Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Milligan has crammed it so full of Victorian antiques , paintings and illustrations that the cement is hidden by memorabilia . |
| 2 | A one-page note to the policy and resources committee of the Yorkshire Water Authority last summer revealed that : ‘ The village is drained by sewers via two outfalls to the Derrings Beck . |
| 3 | As yet there is no information on whether stores regulated by RYRs can induce capacitative entry if their calcium is drained by agents such as caffeine . |
| 4 | A rising yield curve is explained by investors expecting future short-term interest rates to rise , i.e. . |
| 5 | A falling yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term rates to be lower in the future . |
| 6 | A humped yield curve is explained by investors expecting short-term interest rates to rise and long-term rates to fall . |
| 7 | The behaviour of a computer can be explained in terms of interactions between semiconductor electronic gates , and the behaviour of these , in turn , is explained by physicists at yet lower levels . |
| 8 | Given that resources are managed , hierarchy is explained by gains from allowing people to specialize according to their comparative advantage : in particular , those with a comparative advantage in deciding how to coordinate the diverse resources used in the firm and how to adjust this coordination in response to unforeseen changes , are assigned specialist managerial roles . |
| 9 | That transaction-specific assets are organized by management rather than markets is explained by savings on the resources used to decide how to adjust to changes unanticipated at the start of the contract . |
| 10 | In this latter case the possible danger is compounded by considerations of the last chapter . |
| 11 | An institution , which is recognized by commentators from Bagehot to Shils and Young as appealing to irrational sentiments , is given a rational justification . |
| 12 | Ideally such a helper should be one : who is recognized by others of his/her own people as a good speaker of the language |
| 13 | The water itself shifts , and thus carries vast masses of heat with it ; the land also heats the air , and is often at a different temperature from the water ; the heating is greater at the equator than the poles , and greater at night than by day ; the air is diverted by mountains , and funnelled through passes ; and the air itself is heated by the Sun . |
| 14 | The lack of feminist perspective is emphasized by statements such as : ‘ There can be no doubt that women and girls have failed to make full use of the opportunity now open to them ’ , which implies an ideologically and materially unfettered equality of opportunity . |
| 15 | Long-term storage is favoured by environmentalists as less nuclear waste is produced , although spent fuel can not be stored indefinitely . |
| 16 | ‘ Some 16 billion lb of fat is consumed by Americans in an average year . |
| 17 | Group energy buyer Neil Tribick explains that around half the volume is consumed by plants requiring more than 1MW , with the rest in the 100KW to 900KW category . |
| 18 | She had an armed Scotland Yard bodyguard for company , Chief Inspector Paul Officer , a philosophical policeman who is fascinated by runes , mysticism and the after-world . |
| 19 | This is often what lies behind the suspicion which is aroused by widows , divorcees , and unhappily married women whom men who already have partners are so keen to help . |
| 20 | With a firm promise of funding from Giuliano Amato , and the current loosening up of Italy 's political system as the previous paralysis is broken by resignations in the wake of corruption scandals , the outlook for solving Venice 's problems looks brighter . |
| 21 | Here and there , the sodden , pool-strewn ground is broken by outcrops of black , rotted trees , rather like the blasted remnants of a mangrove swamp ; if examined closely , the stumps have the symbol of Nurgle etched into them . |
| 22 | Although it is perceived by local authorities to be an environmental problem , dog-fouling is not necessarily harmful to the environment but of course is resented by humans for physical , visual , olfactory , health and aesthetic reasons . |
| 23 | Finally they were resented as any established clique is resented by newcomers , and for their part , put on little airs and gave themselves privileges in return . |
| 24 | The rapid response of the elites is typified by events in Peru in 1919 . |
| 25 | Every hotel , apartment and pension bed is filled by tourists , and there are hundreds of special planes arriving , culminating on New Year 's Eve with eight or nine cruise ships filling the harbour . |
| 26 | The abbey is a veritable city in itself ; its granges , buildings and outhouses sprawl across the countryside , circled by a huge curtain wall which is guarded by soldiers wearing the livery of the royal household . |
| 27 | The programme is prefaced by tributes to Arlott from Richie Benaud and Ian Botham , but is otherwise unchanged from the original , as reviewed in WCM Oct 1988 . |
| 28 | For example , at IBM in the Installed User Programs ( IUP ) Department , 30 per cent of IBM leased software for large and medium computers is developed by users . |
| 29 | The dominating influence of meteorological conditions on the ozone trend is highlighted by trends in emissions of VOCs ( involved in the formation of ozone ) since these emissions show a decrease of nearly 20 per cent during the 1980s . |
| 30 | The course is taught by lectures , seminars and tutorials , and is college based . |