Example sentences of "and it be [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Control is exercised at the centre and it is characterised by informal webs of influence rather than formal procedures . |
| 2 | The study programme is essentially erm addressed towards erm Third World countries , and it is supported by British technical assistance , and therefore a number of the participants , a large number , are funded by technical assistance funds . |
| 3 | This Government is bankrupt of ideas and it is motivated by one thing , the need to survive . |
| 4 | This can already be guessed at from the demonic intensity of his most famous recordings , and it is confirmed by first-hand reports . |
| 5 | The structure of the international economy — that it is shaped by relations between national economies , each with their own dynamic , and it is characterized by one national economy in a hegemonic position . |
| 6 | There is indeed very extensive literature on their use as feed additives , and it is matched by that on the use of clays and cyanoferrates . |
| 7 | It results from and reflects power , patronage and politics in our society — and it is detested by those who must live for decades in its shadow . |
| 8 | The scheme is called Year in Industry and it is operated by Top Business Links — a company which helps businesses to communicate with schools . |
| 9 | I regard barbaric sport , not only perhaps as fox hunting but also such things as boxing , where two people , two individuals do their best to hit the life out of the other and it is watched by thousands of people . |
| 10 | Its horns are lyre-shaped and it is considered by some to be the ancestor of the Guernsey . |
| 11 | One of the greatest centres of renaissance art , Raphael and Brumante were born here and it is surrounded by massive ramparts , set amid rolling hills and dominated by the superb 15th century Palazzo Ducale . |
| 12 | Four voices , more or less unbroken , were singing the old Drifter 's classic ‘ Stand By Me ’ , and it was followed by ragged Turkish applause . |
| 13 | It proved to be a decisive victory for the Eighth Army and it was followed by further swift advances across northern Africa . |
| 14 | The practical effect of this is illustrated by the case of Strange ( SW ) Ltd v Mann [ 1965 ] 1 WLR 629 where at the time of entering the contract the business was exclusively a credit-betting business and it was accepted by all parties that the validity of the covenant fell to be tested without regard to the fact that subsequently betting shops became legal and that a betting shop had been set up by the plaintiff . |
| 15 | The loft ran the length of the house from front to back , and it was lit by two unshaded forty-watt bulbs . |
| 16 | By 1886 La Chapelle covered 60 hectares of land , and it was lit by electric light from 1877 . |
| 17 | It rose higher than the surrounding buildings and it was lit by clerestory windows below roof level . |
| 18 | Soviet leaders knew that war with America was unthinkable : NATO had been unable to match Soviet conventional strength in Europe because of the cost , but Dulles threatened ‘ massive retaliation ’ with nuclear weapons in the event of a Soviet threat to US vital interests and it was understood by 1955 that an atomic exchange in Europe would devastate the continent . |
| 19 | It was called the ‘ Scottish Enlightenment ’ , and it was fuelled by great minds and hearts . |
| 20 | Where ancillaries can not be afforded , their skills can often be found less conveniently amongst teaching staffs themselves , or else acquired ; and it was noted by many schools visited during the Resource Centre Project that a surprising potential sometimes existed in voluntary form in the community . |
| 21 | The rewriting of the syllabus began when Mary arrived and it was completed by 1980 . |
| 22 | According to the respondents all the disputes were resolved by an oral agreement which was concluded on 6 May 1988 whereby the first two respondents agreed to pay $100,000 to the petitioner and $50,000 to Omnicorp and it was agreed by all parties that the legal proceedings and threatened litigation with regard to all matters in dispute would be abandoned . |
| 23 | A further review of JTC was conducted during 1984 and it was agreed by both Councils that the Committee should be dissolved with effect from January 1985 . |