Example sentences of "be [verb] by the [noun] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These factors are given : their meaning can not be altered by the tribunal itself . |
| 2 | Much of this can be explained by the cooptation which has taken place through the mechanism of clientelism . |
| 3 | John Gillis has shown from a study of the London Foundling Hospital that higher servants , such as ladies ' maids , seem to have been particularly vulnerable which may be explained by the contradictions they experienced in attempting to combine customs of courtship and marriage appropriate to women of their class backgrounds with the standards of conduct expected by their employers . |
| 4 | The structured interview will be favoured by the researcher who attaches great importance to the objectivity of the research , and who wishes to produce entirely statistical data . |
| 5 | Let it be given by the entrepreneur himself , all-seeing , omnipresent and ever available , whose personal orders are reinforced by the personal example which his employees have constantly before their eyes . ’ |
| 6 | Naturally this enforcement pattern could be justified by the inspectorate who see their primary function not as a kind of industrial police force , but more of a pastoral mission rounding up wayward factory owners and showing them the light and contentment to be gained from compliance with current standards of safety , health , and welfare required by law . |
| 7 | Unless the Government is prepared to come up with some cash there is a real danger that the Dearing vision will be blinded by the dust which the report is rapidly gathering . |
| 8 | ( Within each type , hierarchies may be distinguished by the elements they contain . ) |
| 9 | They shouted at him and he rode off on a bicycle , later to be stopped by the police who had been alerted to the incident . |
| 10 | The news might well be outdated by the time it reached the curia , messengers and even legates might be seized , as Cardinal Leo was by King Imre of Hungary , and the curial instructions might well be outdated when they reached their target . |
| 11 | In such a situation while the judge may rule that the case shall proceed and be considered by the jury it would not be the duty of counsel to cross-examine the defence witnesses or address the jury if he was of the view that it would not be proper to convict . |
| 12 | Here all disputes have first to be considered by the engineer who is the employer 's agent : the engineer 's function is to administer the contract and issue certificates and decisions in response to claims by the contractor for payment and claims of all kinds , such as claims for extensions of time in which to complete the works . |
| 13 | The various whirrings and whinings which may be emitted by the camcorder itself , not to mention any noises which you make while operating the controls , are liable to be faithfully picked up by the on-board microphone . |
| 14 | That will not be solved by the Opposition which , whatever happens tonight , will not get the chance to form a government and which does not deserve to anyway . |
| 15 | This is particularly important if the target was part of a group because some assets may not be owned by the company which uses them . |
| 16 | Sometimes the strong sense of form causes individuals to rise to the occasion or if they do not , their inadequacy can be contained by the form itself . |
| 17 | Such a claim can only be instituted by the union itself and not by the affected employees . |
| 18 | As is very much the fashion these days , the contract could be protested by the losers who in this case are believed to be Control Data Systems and its subcontractors . |
| 19 | 11 Do n't allow yourself to be dominated by the student who always knows , or thinks he knows , the answer or who is always asking you questions or giving his opinion on the state of the world . |
| 20 | The bodies supervised by such boards are likely to be dominated by the bureaucrats who run them , rather than nominees who supervise them , particularly since they will be able to hide behind all the defences of professional expertise with organizations which are larger than almost all the departments within individual local governments with which councillors will be familiar . |
| 21 | The day will be carried by the side which holds out longest . |
| 22 | It 'll all be forgotten by the time we do go back to town . |
| 23 | And after just a few sessions of treatment his parents were overjoyed to be told their son could be walking by the time they leave the Capital in April . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'm pretty fit and I do like cycling but I expect I 'll be shattered by the time I get to the end . |
| 25 | Once the most suitable candidate has been identified , it is ideal if he can be interviewed by the person who will be his immediate superior in the overseas post . |
| 26 | THIS YEAR nearly 20,000 houses will be built by the people who are going to live in them . |
| 27 | In addition , the Board of Inland Revenue must be indemnified by the people who were partners immediately before the first change , and by anyone joining the partnership on that or a later change , against any loss of tax arising on a partner 's claim that the election does not strictly comply with the provisions of s 113(2) and that the cessation basis should have been applied . |
| 28 | It has a strong emphasis on specific objectives ( related to a number of vocational choices to be made by the students themselves ) , to cross-curricular skills and to profile-reporting on progress . |
| 29 | Letting someone else decide — most often manifest in people applying for a wide range of jobs perhaps with little in , because they are unable to decide which is most appropriate for them and hoping that somehow the right choice will be made by the employers themselves . |
| 30 | We are involved in an exercise of partnership through sharing know-how with those republics in a wide variety of different areas , but any changes must necessarily be made by the republics themselves . |