ticket carrying a 50 per cent chance of £1000 it could be sold to B for , say , £300 and both would feel better off ( before the final outcome had been revealed ) .
14 For instance , Poulantzas ( 1975 , p.21 ) : ‘ it is the social division of labour , in the form that this is given by the specific presence of political and ideological relations actually within the production process , which dominates the technical division of labour . ’
15 As you know this is done by the Social Work Department for their volunteers as required by a Scottish Office circular .
16 But he made no reference to how this is contradicted by the ministerial rule book , which states :
17 This is represented by the tie-line CD in the phase diagram .
18 All this is matched by the superb facilities at our hotel : swimming pool , squash , badminton and tennis courts , solarium and sauna , to name but a few .
19 This is advocated by the National Association of Citizens ’ Advice bureaux , the Money Advice Association and the Consumer Congress . ’
20 This is confirmed by the only formal record of their relationship : an indenture drawn up between the two men in 1474 , but embodying an agreement made in the previous year before the king and his council .
21 This is confirmed by the only formal record of their relationship : an indenture drawn up between the two men in 1474 , but embodying an agreement made in the previous year before the king and his council .
22 This is confirmed by the following table of world-class champions and contenders from middle-class backgrounds .
23 This is confirmed by the solid way in which the doors close , the even panel fit and the shut lines on the test car .
24 He seems to have at least gained some contact with his thought-penetration circuits and this is confirmed by the smelly fumes of wood smoke and melting plastic that wriggle their way into the atmosphere of the carriage .
25 This is confirmed by the Socialist International itself in its Council Circular No C1/88 ( dated 20/1/88 ) where these two Italian parties appear in the list of ‘ member parties ’ ( pages 6–21 ) .
26 This is regarded by the present government , along with its proposals for a national curriculum , as a means of enhancing the quality of education , and making schools more accountable to parents in a system of schooling that it is intended will be more consumer oriented .
27 This is achieved by the effective implementation of the group health and safety policy and by formulating and applying a local health and safety policy to meet the following goals :
28 This is achieved by the Digital Servo Interface which , for elegance and simplicity , uses a single chip , preprogrammed i.c. ( see Fig 3 ) to both generate the variable pulse width signals for the servos and decode commands from the host computer .
29 How this is achieved by the colluding firms varies depending on the circumstances of the market , and the product .
30 This is witnessed by the growing number of people with membership of various conservation societies and in recent major international documents such as The World Conservation Strategy , the Global Possible , the consensus at the Second International Conference on Population and , within the USA , Global 2000 .
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