Example sentences of "be [vb pp] by [adj] [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | Energy management systems may represent a major attempt to rationalise fuel consumption in non-domestic environments , but it remains to be seen how they will be received by such buildings ' occupants . |
| 2 | Indeed , following on from the government 's Next Steps agencies ( see below ) , for many government executive operations outturn information in departmental reports will , in future , be supplemented by individual agencies ' annual reports to Parliament . |
| 3 | Natural Gas Vehicles were also covered in some detail but as our public relations efforts seem to be hampered by these vehicles ' technical problems it 's difficult to be more positive than we have been . |
| 4 | As it was then understood : here again , Cole 's problem is to reconcile a course seen by the Pioneers themselves as treasonable , with the fact that it foreshadowed the policy to be followed by successful Consumers ' Co-operation , that policy which for its purposes made co-operative production incidental and subordinate to it and which most certainly did nothing to promote the development of an industrial co-operative sector properly so-called . |
| 5 | British trade unionists have therefore been pushing for a slightly different wording that European Works Council Representatives should be elected by current workers ' representatives wherever they exist . |
| 6 | These authorities indicate plainly enough that the agreement in the present case did not create a lease and that the tenancy from year to year enjoyed by the tenant as a result of entering into possession and paying a yearly rent can be determined by six months ' notice by either landlord or tenant . |