Example sentences of "have [adv] be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reactions by pluralists to Marxist analysis of the Japanese state have rarely been characterized by rigorous argument . |
| 2 | The procedures used by advisory appointment committees to appoint consultants have long been governed by successive statutory instruments of parliament for one reason only — to protect the public . |
| 3 | Alloys of gold and silver with baser metals have long been controlled by established standards , first for coinage and then for plate , such as the English sterling standard guaranteed by a hallmark . |
| 4 | Indeed , lady 's slipper , skullcap , valerian and other herbs have long been known by Western herbalists to have such calming effects . |
| 5 | Bangor , Co Down , Glengormley , Co Antrim , and a housing estate in south Belfast have all been blasted by huge IRA bombs . |
| 6 | Transitory increases in the prevalence of HIV antibody have all been explained by imported infection . |
| 7 | The remaining lines to the right have all been climbed by various combinations of Newton , McGinley and Liz Wade . |
| 8 | While it remains to be seen which , if any , of these options is adopted , it is not very encouraging that in recent years a number of offers of adoption have apparently been made by national bodies , only to be discouraged by the DES . |
| 9 | The structures of Employee Involvement have only been accepted by salaried staff ; shopfloor unions have refused to make a formal commitment to the programme , which is regarded as contrary to the established contractual job-control orientation of workplace trade unions . |
| 10 | Conservative Members have obviously been briefed by Conservative central office , because they can not find anything good to say about their Government , so they give central office speeches attacking the Labour party and asking what it would do . |
| 11 | Erm wo n't take up much time Chairman , because I think most of the points I want to cover have already been covered by previous speakers . |
| 12 | West Thurrock and Ironbridge have already been converted by National Power . |
| 13 | Poor bus services have already been identified by new town bosses who want to carry out a full traffic survey with interested bodies , including Lothian Regional Council . |
| 14 | But roughly every five years a tide of warm water ( up to 30°C ) flows down the coast from the equator ; the nutrients in this water have already been removed by equatorial plankton . |
| 15 | A further weakness of the theory is that it does not explain why so much hooligan activity is based on fan rivalries within the working class ; nor can it deal with Wagg 's ( 1984:198 ) observation that ‘ the most notable attempts by a club 's following to prevent it parting with a popular player or manager have usually been initiated by middle-class people ’ . |
| 16 | The big decisions thrown up by PESC have always been taken by full Cabinet , though Macmillan set a precedent followed by future prime ministers when he established in autumn 1960 a small Ministerial Action Group on Public Expenditure , known as ‘ Magpie ’ . |
| 17 | The chosen section is usually in the open areas behind the goals — areas of the ground which have traditionally been occupied by working-class men since the grounds were built . |
| 18 | This year , as in previous years , the Library 's printed collections have also been enhanced by generous donations from both private citizens and institutional donors . |
| 19 | Other accords under the peace process , chiefly the denial of support for regional insurgency , have also been threatened by recent events . |
| 20 | The scheme 's finances have also been hit by low prices for recycled waste , partly caused by the vast quantities now being collected . |
| 21 | The United Kingdom Government has shared the Committee 's reservations as to the excessive use of Article 118A , and these have also been supported by other Member States in the Council . |
| 22 | But some important political changes , as I suggested , have also been achieved by peaceful means . |
| 23 | Local government services , afflicted by heavy cut-backs , have also been characterized by increasing politicization . |
| 24 | ‘ Groups such as the GC have often been assisted by sympathetic groups , and it is not necessarily the case that the whole construction of the bomb was Libyan and that Libya was responsible for designing it . ’ |
| 25 | Similar criticisms of these explanations have often been formulated by sociologically-based theories which attempt to reflect the connections between the legal system and the political , cultural and economic systems . |
| 26 | Sensationalist stories in the tabloids about his life and activities have often been followed by curt retractions . |
| 27 | Firm judgments of the cases he has investigated have often been accompanied by hard-hitting comments about the problems his office has encountered . |
| 28 | Shared assumptions and values , including those about local government , have now been replaced by competing visions of Britain 's future . |
| 29 | The CAI programmes have now been replaced by direct information retrieval systems — the Query Analysis System and the Public Information System . |
| 30 | Charles Dollar of the National Archives and Records Administration ( NARA ) ( USA ) wrote some early studies ( e.g. 1971 ) and these have now been followed by numerous articles in Archivaria , American Archivist , the publication of special reports , and the summaries of meetings ( e.g. Research Issues … 1991 ) . |