Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
Previous page Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 31 | The major institutions of society are justified by the belief that they are meeting the functional prerequisites of the social system . |
| 32 | These processes are justified by the fact that the audience wields some power over the moves of the managers . |
| 33 | The depraved uses to which science is often put are justified by the claim that science is ‘ objective ’ . |
| 34 | Er , the means to that end , are justified by the end , even so . |
| 35 | Work duties are assigned by the sergeant at the beginning of the shift in what is known as ‘ parade ’ when all members meet together , occasionally in the presence of senior officers . |
| 36 | While the men are invigorated by the fight in the world outside , strengthened by coming face to face with the enemy , we women sit at home and darn . ’ |
| 37 | Surgical drains are placed by the surgeon into the wound and provide a route for the exit of blood or body fluids which would otherwise prevent healing . |
| 38 | The firm had also been asked by the Bank to make a s 41 report and was trying to finalise the 1990 accounts , which had been delayed by the lack of access to ICIC . |
| 39 | Its passage had been delayed by the calling of the December general election , at which Prime Minister Poul Schlüter had sought to strengthen his position by obtaining a mandate both for the budget and for a programme of tax reforms [ see pp. 37868 ; 37924-25 ] . |
| 40 | The payment of the back pay had been delayed by the prorogation of Parliament by the Blaize adminstration in August [ see p. 36847 ] to avoid a motion of no confidence . |
| 41 | Discussion of the details has been delayed by the breakup of the Soviet Union which increased the number of potential signatories and created differences over the role of private investment in energy industries . |
| 42 | The United Church of Christ 's Office of Communication has been honoured by the University of Missouri School of Journalism for its years of campaigning for justice in broadcasting . |
| 43 | In 1970 — that is , since the reforms of the Roman Catholic Church instituted by the Second Vatican Council — they have both , unlike any other women saints , been honoured by the Church with the title of Doctor . |
| 44 | The man behind the renowned St Tiggywinkles animal hospital has been honoured by the Queen . |
| 45 | Provided the union set wage is at least as great as , equilibrium wages and membership are given by the intersection of the WD and MD curves at |
| 46 | No new rights to such material are given by the Act but it does standardise the procedure for applying for a warrant to obtain such material . |
| 47 | Usually LIFESPAN can be called up by typing one word , as set up by the LIFESPAN Manager , and details are given by the Help facility . |
| 48 | If the signals only vary slowly , and respectively represent the small-signal conductance and resistance at the operating point and are given by the slope of the static characteristic and its inverse at the operating point . |
| 49 | Other tests are given by the remark following 1.11.7 and 4.2.10(ii) . |
| 50 | Although most warranties and indemnities are given by the seller , the seller is likely to seek some undertakings from the buyer and some limits to the scope of any future liabilities . |
| 51 | Young 's modulus E and Poisson 's ratio v are given by The volume concentrations of the phases are respectively with . |
| 52 | In terms of this critical pulsatance , at pulsatances above and below it respectively , the attenuation constant and phase shift per section are given by The fact that the transfer function becomes when establishes that , in the pass band , the output signal of a section lags in phase behind the input signal to that section . |
| 53 | In a slightly rewritten form due to Rydberg the frequencies v are given by the formula unc where n takes the integral values 3,4 c is the velocity of light and A is a constant called the Rydberg . |
| 54 | Thus the time dependences of the current I and potential difference V are given by the time dependence of the intersection of the load line with the characteristic , provided the frequency of the source is not so high that reactive effects render the static characteristic inappropriate . |
| 55 | The equipotential surfaces are given by the equation |
| 56 | On issue the place , date and time of hearing are completed by the court and , unless service is to be effected by the court , a copy of the application duly sealed will be available for service to be effected by the party issuing the application . |
| 57 | His body was found very close to it , but he had obviously been blinded by the blizzard . |
| 58 | Did it relate in some way to the fact that millions of years ago our gill-bearing ancestors crawled out of the pond , and ever since we have been paralysed by the thought of a return to it ? |
| 59 | Even Maisie , who was now standing a few yards from the window , breathing heavily , seemed to have been paralysed by the sight of him . |
| 60 | This type of skepticism had been sustained by the knowledge that the mathematical devices used by Ptolemy could not be squared with the homocentric spheres of Aristotelian cosmology . |