Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [prep] some [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Terence Johnson has pointed to the limits that can be placed on some professions by their clients or employers . |
| 2 | Finally , remember that if a cold front is due in the summer-time , it may be preceded by some hours by a line of unpredicted severe squalls and storms . |
| 3 | This epidemiological picture , typical of temperate countries , may be modified in some areas by factors such as climate or husbandry . |
| 4 | If osteonecrosis is diagnosed early enough , collapse of the subchondral bone and progression of the disease may be averted in some patients by decreasing the stresses across the affected joint and by training mobility . |
| 5 | Other researchers express more cautious optimism as they point out that the carbon dioxide fertilization effect may be offset in some regions by changes in climate . |
| 6 | Such kinds of nationalism , which may be strengthened in some cases by the dominance of a particular religion , are not , in their most intense form , generally conducive to the development of a liberal democratic society , as may be seen from certain current trends in Eastern Europe . |