Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The man picked up a small portmanteau that had been hidden in shadow by the rail , and with one last sweeping look across the quay , climbed on to the gangplank . |
| 2 | The texts , which are generally agreed to have forged elements in them , have been examined in detail by several scholars , and there are only two preliminary remarks which need to be made . |
| 3 | The statistical correlation studies have been many and varied and they have been examined in detail by both Blaug and Bowman and there is no need to repeat the discussion here . |
| 4 | The development of one south London suburb has been examined in detail by Professor H. J. Dyos in his classic work , Victorian Suburb : A Study of the Growth of Camberwell ( 1961 ) . |
| 5 | Studies defining the immediate 5' flanking sequences of class II MHC genes and their associated DNA-binding proteins ( 5-10 ) , as well as transgenic mouse models containing DNA constructs covering the promoter proximal sequences have been examined in detail by other groups ( 5,11-13 , ) . |
| 6 | So far convoys of humanitarian aid have been stopped at will by the militias and held up for days , if not weeks , despite their protection by armed UN peacekeepers . |
| 7 | He questioned the evidence given by Professor Austin Gresham , a Home Office pathologist and Professor of Morbid Anatomy at Cambridge University , who conducted a second post-mortem examination on Miss Ward 's remains after they had been flown to Britain by her father , John Ward . |
| 8 | Kerry , of Sheffield , had been flown to Corfu by the Mirror — in liaison with South Yorkshire police — after a ‘ positive ’ sighting of three-year-old Ben . |
| 9 | In May Justice Minister Kinkel announced that priority was to be given to the rehabilitation and compensation of victims of the SED regime , ahead of pursuing those accused of committing crimes or of assessing compensation claims of those who had been dispossessed of property by the regime . |
| 10 | By 1932 Gallacher had been joined at Chelsea by his two fellow internationalists Jackson and Cheyne and the three Scots became the focus of an acrimonious dispute about wages , trade unionism and bonus payments . |
| 11 | The basic argument with which we are concerned here is that the low level of female crime is a result of the expectations and constraints that are placed on women by society . |
| 12 | Excessive demands are placed on governments by sectional interest groups beyond their capacity to meet them . |
| 13 | Duties are placed on inspectors by Article 30(8) to disclose certain information to persons employed at premises to which the Order applies to assist in keeping such persons adequately informed about matters likely to affect their health , safety and welfare . |
| 14 | We can only give cursory attention to these here but more details are given in books by Tukey ( 1977 ) and Velleman and Hoaglin ( 1981 ) . |
| 15 | They are completed by hand by the scientist at or near the time of the work being recorded and form a chronological , step by step log of what was planned , what was done and the results gained . |
| 16 | Flaubert , on his way up the Nile in 1850 , found Esna much enlivened by the presence of ulmeh , literally " learned women " , prostitutes who had been banished from Cairo by Muhammad Ali some years before . |
| 17 | In the marble version the struts have been banished from sight by designing the statue to be seen from a restricted viewpoint . |
| 18 | Married women are treated as dependents by the income tax system , whatever their actual economic resources and social situation . |
| 19 | And since grazing leases are treated as property by the Internal Revenue Service and are taxed accordingly , who could pay for managing public lands if the cows were given the boot ? |
| 20 | If the payments are ex gratia rather than to compensate the individual for loss of a contractual entitlement , they may amount to distributions within s209 or " other benefits or facilities of whatever nature " which are treated as distributions by s418 of the Taxes Act when paid by a close company . |
| 21 | As Counts of Poitou the Dukes had long ruled Poitou and Saintonge , and had been recognized as overlords by the Counts of Angoulême , La Marche and Périgord and by the Viscounts of Limoges . |
| 22 | The force of this demand had already been recognized by Macmillan by the appointment at the end of 1960 of a Prime Minister 's committee under the chairmanship of Lord Robbins . |
| 23 | In doing so it has been heaped with opprobrium by other sections of the left ( see Kettle , 1984 ) . |
| 24 | Uncured pork from a firm at Wisbech , Cambs , has been withdrawn from sale by supermarkets and shops . |
| 25 | All this work has been undertaken with enthusiasm by teachers and on a voluntary basis , in a period of severe industrial action when teacher morale and goodwill were at unprecedentedly low levels . |
| 26 | Interesting work has been undertaken in Sweden by Braf ( 1984 ) relating to those aspects of the environment that can be of positive help to visually handicapped people . |
| 27 | A particular emphasis has been placed on drivers by way of the national ‘ Speedwatch ’ campaign and further campaigns will deal with the wearing of seat belts and drinking and driving . |
| 28 | Plans by a consortium of British nature bodies to buy the heart of the Cairngorm range in Scotland have been placed in doubt by the government 's failure to meet a promise to cover the running costs . |
| 29 | Some students have been placed in difficulties by local authorities that have set a community charge that is so far beyond the reach of people that even the 20 per cent . |
| 30 | The defendant 's employees had been placed in danger by being required to work in a confined space with a petrol driven engine producing poisonous fumes . |