Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Three species of arctic residents , Lapland longspurs , snow buntings and rock ptarmigan , are joined annually by a dozen species of long-distance migrants — red-throated divers ( loons ) Gavia stellata , arctic terns Sterna paradisaea , oldsquaw Clangula hyemalis , common and king eider Somateria mollissima and S . |
| 2 | Yachts wishing to use the canal are limited only by a maximum mast height of 80ft ( 24.5m ) . |
| 3 | These are faults — which is where John McEnroe comes in — that are smoothed out by a second distillation . |
| 4 | Sometimes the salespeople carry out merchandising activities like building up shelf displays , providing window stickers and in-store advertising , although sometimes these duties are carried out by a separate merchandiser or team of merchandisers , particularly when some form of demonstration or product promotion is required . |
| 5 | In The Lost Ship , for instance , a couple of merchant navy apprentices , overboard by accident from a tanker , are picked up by a sinister couple planning to snatch gold from a wreck on a Caribbean island , and in Horseshoe Reef a similar young couple is rescued from shipwreck by a strange , isolated family with criminal intentions . |
| 6 | Above left : Large silk bows adorned with trailing gold stars are watched over by a golden cherub and help to liven up the staircase |
| 7 | In the end these separate plans are cobbled together by a central planning department and adjusted to make them compatible . |
| 8 | Speakers of a common language , by contrast , are bound together by a moral practice . |
| 9 | The two sentences are bound together by a cohesive tie . |
| 10 | The knowledge of God and the knowledge of ourselves are bound together by a mutual tie . |
| 11 | It is , however , unseen and unsuspected by travellers along the road and its charms are known only by a relative few who have discovered its existence during their wanderings in the area . |
| 12 | MiLAN products are distributed worldwide by a growing network of committed resellers , VARs , and OEMs . |
| 13 | But for now the transepts and choir are undergoing restoration and are blocked off by a wooden screen . |
| 14 | These are followed up by a short course on computer simulation in Physics for all students in third year . |
| 15 | This arrangement permits a very well balanced sail plan where both mainsail and genoas are worked easily by a small crew . |
| 16 | It is possible for a series of nick points to migrate up a stream and for the whole series to coalesce when they are held up by a resistant bed . |
| 17 | The enthusiasm sometimes generated by a teachers ' centre whose advisory courses are backed up by a practical service can be considerable , and most valuable . |
| 18 | Her views are backed up by a 1989 Home Office report on fear of crime , chaired by Michael Grade . |