Example sentences of "[noun pl] [be] [vb pp] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heads of departments and institutions are indemnified by the University in respect of any claims made against them under civil law in connection with safety duties . |
| 2 | He maintains that the main principles of these religions are symbolized by the terms Kingdom of God in Christianity and Nirvā a in Buddhism . |
| 3 | Vacancies are notified by the Civil Service Commission . |
| 4 | Criminal acts are defined by the Home Office as ‘ those acts against the law for which the offender is caught , tried and found guilty ’ . |
| 5 | However , the ‘ Radfahrer frei ’ sign indicates that cycling is allowed , though riders are warned by the cartoon underneath ( Figure 6.28 ) ‘ But not this way ! ’ |
| 6 | The riders are supported by a complete package of services provided by Bike Events . |
| 7 | The contradictoriness and ambivalence of racist discourses and interactions are produced by a complex combination of social and psychic structures and forces . |
| 8 | These discussions are characterised by an increasing scope and depth as the issues are accorded greater philosophical seriousness . |
| 9 | With the spatial approach , the initial relationships between objects are established by the interpretation of the local orthogonal domains or bricks ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 10 | En route , the slavers make an early sale when Ian and two other prisoners are bought by the master of a galley ship . |
| 11 | Convicted prisoners are outnumbered by the euphemistically named ‘ undertrials ’ — remanded prisoners for most of whom trial is months ( if not years ) away and many of whom , detained pending police investigations , have not yet been charged with an offence ( Diaz 1977 ) . |
| 12 | The final accounts are prepared by a firm of local accountants , who also do the annual stock-taking . |
| 13 | The principal pension scheme 's accounts are audited by a firm other than Touche Ross , which acts for Dixons Group plc . |
| 14 | It was noted above that these accounts are audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General who reports to the Public Accounts Committee . |
| 15 | The most significant are that the proposed SAS requires auditors to be active , rather than passive , and to perform procedures specifically designed to identify circumstances which might call into question the appropriateness of the going concern basis ; that the future period which should be considered by both the directors and auditors in assessing the validity of the going concern basis should be extended to one year from the date the accounts are approved by the directors ; and that emphasis is now placed on the need for adequate disclosures in accounts of matters giving rise to inherent uncertainties that affect a company 's ability to continue as a going concern . |
| 16 | The accounts are processed by the Systems Union SunAccount system , supplied by Eclipse Computing , and running on a Risc-based Unix computer from DEC . |
| 17 | ( B ) The free and complexed DNA fragment populations were separated by electrophoresis through a 5% native polyacrylamide gel ( 8 ) ; the gel was then immersed and equilibrated into a buffer-containing plastic tray , and the retarded ( SC = specific complex , NSC = non-specific complex ) and unretarded ( F = free ) DNA species were exposed in situ to mild modification with DMS ( representative methylations are indicated by the black arrowheads ) . |
| 18 | These different people 's mental states are caused by the same body , so on the theory in question should be part of the same self . |
| 19 | ( d ) a fund manager ( including an exempt fund manager ) with any investment company , unit trust or other person whose investments are managed by the manager on a discretionary basis , in respect of the relevant investment accounts ; |
| 20 | ( e ) any investment company , unit trust or other person whose investments are managed by an associate on a discretionary basis ; |
| 21 | Barnard further suggested that the limitations on man 's accomplishments are determined by the effectiveness of his organisation . |
| 22 | Generic technologies are characterised by a breadth of long term potential applications and impacts which require that they be recognised as fundamental elements in thinking about and planning the long term socioeconomic future . |
| 23 | These pleats give the lava a ropy appearance , and the flows are called by a name given to them by the Polynesian islanders — pahoehoe flows . |
| 24 | This contrasts with the YTM procedure ( shown in ( 5.10 ) ) , in which all cash flows are discounted by the same yield to maturity . |
| 25 | A criterion description should enable interested groups ( pupils , parents , teachers , employers ) to know what skills are encompassed by the particular criterion . |
| 26 | In Britain , Bill Watts meets John Pizey , whose finishing skills are devoured by the variety of ‘ students ’ he teaches , and gains vital advice on those final touches , and how to rejuvenate antique furniture . |
| 27 | Skills are acquired by a process of trial and error but the trials are not entirely random as is assumed in classical trial and error learning ( Thorndike , 191 1 ) . |
| 28 | Since criminal investigations are conducted by the police in the first instance , the police file tends to shape the case in all its subsequent stages . |
| 29 | His investigations are accompanied by a search for an india-rubber , about which he remembers only that it contained the two letters ‘ di ’ in the middle of its trade name ( hence ‘ Oe di pe ’ ) . |
| 30 | The structures of majors and independents are determined by the size of the repertoire each company handles . |