Example sentences of "are [verb] [adv prt] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | are sucked back by the wet |
| 2 | Many of these buyers are turned off by the sleek lines and road-sensitive ride of classy European marques such as BMW and Mercedes-Benz . |
| 3 | These caps are pushed out by the permanent molars usually with little trouble but sometimes they can become lodged and require some outside assistance . |
| 4 | Palestinian camps are wiped out by the Jordanian army . |
| 5 | Finer particles are filtered out by the mechanical filtering action inside the box — usually using foam or brushes ( or both ) . |
| 6 | So females are retained in these groups , but males are driven out by the dominant male , whom Freud called the primal father . |
| 7 | In many cases public meetings are set up by the local Councillor , Community Council or local groups , and arrangements are therefore the responsibility of the organiser . |
| 8 | Some are pulled in by the package-holiday attractions of Ayia Marina , the island 's miniature experiment in Costa Bravado . |
| 9 | Unfortunately , it is not always these States which exert the most influence at ICAO divisional meetings where the policies are worked out by the national delegates that attend . |
| 10 | Sometimes working-class residents will live on peripheral council housing estates while older ‘ period ’ dwellings are taken over by the middle class . |
| 11 | These are blotted out by the dominant images of Christian England and the establishment and power of the greatest empire the world has ever seen . |
| 12 | Two of the government 's most important objectives are to reduce the proportion of the nation 's wealth consumed by the public sector and to reduce the extent to which individuals are held back by the public sector … |