Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [prep] [adj] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus if learners are aiming to communicate naturally , they need to be prepared for this by being involved in natural communicative language use in the classroom . |
| 2 | As it happened , not everyone was willing to kowtow to this woolly Act , so it had to be strengthened in 1678 by another , this time imposing a fine on all defaulters . |
| 3 | Plans to recreate an ancient woodland to replace the 800-year-old Oxleas Wood in south-east London , due to be cut in two by a six-lane motorway , were described as " absurd " during a court action brought by protesters attempting to stop the road plan . |
| 4 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |
| 5 | This , however , gives rise to two legends : firstly that it was paid for by Napoleon in gold louis to Mr Veitch , who later buried the coins under the foundation stone of the English church ; and secondly that the wine was never drunk by Napoleon but returned to Madeira after his death to be bottled in 1840 by Blandy 's . |
| 6 | This theoretical position seemed to be vindicated in 1954 by the prompt CIA-organised counter-revolutionary response to the radicalisation of the Communist-supported Arbenz government in Guatemala . |
| 7 | Major international affiliations : COMECON ( to be replaced in 1991 by OIEC ) ; Geplacea ; NAM ; OAS ( suspended in 1962 ) ; SELA . |
| 8 | I applaud and support the efforts by Bill Bates , food safety consultant at Control UK , in his attempts to get an arbitration board set up , but have reservations about the priority likely to be given to this by food minister , David Maclean . |
| 9 | Her eyes slowly forced their way open , only to be dazzled at first by a strong shaft of sunlight which had penetrated fresh dainty curtains . |
| 10 | By 1882 , Edison 's system of generating power in a central power station , changed industrial methods almost as much as steam had brought about the industrial revolution , and by 1885 the first internal combustion driven machine had appeared , to be followed in 1894 by the first recognisable motorcar . |
| 11 | The geographers were , however , never far from his thoughts , and in 1893 he produced his admirable Selections from Strabo , still the most sympathetic introduction to Strabo , to be followed in 1897 by A History of Ancient Geography , which remains one of the best , if not the best , handbook on both ancient geography and geographical writers , Greek and Latin , down to the end of the western Empire . |
| 12 | Two years later , broadcasting began in South Africa , to be followed in 1927 by Kenya . |
| 13 | In that same year , motor-taxis appeared in London , to be followed in 1905 by the first motor-buses being tried in London . |
| 14 | A patchy stone outline on Kirkhill is all that remains of St Mary-on-the-Rock , close to the massive wall surrounding the later church of St Rule , itself to be overshadowed in 1160 by the cathedral of Our Lady and St Andrew . |
| 15 | Other areas can also be quoted , like Winchelsea in Sussex , which was destroyed by storms and the French to be refounded in 1288 by Edward I on a hill nearby . |
| 16 | ‘ Although it is argued that fear of punitive jury awards has made the US business safety-conscious , quite a price has had to be paid for that by way of corporate and insurance company bankruptcy , the closing of municipal facilities and the practice of defensive medicine . ’ |
| 17 | The donation is to be paid in full by the company over a period of three years . |
| 18 | There are certain fees and other research costs which have to be paid in full by each postgraduate student at the beginning of each academic year , in October , or , for research students who begin study at another time of year , on the anniversary of the start of their studies . |
| 19 | The simplest method of valuing the business is to agree a fixed price to be paid in full by the purchaser in cash on completion . |
| 20 | They identified a variety of factors which were found to be held in common by a number of American companies recognised as meeting the criteria for excellence . |
| 21 | In the eyes of Zhdanov and Radek , literature is to be judged above all by its ideological " correctness " , by the extent , in other words , to which it reveals the world in accordance with ideologically sound Marxist-Leninist principles . |
| 22 | Politics in Puerto Rico continued to be dominated in 1990 by the issue of constitutional status and the proposed referendum , scheduled for mid-1991 , to determine the territory 's future relationship with the USA . |
| 23 | I can offer an account of what the minimum level to be attained at 16 by 80%-90% of pupils would entail in a few areas of the curriculum … ; in English , pupils would need to demonstrate that they are attentive listeners and confident speakers when dealing with everyday matters of which they have experience , that they can read straightforward written information and pass it on — orally and in written form — without loss of meaning and that they can say clearly what their own views are ; in Mathematics , that they can apply the topics and skills in the foundation list proposed in the Cockcroft Report ; in Science , that they are willing and able to take a practical approach to problems , involving sensible observations and appropriate measurements and can communicate their findings effectively … ; in History , that they possess some historical knowledge and perspective , understand the concepts of cause and consequence , and can compare and extract information from historical evidence and be aware of its limitations ; and in CDT [ craft , design and technology ] , that they can design and make something , using a limited range of materials and calling on a restricted range of concepts and give an account of what they have done and the problems they encountered . |
| 24 | In 1990 Hungary 's defence budget was reduced by 30 per cent in real terms and as a result the Hungarian Army , 106,000 strong in 1988 , was to be reduced to 80,000 by 1991 . |