Example sentences of "to be [verb] by a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The violence appears to been started by an offensive against the UDF by Zulu warlords which began in the early hours of Saturday morning . |
| 2 | These exercises need to be taught by a continence adviser , a community nurse or physiotherapist . |
| 3 | a master plan for the new town is to be prepared by a consultant , working in close consultation with the local planning authority , since the bulk of the development will be carried out privately . |
| 4 | ONE OF English cricket 's most respected administrators once told me that there were three golden rules to be observed by a county recruiting an overseas player . |
| 5 | Furious staff claim they were even called in from holidays to be grilled by a specialist security firm at the MetroCentre in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 6 | ( The last sentence of transportation to be pronounced by a Mayor of Saltash was in 1877 , upon a ‘ ticket of leave ’ man guilty of stealing a watch at the town 's regatta ) . |
| 7 | If consent makes a touching lawful , then it must follow that if a patient withholds consent , if he refuses to be touched by a doctor , any further touching will be unlawful , and will give rise to civil and criminal liability . |
| 8 | Love , which indeed hid itself , but not shyly and fearfully , rather secretly and thoughtfully , so as not to be touched by a stranger 's hand — his first love , not his strongest and certainly not his deepest , but surely his most blessed . |
| 9 | Companies should not continue to be penalised by a reference to an inherent uncertainty in the auditors ' report when the directors have given it prominent and full disclosure . |
| 10 | ‘ I was discussing a statistic I 'd heard that you 're more likely to be killed by a donkey than in an aeroplane disaster . |
| 11 | Trevor was the third person to be killed by a grizzly in Jasper Park since 1929 . |
| 12 | The animal bounced back to its feet only to be killed by a bus . |
| 13 | AN SAS hero survived daring undercover operations during the Gulf War — only to be killed by a mate 's tragic blunder on a peacetime exercise . |
| 14 | The office was to be separated by a party wall from other government departments . |
| 15 | He reportedly would sit for hours in a depressive silence , to be broken by a harangue on his pet hates , which included sherry drinkers and those by the name of Hambly . |
| 16 | Under the plan there were to be changes in public finance policy ; budget deficits were to be limited to 10 per cent of total revenue ; government bonds were to be issued on the Muscat securities market to replace dependence on foreign borrowing ; the state general reserve fund was to be strengthened by a transfer of oil revenues ; a contingency fund was to be created to " cope with any international or domestic variables " ; and privatization of selected assets was to go ahead . |
| 17 | All the same , she was n't best pleased to be disturbed by a knock on her door as she wrapped herself in a towelling robe and hid her wet hair in a turban after she stepped out of the shower . |
| 18 | There is another necessary condition and that is that a pitch difference must be perceptible ; it is possible to detect differences in the frequency of the vibration of a speaker 's voice by means of laboratory instruments , but these differences may not be great enough to be heard by a listener as differences in pitch . |
| 19 | When a particular issue is directed by the High Court to be heard by a county court , all of those documents listed above must be lodged . |
| 20 | Appeals are to be heard by an appeals committee , constituted in accordance with Schedule 2 of the Act . |
| 21 | Each section was supposed to be heated by a coke fired tortoise stove and large hot water pipes but in mid-winter it was really cold unless you were lucky enough to sit near the fire . |
| 22 | Generally , the accounts are required to be audited by an auditor appointed by the same Secretary of State . |
| 23 | Under the Directive , European institutions will not need to be authorised by a UK FSA regulator for investment business in the UK . |
| 24 | I do n't know whether there is a charge for this ; if there is , please would you let me know before sending the report as all expenditure has to be authorised by a meeting of the Parish Council . |
| 25 | It was then the custom for women 's teams to be captained by a man , which caused a degree of tension . |
| 26 | If a long hall was to be vaulted by a cross or groined vault the room would be divided by piers into square bays each of which would be covered by a cross vault . |
| 27 | However , to the CNAA 's surprise , a number of institutions has indicated that they wish to take advantage of the new procedures by proposing special arrangements which would , in effect , provide for all their courses to be validated by a method other than the normal one . |
| 28 | These charges seemed to be validated by a comparison with other contemporary courts , such as that of Russia or Austria , where a more traditional pattern of behaviour and etiquette was the fossilized norm . |
| 29 | When ‘ untreated ’ timber ( ie , wood which has not been impregnated with preservative ) is built into solid walls , it has no protection from dampness in the wall and it is common for joist-ends to be shielded by a skin of brickwork only a half-a-brick thick ( Fig 31 ) . |
| 30 | David Platt 's return from world cup stage to Wembley stage is likely to be spoilt by a knee injury . |