Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mean risk rating given in the Groeger and Chapman study was in fact considerably higher than that given by subjects in this experiment ( mean=3.66 , s.d. =0.74 as opposed to mean=2.15 , s.d. =0.50 ) . |
| 2 | It can sometimes engender a state similar to that experienced by meditators . |
| 3 | But the swiftlet 's technique is crude compared to that developed by bats . |
| 4 | Performing a two day census of all new attendances across all regions and in various accident and emergency departments that use nurse practitioners ( whether or not they were functioning fully or at all on those days ) provided an accurate estimate of the volume and nature of clinical activity undertaken by nurse practitioners relative to that undertaken by doctors . |
| 5 | For example , the quality of housing occupied by ethnic minorities is much lower than that occupied by whites ( see chapter 7 , section 7.3 ) . |
| 6 | Equation ( 5.30 ) is the aggregate supply curve : firms will produce more output if the price level is higher than that expected by workers or their trade union . |
| 7 | In fact the steam is a convenient way of heating the wood without drying it out and the mechanism is exactly the same as that used by hairdressers for curling hair . |
| 8 | These have dramatically altered and of course improved archaeologists ' knowledge about the duration of various episodes within pre-history , and it now seems possible that archaeology , and particularly prehistoric archaeology , will eventually have a dated historical sequence as clear as that used by historians . |
| 9 | On the same day , the House voted on whether to adopt an administration-backed bill in place of that sponsored by Ways and Means with Rostenkowski warning : ‘ If we accept the President 's substitute , we accept his dominance of our house for the months ahead . |
| 10 | Does this mean enhanced job satisfaction for the professional nurse , even beyond that reported by nurses who deliver care in a primary nursing system ? |
| 11 | The pattern is not greatly different from that reported by Jevons for Victorian Britain — the family on $35 000 paying , if anything , a lower percentage than the household on $10000 a year . |
| 12 | The magnitude of difference , however , was far less marked than that reported by others . |
| 13 | Half hidden by brambles and long grass , the little Gothic lodge house , almost a fairy dwelling , looked at us sadly with a black eye or poked-out ecclesiastical window . |
| 14 | Statements by officials , including some made by ministers in Parliament , have been used too often to mislead in connection with Ulster affairs . |
| 15 | Despite some shift by farmers towards keeping hens free range or in large percheries ( which produce ‘ barn ’ eggs ) , some 90% of hens are still kept in battery cages . |
| 16 | The first of these criticisms was by fur the strongest made by solicitors interviewed for the research study by Baldwin and Hill . |
| 17 | France is the best-known example of this but there are plenty of others ; the riots in Tuscany in 1790 provoked by measures of this kind are a good example . |
| 18 | Pupils from the age of 14 will study a balanced curriculum around a core of maths , English , science and a foreign language , adding specialisms in academic , vocational or technical courses , some delivered by employers in the workplace . |
| 19 | The party authorities ascribed this to sabotage by peasants objecting to tax assessments . |
| 20 | Soviet Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov gave warnings of impending economic collapse , including a prediction of a sharply reduced grain harvest , when he addressed a conference on July 2 attended by representatives from all 15 union republican governments and by President Gorbachev . |
| 21 | But th there 's a s a strong campaign to have Cafe Direct taken by supermarkets and there 's a lot of people putting a lot of energy into this and , and at present it 's , it 's , it 's showing those results . |
| 22 | The Treasury now expects a fall of 1% in non-oil GDP in 1992 , followed by growth of 1% in 1993 : the average GDP growth in 1993 forecast by independents is 1 1/2 % . |
| 23 | Other infections strike resulting from a motley bunch of bacteria — some carried by cats , birds , or cattle — which normally cause humans little problem . |
| 24 | The Hall is of rose-red brick built in English bond , it boasts a host of gables on every façade , some straight , some crow-stepped , and some topped by pinnacles . |
| 25 | They were centrally directed ( some said by officers of the former Securitate ) and not only attacked anyone resembling a student , but also attacked gypsies and the homes of prominent opposition politicians . |
| 26 | That is because , fortunately I suppose , our Parkside modernisation scheme we are reliable informed by officers , would have no revenue effects in ninety three , ninety four . |
| 27 | Our old chums , the Fuggle and the Golding , are remarkably prone to attack by pests and disease , which is why varieties such as Challenger and Target — more resistant to aphids and wilt but less subtle in aroma and flavour — have been developed . |
| 28 | A special Convocation group studied the University 's own investigation and that prepared by consultants . |
| 29 | The force is divided into three regions , each commanded by an ACC ; each region is divided into four divisions commanded by a Chief Superintendent ; divisions are divided into 39 sub-divisions each commanded by superintendents . |
| 30 | For instance , he observed expansions of English foreign trade on about a 50-year cycle from the 1790s to 1810 , from 1842 to 1873 , and from 1893 to 1914 , each separated by periods of consolidation . |