Example sentences of "[noun pl] be [vb pp] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Add to this the fact that our universities and practically all our major cultural institutions are run by English people , and that many of the executive posts in local government and other organisations are occupied by them , and it will be clear that Scotland is rapidly being colonised , indeed being turned into an extension of England . |
| 2 | As for the second , it has long been recognised that successful institutions are distinguished by clear aims . |
| 3 | Antineutrons are expected by some particle physicists , who believe on theoretical grounds that neutrons could change into antineutrons on their way from the Sun to the Earth . |
| 4 | Some two thirds to three quarters of all solved burglaries are committed by young men under the age of 21 . |
| 5 | It 's estimated that 80% of burglaries are committed by casual opportunists , and in three out of ten thefts the burglar does n't have to use force to gain entry — open windows and unlocked doors make life very easy for him . |
| 6 | Fire fighting problems of high-bay warehouses are characterised by large amounts of fuel , arranged in a cellular manner to facilitate deposit and retrieval . |
| 7 | The second phrase comprises only eight different notes , but this is because the parts are close together in a small area , and some notes are used by two different instruments . |
| 8 | New acts are attracted by First Division managers because we are visible and our addresses are in Music Week . |
| 9 | The interactions are represented by integer-spin fields that do not obey the Pauli exclusion principle . |
| 10 | The western edge of these Atlantic gems are fringed by wonderful , white , shell-sand beaches , backed by flower-bright , green machair plains ; the east coast is rugged and inhospitable , bounding a trackless land , confronting mainland Scotland over the stormy Minch , beyond Cuillin on Skye . |
| 11 | Yes Moderator the Board 's erm published accounts are prefaced by some comments on the accounting conventions that are used . |
| 12 | Virtually all the data the 650 needs to compile the national accounts are collected by other departments . |
| 13 | For examples of using run-outs , see the speed cruiser cake recipe on page 73 ( the lifebelts are made by this method ) . |
| 14 | Both states are plagued by secessionist militants , and both are at present ruled — with the army 's help — directly from Delhi . |
| 15 | These investments are seen by some as the start of an inevitable flood establishing a low-cost source of supply for the West . |
| 16 | The first three chapters of I Corinthians are dominated by this problem . |
| 17 | Most Germans are disgusted by anti-foreigner violence . |
| 18 | Providing the hoedown music will be that fast picking local band Seldom Herd , and the jigs and reels are supplied by some of the club 's legion of resident minstrels . |
| 19 | After a study for the Layfield Committee , Diane Dawson concluded : ‘ we do not at present have any way of finding out why particular policies are adopted by local education authorities . |
| 20 | Its actions and policies are formed by local as well as national events , and it must be seen as both an agent of , and an obstacle to , central government . |
| 21 | Imperial policies are explained by individual passion and affection . |
| 22 | In Sweden , for example , new policies are initiated by special commissions which constitute the preliminary stage of a legislative proposal . |
| 23 | Their operations are monitored by three small mobile commands which move around inside Cambodia , keeping radio contact with each other and with the base camps along the Thai border . |
| 24 | RENFE 's operations are organized by seven geographical ‘ zones ’ which are in turn subdivided on a functional and geographical basis . |
| 25 | However , there is a class of data management systems where all operations are initiated by simple commands . |
| 26 | The attitudes held by the modern racists are deracialized in that the attitudes are justified by traditional values , such as equality and fairness , and not by oven racial themes . |
| 27 | Standard weepers are produced by budding and sometimes grafting , rambler types into stems a foot ( 30cm ) or more higher than bush types in order to enhance the weeping effect . |
| 28 | This directory is very voluminous and copies are held by Legal Aid Committees in Glasgow , Dundee and Aberdeen . |
| 29 | At the federal level the highest organ of state authority is the bicameral Federal Assembly , comprising the Chamber of the People ( 101 seats for the Czech Lands and 49 seats for Slovakia ) , and the Chamber of Nations ( 75 seats for each republic ) , to which deputies are elected by universal adult suffrage . |
| 30 | As a result theoretical discourses are traversed by narrative structures which form a hidden thread running through the argument . |