Example sentences of "[noun pl] are [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The finely detailed bas-relief ornaments are applied by hand today , as they were in Josiah 's day . |
| 2 | The motor manufacturing giant General Motors leads the field , and the first ten of the top R&D spenders are dominated by motor companies and the electronics industry . |
| 3 | It is one of the quirks of modern society that even when acts are passed by Parliament and signed by the Sovereign , they do not always take effect . |
| 4 | The following media item states are used by LIFESPAN : |
| 5 | The fellowships are awarded by competition and the successful applicants choose to be supervised in their research by staff at either Edinburgh or Heriot-Watt Universities . |
| 6 | This curriculum is learnt almost entirely by rote , and mathematical knowledge and skills are acquired by teacher exposition , followed by repetition and practice . |
| 7 | Mott accepts that all hoteliers are governed by cost but emphasises that , as with most purchases , you get what you pay for . |
| 8 | Romanians have lost their sense of humour and their attitudes are characterised by aimlessness . |
| 9 | Romanians have lost their sense of humour and their attitudes are characterised by aimlessness . |
| 10 | I 'm fed up hearing that the Olympic superstars are motivated by money . |
| 11 | Oil-industry funding for research into sandstone provenance and correlation using heavy-mineral analysis has remained high : a number of projects are funded by oil companies . |
| 12 | Indonesia also has a large electrification programme underway involving hydro-electric and thermal power station projects but these and a number of large oil and petrochemical projects are threatened by balance of payments problems . |
| 13 | Projects are sponsored by community associations , voluntary or charitable bodies and local authorities . |
| 14 | Where public projects are financed by taxation , their effect is to reduce private household consumption by reducing the after-tax incomes that households can spend on goods and services . |
| 15 | All such cases are assessed by adjudication officers . |
| 16 | Some cases are caused by brain injuries sustained during labour and delivery , others by viral infections or abnormally low blood sugar levels during pregnancy . |
| 17 | Some smaller firms may have a centralised functional structure where tasks and activities are arranged by business function such as : |
| 18 | Letterman 's activities are characterized by bustle and urgency . |
| 19 | But there is much that can be usefully said about the way in which all governmental activities are controlled by law , particularly when considering the relationships between different branches of government . |
| 20 | The author seems more at home with that part of the study in which behavioural activities are interpreted by reference to models . |
| 21 | If such maps are produced by hand or drawn by a pen plotter , the increasing magnitude of the variable is shown by increasing density of line-shading . |
| 22 | Government bodies and local authorities are prohibited by legislation from dealing with companies paying below the agreed minimum wage . |
| 23 | Under new arrangements , local authorities are penalized by loss of grant if they spend too much — that is , more than the government thinks they ought to spend . |
| 24 | There is good evidence that these imperfections are imposed by performance limitations . |
| 25 | All sensory forms are affected by proximity and this is particularly noticeable amidst networks of lines . |
| 26 | In simple languages such as Dyak , plural forms are replaced by repetition : instead of saying ‘ eggs ’ , you just say ‘ egg egg ’ . |
| 27 | These forms are returned by mail to the Registration Officer for the Constituency . |
| 28 | If any pixels are seen in the resulting region then ( a ) the reference card has moved , ( b ) the subject or other material has moved into the reference region or ( c ) one or both of the exposure and illumination is too high and spurious pixels are seen by spreading . |
| 29 | Solicitors are contacted by telephone , with calls channelled through a service provided by Air Call plc . |
| 30 | Where claims for professional negligence against solicitors are met by payment out of the indemnity fund , the firm will nonetheless bear the amount of the relevant excess or " deductible " and its partners will suffer from claims loading in future years . |