Example sentences of "[adj] [be] [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the dominant theme of the Macrory recommendations with respect to the distribution and control of services between Stormont ( the Northern Ireland Parliament which has since 1971 been replaced by direct rule from Westminster ) and local government was to emphasize the role of service professionals and experts , since ‘ sensible ’ and ‘ spontaneous ’ social democratic politics were absent ’ ( Tomlinson , 1980 , p. 114 ) . |
| 2 | The Legislative Assembly of Macao , enlarged under the new 1990 organic Law [ see below ] , has 23 members , of whom seven are government appointees , eight are indirectly elected by business associations and eight are elected by direct universal suffrage . |
| 3 | The Legislative Assembly of Macao comprises 23 members , of whom seven are government appointees , eight are indirectly elected by business associations and eight are elected by direct universal suffrage . |
| 4 | Of the total seats , 75 are filled by direct election and 25 on the basis of proportional representation . |
| 5 | TBM 700s are bought by two different categories of owner-pilots : those who fly singles , like Bonanzas , Mooneys or Trinidads ; and those who operate twins , either piston or turbine . |
| 6 | Mutual funds ( unit trusts in Britain ) have become big shareholders in France , but few are run by independent groups ; most are subsidiaries of banks which in turn can influence decisions during bids . |
| 7 | Some homes are still religious and dependent on the church , some are run by local authorities , and others are a combination of both . |
| 8 | who stated in his Cabinet-maker and Upholsterer 's Drawing Book ( 1793 ) that the Hepplewhite Guide had ‘ already caught the decline ’ in design standards , a third edition was issued in 1794 containing new or altered plates , in which many curvilinear or shield-back chairs and sofas of 1788 are replaced by neat rectilinear forms in the French style , which Sheraton had derived from Henry Holland [ q.v. ] |
| 9 | In the south of England many village names are found ending with -ing , -ingham etc. this being suggested by some to be a genitive name of the early leaders , so for Halling this becomes Halls land , Heall land . |
| 10 | The majority of the bodies could not be identified from their remains ; a few were confirmed by dental records , or by jewellery and belongings that survived the blast intact . |
| 11 | Iraqi claims that the oil had been released by allied attacks on two Iraqi tankers on Jan. 22 were dismissed by most commentators . |
| 12 | The riots in 1981 and 1985 were thought by some to be a product of racial tension . |
| 13 | Some were lost by hapless temps . |
| 14 | Some were duplicated by other routes , a legacy of the pre-Grouping days ( 1923 ) when companies competed for business . |
| 15 | At every stage , therefore , members of the hierarchy were involved in the process of deposing an anointed king : some were coerced by understandable fear ; others , as events unfolded , reluctantly despaired of a peaceful resolution of the conflict any other way than by deposition ; and a few were eager promoters of Isabella 's plans . |
| 16 | Scott 's research show that among the top 250 British enterprises in 1976 , 43 were controlled by personal shareholders , 71 by corporate owners , and 110 by a mixture ( Scott , 1985 , p. 77 ) . |
| 17 | Apart from these , only four other PJC-2s were ordered by private pilots and together with the prototype , eleven were sold when the need to build-up America 's defences led to a curb on the use of strategic materials and production ceased . |
| 18 | The framework set out in Figure 7.5 is provided by Tough as a guide for teachers when identifying uses of language ‘ which they are probably already fostering , either intuitively or with some deliberation ’ . |
| 19 | This is supported by General Condition 2 of the Engineering and Computer Policies which sets out the action to be taken by the Policyholder on the happening of any event which may give rise to a claim . |
| 20 | And this is supported by recently-appointed Employment Minister David Hunt 's statement in which he said British Government backing is unconditional . |
| 21 | As far as up to date development plans is concerned , this is supported by all sections of the community and need not be dwelt upon . |
| 22 | Now denoting the nominal demand for money by MD , we can write in functional form : unc A simplified version of this function can be obtained by using real national income ( Y ) as an indicator of total wealth and by assuming that h is constant and that the function is homogeneous of the first degree in P. We can then write the real demand for money as : unc Monetarists generally believe the demand for money to be fairly unresponsive to interest rate changes ( and this is supported by empirical evidence ) . |
| 23 | It is therefore believed that the unconformity does not correspond exactly to the base of the Westphalian D but falls within the Westphalian C. This is supported by regional stratigraphic relationships ( Ramsbottom et al . |
| 24 | The supposed attraction of certain White women to Black men is again accentuated by a young , White , overtly racist male protagonist through the comment , ‘ You know what they say , they reckon that spades are special with the Janets ; that 's why they go for them ’ ; this is followed by raucous laughter from his fellow White workmates . |
| 25 | This is followed by recent contemporary footage such as the Rodney King beating . |
| 26 | This is followed by 12–16 weeks work experience under the supervision of a manager in a restaurant . |
| 27 | This is followed by iterative searching with Boolean logic on the current stack . |
| 28 | This is followed by frenzied activity on the part of the band in setting up some sort of show , usually in London with all the expense that that entails , only for the big day to arrive to find that A&R have sent a tea boy ( resplendent in his raincoat ) and not the ‘ man ’ . |
| 29 | This is followed by seven sections containing detailed information about our faculties : |
| 30 | This is followed by seven nights accommodation and arrival back in Dover is via Ostend on Sundays in the early evening . |