Example sentences of "[adj] to [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This activity is unreliable and , in general working conditions , is prone to inactivation by other substances handled , including cleaning materials , leaving the skin unprotected . |
| 2 | Goldfish are particularly prone to predation by herons due to them being slow swimmers , and brightly-coloured . |
| 3 | Deer ruin their chances of being awesome beasts , providing a rare and special experience to those who spot them , by standing in massive herds all along the verge of the A9 looking glum , and grouse lose points for frightening you half to death by crashing out of the heather from under your feet screeching like banshees . |
| 4 | If their bodies had not been quite crushed to death by the labours they had been forced to perform for their Egyptian taskmasters , then surely their spirits had been . |
| 5 | The exhibition or supply of any film , video or sound recording or any other publication shall be prohibited by law if the manner in which it depicts or describes violence or sexual activity or crime is such as , when taken as a whole , to encourage the imitation or toleration of behaviour which is seriously harmful to society by a significant proportion of those who are likely , having regard to all the relevant circumstances , to read , see , or hear the matter contained or embodied in it . |
| 6 | SeHCAT , which is resistant to deconjugation by intestinal bacteria , otherwise behaves like taurocholic acid with regard to enterohepatic cyling , hepatic handling , active absorption from the terminal ileum , faecal excretion , and overall turnover in the enterohepatic circulation . |
| 7 | This makes Stone Trolls extraordinarily resistant to attack by magic . |
| 8 | PLC- β2 seems to be resistant to stimulation by α q , α 11 , and α 14 , but sensitive to stimulation by α 16 ( refs 9 , 10 ) . |
| 9 | Grammatical rules are also more resistant to manipulation by speakers . |
| 10 | Interactively organized circuits are highly resistant to analysis by the elimination of single components so we can only really use the lesion method if we can convince ourselves that the brain is organized differently . |
| 11 | From the results displayed in Figure 2 , it is evident that the reaction with the wild-type enzyme renders the DNA resistant to challenge by Eco RII cleavage ( see Figure 2 , lane 6 ) , whereas incubation with the Dcm/Cys177Ser mutant protein does not ( lane 8 ) . |
| 12 | In 1990 he reduced the levy payable to government by the football-pools operators , on condition that the windfall of £100m went on improving the grounds of the Football League clubs . |
| 13 | The NHS as a whole will remain subject to audit by the NAO . |
| 14 | So , in the humanities , students ' views are neither the beginning nor the end ; they are based on evidence and understanding , and are subject to assessment by the students themselves and by others . |
| 15 | Such an arrangement is subject to attack by the Inland Revenue under the principle in Furniss v Dawson [ 1984 ] 1 All ER 530 whereby the Inland Revenue are entitled to ignore each of the individual steps and consider the substance of the transaction as a whole . |
| 16 | A notice may have been served with regard to an intention by a local authority compulsorily to purchase the property or part of it and again notices may have been received by the seller where the property is subject to occupation by a tenant . |
| 17 | Blumer and Hauser maintained that ‘ the influence of motion pictures seems to be proportionate to the weakness of the family , school , church and neighbourhood ’ and that ‘ persons living in high-rate delinquency areas are most subject to influence by the themes of life treated by motion pictures ’ . |
| 18 | All company resolutions are subject to scrutiny by the court . |
| 19 | The accounts of local authorities are subject to scrutiny by auditors appointed by the Audit Commission . |
| 20 | A GDO is subject to parliamentary approval ( or , to be more precise , is subject to annulment by resolution of either House . |
| 21 | The exposed nature of the line , which was subject to flooding by high tides , resulted in the centre slot being blocked with sand . |
| 22 | The Constitution , in short , is subject to interpretation by different bodies , the most prominent being politicians , judges , and scholars . |
| 23 | Binding does not necessarily mean final , because the determination may be subject to reconsideration by an appellate body . |
| 24 | As the years passed , telephone , telex , facsimile and computer data traffic all came under this original warrant , so that not a single communication enters or leaves Britain without being subject to interception by GCCS 's successor , GCHQ . |
| 25 | Many reasons have been given for its demise : the potential high cost of registry operations ' insurance , especially since the participants ' liability had not been established ; the unwillingness of commodity traders to record their transactions in a central registry subject to inspection by competitors and tax authorities ; the reticence by the ultimate buyers of spot crude oil to acquire bills of lading from an entity designed to service intermediaries and speculators ; and the banks ' discomfort with the exclusive control of the registry business by one of their competitors . |
| 26 | Some local activities , notably education , police and the fire service , are subject to inspection by government-appointed inspectors . |
| 27 | Here is yet another quote from Clause 8 : ‘ Museum organisations are subject to liquidation by decision of the Russian State Chamber of Culture and Natural Heritage in the case of activities contradictory to State cultural politics and ideology ’ . |
| 28 | Treaties with foreign powers were to be negotiated by the president , but were then subject to ratification by the Senate . |
| 29 | The speaker , the principal majority party leader , now acquired the right to nominate his party 's representatives on the mighty Rules Committee , subject to ratification by the caucus . |
| 30 | In New York such menial types as " carpenters , cobblers and butchers " demanded that the state constitution should be subject to ratification by popular referendum . |