Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] by [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is , of course , true that such officers in many cases have powers which enable them to do lawfully what a private person might not do , but the question whether their acts are justified by their powers must be decided in proceedings before the ordinary courts . |
| 2 | Those who are called according to its rules are justified by their reward . |
| 3 | All agree that some of our beliefs are justified by their relation to other beliefs . |
| 4 | IN A thoughtful leader , The Feudal Times and Reactionary Herald deals with the issues of the forthcoming General Election : ‘ A considerable number of our readers , we need hardly point out , are debarred by their rank ( and a few for other reasons ) from casting votes for the membership of the new House of Commons . |
| 5 | Recorded last year in Nancy , France and London , England , its nine tracks are invigorated by their environment — especially such worn-in faves as the fierce , questioning ‘ London City ’ and the commandingly swirly ‘ You 're The Judge ’ — but the crowd noises are infuriatingly badly mixed in , making for an imperfect peep into BTTP 's spiritual home . |
| 6 | Many women from immigrant communities are hidden by their men , who may be entrepreneurs , and they fear offending both their men and the community by complaints about their work . |
| 7 | Other examples of unlawful objects are given by their Lordships in the Crofter case . |
| 8 | Disillusionment with the way they are treated by their firms has led many trainees , along with more experienced dealers to look for new jobs . |
| 9 | Demeaning offences fall into two broad categories , those which are treated by our participants as part of the generally resented background of personal devaluation , and those which call for specific retribution according to rule . |
| 10 | Today , JCI 's coal mining activities are undertaken by its wholly-owned subsidiary Tavistock , which operates four producing collieries in the Witbank area close to Johannesburg . |
| 11 | Of course , some young fathers are fascinated by their babies and enjoy cohabiting co-operatively , finding more " meaning in being fathers than their own fathers did . |
| 12 | The individuals who are recognized by their peers as those who actually keep the thing going , are not only unrewarded , but actually held back . |
| 13 | None of these skills are recognized by their male colleagues in the workplace . |
| 14 | Thus , although interest groups may look as if they are organized chiefly for public goods , in practice they are sustained by their ability to deliver selective incentives to their members which make joining worthwhile . |
| 15 | Parents who make demands which are regarded as excessive are resented by their children ( even if they actually meet some of those demands ) , as are those who engage in emotional manipulation or divide the sibling group against each other ( Firth , Hubert and Forge , 1970 , ch. 12 ) . |
| 16 | Once they have finished they are joined by their tutor , who goes through the history and supervises their examination skills . |
| 17 | The differences rest upon the fact that an organisation 's actions are limited by its constituent treaty . |
| 18 | Why should the government or industry consider funding the activities of scholars who are marginalized by their own professions ? |
| 19 | Some people accept what they are taught by their culture , but some reject it . |
| 20 | The health problems of the elderly are compounded by their declining income . |
| 21 | The society 's woes are compounded by its inability to get federal , state , or city funds . |
| 22 | Workers have identical skills , which are not lost during spells of unemployment ( but they are differentiated by their level of commitment , discussed in Assumption 5 below ) . |
| 23 | Yet how many of us are paralysed by our fears ? |
| 24 | Legal title to goods normally passes when they are received by your customer . |
| 25 | Some stores along trendy Melrose , still virtually untouched , are guarded by their owners , luxury cars pulled up on to the sidewalk to block the entrance . |
| 26 | Some tumours grow if oestrogens are present , and others are checked by their administration . |
| 27 | By way of solving this problem Marx suggests that individuals are formed by their social context , by the whole collection of physical conditions , conventions , rules and beliefs which make up their experience . |
| 28 | At present , if you want an eye test for your baby at six months , you have to pay for it , unless you are referred by your doctor for treatment . |
| 29 | Its origins are disguised by its huge cob , and only in the last few years has genetic analysis teased out the whole truth about its humble cereal ancestry . |
| 30 | That 's a very different response from the man whose anxiety or guilt are aroused by his partner 's tears and shouts , walks away or who gives in to a woman 's demand without trying to understand what 's ‘ going on ’ . |