Example sentences of "it [verb] [be] [verb] by an " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra processing it requires is rewarded by an improvement in the hearer 's encyclopedic entries which ensures a greater understanding of the surrounding discourse or text . |
| 2 | The unit must take a fear test immediately just as if it had been charged by an enemy that caused fear . |
| 3 | This was the 10th occasion on which Congress had requested the appointment of a special prosecutor , and only the first on which it had been denied by an Attorney General . |
| 4 | On inquiring about the matter , I was told that the health common services authority had decided to move to the bay because it had been told by an independent property consultancy that it was a much better choice of location than anywhere else . |
| 5 | it had been designed by an architect who was a follower of the new brutalism in architecture for which a police building gave full scope . |
| 6 | Capital punishment for murder was abolished in 1969 and repeated attempts to reintroduce it have been defeated by an ever-increasing majority . |
| 7 | But it 's been adapted , it 's been worn by an ordinary person doing everyday things , and I think that 's , it 's something that 's , it 's very important to remember when you 're studying Victorian fashion and Victorian costume , that actually a lot of the documentary evidence gives a very biased picture and that to find clothes like this , I think you get a much more realistic picture of what people actually wore . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'll believe that when I 've seen the boat 's log , ’ said Neil drily , ‘ and only then after it 's been checked by an expert . |