Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [prep] [art] [noun pl] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ramblers With very few exceptions , the ramblers are distinguished from the climbers by flowering in one display of bloom and then no more , on long flexible stems that have developed the year before . |
| 2 | Henk Vlug of the Dutch Plant Protection Service has suggested that the beetles are attracted to the fields by the odour of manure and lay their eggs in the slits . |
| 3 | It is accepted that some 10 to 15 per cent of cases are seen outside the clinics by private or general practitioners , and it is unusual for these cases to be reported to the Department of Health . |
| 4 | Teachers ' expectations , stereotyping and labelling are seen as the mechanisms by means of which membership of an ethnic or gender group results in ethnic or sex disparities in achievements or in particular types of classroom behaviour . |
| 5 | All the medicines are prepared on the premises by the patients , participating quite literally in the process of their own cure . |
| 6 | 50 million gallons a day are pumped into the docks by British Waterways from the nearby River Severn . |
| 7 | The treads are housed into the strings by about 20mm ( ¾″ ) , or the strings can be cut and the treads rested on them . |
| 8 | The potential conflict in this species is removed because the flowers are pollinated above the branches by bees , the pedicels lengthening and becoming erect , to be lowered in fruit , when bats disperse the fruits from below the branches . |
| 9 | A more extensively used method , wet harvesting is far more efficient : the bogs are dammed , flooded with a foot of water and the ripe berries are dislodged from the vines by mechanical water reels , known as giant egg beaters . |
| 10 | Inns and hotels recommended as overnight stopping places are marked on the diagrams by asterisks and are mentioned in the text . ’ |
| 11 | The stimuli that trigger this action are usually moving objects that hang down from above , or toys that are thrown to the kittens by their owners . |
| 12 | Some of the designs are imported , others are composed in the factories by stylists — either an original design or one based on a specific order or according to the article 's intended market . |
| 13 | The bones are bound to each other by tough , flexible ligaments and are articulated at the joints by muscles . |
| 14 | The bones are bound to each other by tough , flexible ligaments and are articulated at the joints by muscles . |