Example sentences of "[pron] are [verb] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | All these statements are best treated as being theoretical models , which are built up by Freud on the basis of the types of emotional relationship which he had observed during his work with patients and conceptualized in a terminology of his own . |
| 2 | Lasswell ( 1960 , p. 195 ) sums up this scepticism about the rule of law : ‘ The number of statutes which pass the legislature , or the number of decrees which are handed down by the executive , but which change nothing in the permanent politics of society , is a rough index of the role of magic in politics ’ . |
| 3 | Learned behaviour in any particular society includes those ideas , techniques and habits which are passed on by one generation to another — in a sense , a social heritage — and which are virtually a set of solutions to problems that , in the course of time , others have met and solved before . |
| 4 | The Heron proposals , which are backed up by an independent report by Price Waterhouse , provide bankers will the latest revaluations of Heron 's portfolio . |
| 5 | By pointing and clicking on various analysis tools , which are backed up by an on-line help system , users can generate a number of graphs , box plots , and contour plots to help isolate particular factors , test theories and build models . |
| 6 | Do n't riffle through papers , kick the table or drum fingers — all are sounds which are picked up by the microphone and have to be edited out . |
| 7 | The work of the council is in the main carried out in committees of the council which are set up by the council usually at its first meeting after the election is over . |
| 8 | Special Rapporteur Riphagen expounded what he termed the three parameters of relationship in international law which are set up by an internationally wrongful act . |
| 9 | The account describes the ‘ hospitals and open stables for the reception of diseased and sick horses in the first stage of their complaints ’ … ‘ more pure stables , which are taken up by horses in physic , or patients whose complaints are not contagious ’ … stocks where ‘ all operations are performed without the trouble or hazard of casting … a perfect skeleton of a horse , to refer to in cases of lameness , fractures , etc … various paddocks , some with and some without water for the better accommodation of horses of different descriptions , whose complaints require open air , or grass , for their perfect recovery ’ . |
| 10 | Two geo ( artificial ) textiles are laid into the bottom of the trench which is then covered with four to six inches of angular cobbles which are laid in by hand so they knit together : A two inch layer of fine gravel is then spread on top . |
| 11 | He loves to devour huge meals — washed down with Chianti wine — which are rustled up by his wife Teresa , played by Pennies From Heaven star Gemma Craven . |
| 12 | However , these outcomes are contingent upon a supportive infrastructure of values , processes and skills which integrate what the school exists to do with appropriate management strategies which are carried out by individuals with relevant skills and personal qualities . |
| 13 | This one is specifically aimed at Reef Tanks with invertebrates and consequently contains extra calcium and extra trace elements both of which are used up by reef creatures . |
| 14 | It could be argued that such a system is valuable in all high risk operations : it provides reassurance not only for the surgical teams but also for patients who are operated on by a surgeon in whom seroconversion subsequently occurs . |
| 15 | But now an MP is concerned that it 's the thieves who are cashing in by using the sales as clearing houses for stolen property . |
| 16 | Members sponsored by unions who are turned on by that prospect ? |
| 17 | Miss Caroline Crawford , the authority 's spokesman , said : ‘ We can all sneer at people who are caught out by outrageous offers , but it is often a case of the triumph of hope over experience . |
| 18 | While walking the rest of the way , you are run over by kids on mopeds . |
| 19 | What happens if you are run over by an iceberg ? |
| 20 | Once you are wrapped around by the cirque you realize that it is not beautiful but what in the eighteenth century they knew as ‘ sublime ’ . |
| 21 | As you turn the corner towards the church of St Mary , which was enthusiastically restored in the picturesque style during the nineteenth century , you are bowled over by the beauty of this grandest of farms . |
| 22 | We are spurred on by advertising images that fun is for the young and fit . |
| 23 | That is , when you ask erm er who are we , is any part of what we are made up by the body , the answer 's quite straightforwardly no , we er already identified use the body , this other thing . |
| 24 | It is at this point Satan seems to be a more approachable , human like character who has a mixture of feelings we can understand and again we are taken in by him . |
| 25 | And I should say to the general assembly that the Board 's four homes for people with senile dementia are differently funded and any deficits there are made up by grants from health boards and social work departments which are prohibited from making up the deficit in eventide care . |
| 26 | Once there , they are broken up by ultraviolet radiation , releasing chlorine atoms which destroy ozone , CFCs are also an important greenhouse gas ( see above ) . |
| 27 | Societies disintegrate from within more frequently than they are broken up by external pressures . |
| 28 | The recessed planes are used in places , but more often they are broken up by bold three-quarterings and massings which give a quite different sense of the third dimension . |
| 29 | They are worn out by the desire of politicians to fight among themselves , manipulating the archaic rules of Westminster and creating red herrings as part of the game that aims to divorce the people from having a say . |
| 30 | Most take the experience with typical British humour and carrying on searching until either the dream home is found or they are worn down by the practicalities of price and location . |