Example sentences of "is the [noun sg] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | More important , perhaps , is the evidence given by the termination of precipitation of a cement phase , indicating a decrease in saturation , or supersaturation , of that phase within the pore fluid and , in places , dissolution of pre-existing cement phases when undersaturated pore fluids are introduced into a sediment . |
| 2 | It is the zone demarcated by the local administration as a growth , development and potential problem area . |
| 3 | Let us say , S is the sentence covered by the whole tree , and S is the shorter sentence generated within it from B. S is a substring of S. Say L is the part of S to the left of S , and R is the part to the right . |
| 4 | How long is the valley cut by the ice along the fault line of Glen Mor ? |
| 5 | This conclusion , in order to create a single comprehensive offence in place of larceny , embezzlement and fraudulent conversion , makes ‘ appropriation ’ ( the treating of ‘ tuum ’ as ‘ meum ’ ) the key element in place of taking , and it is the activity expressed by the word ‘ appropriation ’ which dispenses with the need for the phrase ‘ without the consent of the owner , ’ which preceded the words ‘ takes and carries away ’ in the old definition of larceny in section 1(1) of the Act of 1916 . |
| 6 | This is the technique favoured by the British Deaf Association as it is thought to give the child the greatest chance of expression and understanding . |
| 7 | The latter is the technique used by the deputy head . |
| 8 | This is the approach adopted by the House of Lords in Albert v. |
| 9 | The latter is the approach taken by the Institute . |
| 10 | There is very little here of any value , though — the room 's treasure is the knowledge possessed by the Ghost . |
| 11 | But the gap in the columns showing the cult image is the convention adopted by the die engraver to convey the essential nature of the temple and the identity of its cult , or perhaps to express the epiphany of the god . |
| 12 | An example is the litigation commenced by the individual inhabitants of the trust territory of the Pacific Islands against the trust territory itself . |
| 13 | That is the position taken by the airline . |
| 14 | There are many examples of public library involvement in user education for schoolchildren but perhaps one of the most organized ( and the most enduring ) is the work done by the School Instruction Service at Sheffield City Libraries . |
| 15 | The main source and authority in selecting architects is the consensus created by the trade press . |
| 16 | ( So firm is the grip held by the revived quantity theory of money nowadays that few of the monetarists or new classical macroeconomists who followed in Friedman 's footsteps bothered to elucidate the mechanism by which changes in M s ( or in ) affect W and P. They just do . ) |
| 17 | Theme is the element placed by the speaker in first position in the clause ; rheme is whatever comes after the theme . |
| 18 | This is the dress worn by the priest on the Harvesters ' Vase . |
| 19 | ‘ Finally , there is the protection afforded by the supervisory , as opposed to appellate , jurisdiction of the High Court over the visitor . |
| 20 | ‘ Finally , there is the protection afforded by the supervisory , as opposed to appellate , jurisdiction of the High Court over the visitor . |
| 21 | To what extent is the constable guided by the law as to how he should exercise his discretion ? |
| 22 | Is the Minister alarmed by the news that appeared in the New York Times last Friday of the help that China has given to Algeria and North Korea in the advanced development of their nuclear weapons and by the fact that a new arms race for conventional and nuclear weapons is roaring ahead at an unprecedented rate ? |
| 23 | Energis is the name chosen by the UK 's National Grid Company for the telephone service it plans to launch next year , delivered along fibre optic lines that will run along its 4,200 miles of overhead power lines and 360 miles of underground cable : the company — owned by the 12 regional UK electricity distributors , hopes to get the go-ahead for its planned service in a few weeks , and has heavyweights Gordon Owen , formerly of Mercury Communications Ltd , and David Dey , formerly British Telecommunications Plc on board to run the business . |
| 24 | The Latin moustache is the kind worn by the lounge lizard in the movies . |
| 25 | Nowadays the motorway tunnel , which also runs from Goschenen through the Gotthard massif into canton Ticino , is the route taken by the overwhelming majority of motorists in summer as well as in winter . |
| 26 | A further feature , implicit in much that has already been said , is the emphasis given by the staff to ‘ openness ’ and ‘ accessibility . ’ |
| 27 | Hunting sharks are , particularly sensitive to vibrations of 200 hertz , and this is the frequency produced by the rotary blades of a hovering helicopter . |
| 28 | The marginal rate of income tax is the percentage taken by the government of the last pound that an individual earns . |
| 29 | A case which illustrates some of these features well is the ash erupted by the Chilean volcano Quizapu , during a Plinian eruption in 1932 . |
| 30 | Some say it is the form assumed by the GHOST of a girl disappointed in love , who fruitlessly searches for her sweetheart , a fisherman who was drowned . |