Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their qualifications are validated either by the British Accreditation Council for Independent Further and Higher Education ( BACIFHE ) or by one of the independent professional bodies such as the National Council for Drama Training or the Council for Dance Education , or are the college 's own non-validated certificates or diplomas . |
| 2 | Thus is perpetuated the unanswerable myth whereby all mysteries are explained away by the simple process of ascribing them to some remote and inaccessible ‘ god ’ who created everything . |
| 3 | Namely , they form unstable open complexes with the vegetative RNA polymerase that are stabilized either by the first NTPs , that allow the formation of an initiated complex , or by DNA supercoiling . |
| 4 | are sucked back by the wet |
| 5 | People are attracted more by the larger towns which ‘ take off ’ , growing rapidly in size . |
| 6 | For the most part they are confined there by the same spell which draws the magic to Ulthuan , but some things manage to find their way down to ravage the lands below . |
| 7 | The waters of the world 's oceans are tugged outwards by the gravitational pull of the moon : a hill of water forms in the middle of the ocean when the moon is appropriately positioned above it . |
| 8 | In such assemblies the individual piece-parts are related simply by the geometric relationships that occur by accident or are required by design . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Tides are destroyers and creators of coastlines — nibbling here , building there ; it is odd to think that our coasts are shaped largely by the gravitational energy of the moon . |
| 11 | These caps are pushed out by the permanent molars usually with little trouble but sometimes they can become lodged and require some outside assistance . |
| 12 | The adoral shields are overlain proximally by the oral shield but distally slightly widened , and in large specimens separate the oral shield from the first lateral arm plate . |
| 13 | Palestinian camps are wiped out by the Jordanian army . |
| 14 | Bilingualism arises when two or more languages are used alternately by the same speaker . |
| 15 | There is abundant evidence from a number of studies which shows that , apart from health visitors , these services are used more by the higher socio-economic groups . |
| 16 | In many cases several reasons for admission were stated ; clients are classified above by the prime reason as stated by the development officers . |
| 17 | La Fille Mal Gardée Ashton 's English comic masterpiece Above : Lise and Colas are drawn together by the pink ribbons ; below : Alain misses Lise 's kiss ( Wendy Ellis , Wayne Eagling , Guy Niblett and The Royal Ballet ) |
| 18 | These young gannets , or " gugas " [ the fat ones ] as they are called affectionately by the Gaelic-speaking islanders , were plucked and salted on the spot , then taken home to be stored as food . |
| 19 | At this time the universe would have contained mostly photons , electrons , and neutrinos ( extremely light particles that are affected only by the weak force and gravity ) and their antiparticles , together with some protons and neutrons . |
| 20 | Finer particles are filtered out by the mechanical filtering action inside the box — usually using foam or brushes ( or both ) . |
| 21 | The emphasis on the individual in medical science also camouflages the real causes of ill-health which are rooted in capitalist economic and social structures — poverty , unemployment , pollution , stressful and unsafe working conditions — the costs of which are borne primarily by the working class and help to explain the stability of class inequalities in health status . |
| 22 | Acquisition search services are provided primarily by the MAS group in Corporate Finance and by Strategy Services . |
| 23 | Another property of the transition series metals is their ability to form chemical bonds where the electrons are provided entirely by the other bonding species ( called ligands ) . |
| 24 | So females are retained in these groups , but males are driven out by the dominant male , whom Freud called the primal father . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Some are pulled in by the package-holiday attractions of Ayia Marina , the island 's miniature experiment in Costa Bravado . |
| 27 | These latter are run by boards whose chair is appointed by the Secretary of State and whose members are appointed partly by the regional health authority and partly by the Secretary of State after consulting the chair . |
| 28 | And although unemployment is likely to remain high for some time , many economists believe that pay settlements are influenced less by the absolute level of unemployment than by its rate of change : as unemployment starts to fall , the perceived threat to job-holders dwindles , so they push harder for pay rises . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | In each sentence , the subject and object are hinged together by the connecting verb , the verb that shows just what the subject is doing to the object . |