Example sentences of "it [be] [vb pp] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Typical tundra forms a thin , semi-complete vegetation covering in which grasses or low shrubs up to about 50 cm tall are dominant ; spaces within it are caused by bare rock outcrops , and characteristic patches of mobile soil which all plants find difficulty in colonizing . |
| 2 | If , as appears likely , it only applies to the latter case , can it be invoked by any Member State or only by a Member State which voted against the legislation ? |
| 3 | Not only can it be introduced by contaminated water changes but it is also self-generated as part of the biological filtration cycle . |
| 4 | On the other hand , if it is a galactic pulsar or if it were formed by accretion-induced collapse , it may be young and the large magnetic field would not be as surprising . |
| 5 | The electricity industry had always been considered to be a natural monopoly and plans to privatise it were preceded by lengthy discussions about the ideal structure for the industry . |
| 6 | This procedure acknowledged not only the interdependence of church and realm but also the weakness of excommunication as a sanction unless it were backed by secular coercion . |
| 7 | When they inspected the wicket , they found it being rolled by some prisoners from the local jail , one of whom looked familiar to Boycott . |
| 8 | Which means , as we 've already remarked , that it 's caused by some combination of desire and belief : in this case , by Pooh 's desire , not just for honey , but to get a true belief about whether what 's in the pot is honey , and his belief that the way to get that true belief is to taste what 's in the pot . |
| 9 | We said they could n't have the corpse if we did n't get it — that 's by the by — but it 's understood by both sides that this is the last of such meetings . |
| 10 | This is n't a case of writers bleating because their own books wo n't be available ; we all spent hours in libraries learning our trade , the only way to learn to write is to how it 's done by other people be it well or badly |
| 11 | There are forms of care which are absent , certain kinds of intimacy , and friendship , no touching , for instance , but it 's compensated by other kinds of care which are possible and not risky . |
| 12 | This means that the registering and monitoring arrangements need to be changed and that the statutory authorities need to establish through the joint planning mechanisms a way of incorporating these changes , that health and local authorities need to create a place for the private sector in the planning progress and that the role of bodies like the Mental Welfare Commission , the Hospital Advisory Service , the health councils needs to be extended to encompass and specifically address the whole business of monitoring the provision in the private sector in so far as it 's supported by public funds . |
| 13 | It 's followed by more noise , sharp and ugly , as they drag him into the kitchen . |
| 14 | Inghams , for example , is offering a two-bedroom apartment with a huge living room overlooking the Matterhorn in the four star Hotel Ambassador in Zermatt in mid March for just over £300 for a week each , if it 's occupied by six people . |
| 15 | It 's edited by Outdoor Action 's editor Laura McCaffrey and we are offering it at a very special price . |
| 16 | The hill feels peaceful in spite of tourists : it 's surrounded by fragrant pine trees and deafeningly noisy with cicadas . |
| 17 | And when it reaches you , it 's backed by in-depth network hardware support — which includes on-site maintenance . |
| 18 | It is reached by fun-boat Le Popeye which takes half an hour , runs four times a day and costs £5 for adults and £2.50 for children . |
| 19 | The CO2 content is higher within the syconium than outside it and its level is believed to control the hatching of the larvae ; it is affected by bacterial activity and this in turn is affected by nematodes in the syconium . |
| 20 | In this respect , Easton provides an excellent opportunity to establish the nature of routine policing in Northern Ireland and how it is affected by societal divisions . |
| 21 | The question is , to what extent does the notion of ( loose ) apposition , as it is defined by these criteria , play a role in such an explanation ? |
| 22 | It is formed by seventeen Commissioners the larger countries providing two and the smaller ones , one each who run twenty-three main departments called General Directorates ( DG ) . |
| 23 | So far in this chapter , we have examined three explanations of unemployment : that it is caused by ‘ natural ’ factors , that it is caused by a general deficiency of aggregate demand and that it is caused by excessive labour costs . |
| 24 | Involvement of the central nervous system is common in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome ( AIDS ) ; in many it is caused by opportunistic pathogens such as Toxoplasma gondii . |
| 25 | Gamma ray satellites so far have shown the distribution of interstellar gas ( where it is struck by cosmic rays ) , pulsars , and two dozen powerful but as-yet-unidentified sources . |
| 26 | What we have not yet considered is where the body clock is and how it is adjusted by external time-cues . |
| 27 | Unlike the House of Lords it is elected , but it is elected by local councillors , an overwhelming majority of them from small country ‘ communes ’ . |
| 28 | This can already be guessed at from the demonic intensity of his most famous recordings , and it is confirmed by first-hand reports . |
| 29 | If a copper track can not be routed because it is blocked by existing copper tracks , use jumper link wires to bridge over the obstruction . |
| 30 | Successful nursing depends very largely on the nurse 's ability to deal effectively with information received through the senses , whether it is obtained by formal means , such as taking blood-pressure , temperatures and so on or by informal means such as noticing changes in the patient 's condition during bed-making . |