Example sentences of "is [adv] [adv] [vb pp] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent of the revolution is most strikingly illustrated by comparison of Giovanni Gabrieli 's two settings of ‘ O Jesu mi dulcissime ’ : in his First Book of Sacrae Symphoniae ( 1597 ) and in his Second Book ( posthumously published in 1615 ) . |
| 2 | Petrological observations show excess feldspar in many basaltic lavas which is most easily explained by crystal settling . |
| 3 | This method is most often used by market researchers , but is not unknown among sociologists . |
| 4 | Oblique divergence is most commonly accommodated by transform offsets along a mid-oceanic ridge crest , while oblique convergence is resolved by the complex adjustment of lithospheric fragments along the plate boundary . |
| 5 | Kelsen insists that ‘ every law applying act is only partly determined by law ’ and presents actual legal systems as a synthesis of formal , static deduction and informal , dynamic determination . |
| 6 | Aggression is only partly caused by leadership style . |
| 7 | Eyes : Rolling eyes that show the whites are often thought to be a sign of viciousness — in fact , they are an indication of wariness and suspicion , which is only occasionally accompanied by aggression . |
| 8 | In passing judgement on these crucial issues the historian is so easily blinkered by hindsight . |
| 9 | Just how great the change has been is perhaps best illustrated by reference to the number of daily commuters into London . |
| 10 | This is apparently less affected by phosphate than Mohr 's method . |
| 11 | Consequently an MdB is much less harassed by routine constituency casework than is a conscientious MP . |
| 12 | At this stage it operates largely in the unconscious but it is soon partly modified by exposure to reality , that part becoming the ego . |
| 13 | This position is not however supported by State practice . |
| 14 | Just as the provision of work is not generally regarded by health and social service staff as their responsibility , so too it is easy to ignore those social aspects of life which mentally robust people organize so effectively for themselves . |
| 15 | Because of a steep flight of steps this is not easily negotiated by bicycle . |
| 16 | With pupils in lower secondary years their enjoyment of pretence is not yet impaired by age . |
| 17 | ‘ Nothing which is not either documented by photograph or clearly indicated by surviving is replaced . |
| 18 | However , the XE is not well supported by software houses , and although it still has a lot of games , most of these are very old . |
| 19 | The learner 's insight is not simply attained by understanding but by observation . |
| 20 | Knowledge is not adequately described by epistemology because all knowledge is relational to the social and historical context in which it is generated and used . |
| 21 | However , the trajectory of the shot is not significantly affected by imbalance . |
| 22 | The problem then needs to be formulated in scientific terms and this requires the object to have some property which is unique to its origin , but which varies from place to place and is not significantly modified by manufacture ; the property must also be scientifically detectable . |
| 23 | While we admire this spirit of revolt , it is not always actuated by wisdom " . |
| 24 | Social policy , however , is not usually shaped by research evidence . |
| 25 | Whitlow 's survey also shows that non-agricultural land in Zimbabwe is not seriously affected by erosion , since 95.2 per cent of these areas are in the lowest erosion classes ( Fig. 7.3 ) , and that in Zimbabwe there are 1.83 × 10 6 ha of eroded land overall , of which 83 per cent occurs in the Communal Lands . |
| 26 | We can carry protection in the country at an early general election if the position is not seriously compromised by coalition with |
| 27 | But this overlooks two points : first , that the transsexual is living proof that , in actuality , the psyche may operate in defiance of biological truths regardless of what the law says it should do ; second , that the psyche is not necessarily formed by choice , but may instead be determined for the individual by forces operating on him during its development . |
| 28 | The agenda of interstate relations is increasingly complex and is not necessarily dominated by security issues . |
| 29 | A " class " for this purpose is not necessarily identified by reference to the category of shares which members hold . |
| 30 | But this is not only achieved by force , for there are also ‘ ideological state apparatuses ’ , such as the education system , religion and the family , which maintain the status quo in more subtle ways . |