Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The very few times an accurate cross goes in its nothing to do with planning … just the law of averages and that s helped by the fact they normally have more than 2 people heading into the box . |
| 2 | There is also a 210-member consultative council , the Majlis ash-Shura , which has advisory powers ; 140 of its members are elected and 70 are appointed by the President , who also appoints the Council of Ministers . |
| 3 | The weak are bullied by the strong , the little by the big , the pious by the irreligious . |
| 4 | There is a 48-member Citizens ' Assembly ( Majlis ) , 40 of whose members are elected for a five-year term ; the remaining eight are appointed by the President . |
| 5 | While some nightmares like this are consummated by the monster 's actually making an appearance , it is not necessary — the terror may never become actualized . |
| 6 | Everyone recognises that handling such a volume and variety of art-objects provides the perfect training to become a dealer , and when the art market prospers , some are tempted by the financial opportunities of dealing . |
| 7 | Some of these are amenable to government action and some are influenced by the behaviour of key groups in the society , including management and trade unions . |
| 8 | The Senate of the Inns of Court consists of 101 barristers ( some of whom will be judges ) representing the profession of barrister ; some are appointed by the benchers of each Inn , some are ex officio members like the leaders from each of the six circuits , and some are elected by members of the Bar . |
| 9 | Although ‘ mixed ’ marriages between people of different races or cultures are made for a variety of reasons , conscious and unconscious , some are necessitated by the need to have constant reassurance of difference : for example , a skin of another colour . |
| 10 | The point is of some importance since a number of rules of procedure are growing to be applicable to Cabinet Committees and we ought to know where there is a real , useful distinction or whether it is merely the pragmatical difference that some are serviced by the Cabinet Office and some are not . |
| 11 | Some are managed by the districts themselves , others are self-governing trusts . |
| 12 | Some are used by the alpine training squads for dry land training . |
| 13 | Some are deflected by the ozone layer , but others penetrate to ground level . |
| 14 | A limited run , Nos 1 to 300 are signed by the artist Ian Walton . |
| 15 | For as closer inspection shows , the significant thing is that common sense and the mystical are invoked by the Zande at different levels of interpretation . |
| 16 | Important qualities and features differentiating one student from another are obliterated by the baldness of grades . |
| 17 | The French are attracted by the fact the Magic Kingdom and the proposed second theme park are to be located at Marne-la-Valee near Paris , the heavy involvement of the French government and the existence of theme parks such as the Asterix near Paris . |
| 18 | After 1999 , Aegon will be able to inject any amount of new capital and should this be approved by the voting trust — which must be likely should it wish to generate more profits through business growth for the with-profits policyholders — then the with-profits fund must match Aegon 's injections ( which must be considered unlikely given the huge resources Aegon has access to ) or see its stake in the company diluted . |
| 19 | Should this be organised by the NHS , social work departments , voluntary agencies or by joint working ? |
| 20 | Should this be recovered by the Trustee in Bankruptcy ? |
| 21 | But if there were a sea change , and they became the majority that meat eaters are at present , and if this were fuelled by the arguments of Regan or Singer , then surely it would be reasonable to expect a knock-on effect in the other contentious areas . |
| 22 | The English were faced by the different physical conditions and social organisation of the countries which they invaded . |
| 23 | His skilful efforts to put the Assembly in the wrong were abetted by the deputies ' seeming determination to alienate the masses from the regime , attempts which culminated in an electoral law of 1850 which disenfranchised some 3,000,000 voters on the basis of a residence qualification . |
| 24 | The apostles and the communities of the faithful were driven by the Spirit , faith and the knowledge of the Risen Lord . |
| 25 | His evidence indicates sites of low status disappearing both before and after the Black Death , with relatively few being eliminated by the well-recorded activities of rapacious landlords . |
| 26 | When it was revealed that the 14 candidates polling the least votes and thus threatened with exclusion from the central committee included such notables as Abalkin , Shevardnadze , Ryzhkov , Defence Minister Dmitry Yazov and CPSU international department head Valentin Falin , Gorbachev intervened with a proposal that they too should be deemed elected by virtue of having won a legitimate majority , this being accepted by the congress . |
| 27 | in this case it was held that despite knowing that a vehicle had deposited diesel on the road there as no duty to take active steps to prevent another being injured by the negligence of a third party . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm not saying best practice is wrong , ’ he said , ‘ but someone must change the operational guidelines because you ca n't have one set of guidelines issued by the Institute and another being operated by the JMU . ’ |
| 29 | For the time being at least this was almost exactly how the French were regarded by the Americans in Vietnam : of little or no account and if not exactly in the ‘ out ’ tray at best their position was ‘ pending ’ . |
| 30 | The French were crushed by the native forces and the Americans were forced to move in to take their place in order to safe-guard their investment , going a little deeper into the quicksand . |