Example sentences of "[v-ing] [be] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indications that such processes are occurring are provided by the existence of molecules such as C 2 H 2 and C 6 H 6 , which can be produced from CH 4 through the action of solar uv radiation or thunderstorms . |
| 2 | The possibility of conflicts of interest and duty occurring is enhanced by the nature of the organisational structure of the financial services industry , ie the prevalence of conglomerates . |
| 3 | The current in the primary winding is induced by the rotating magnet . |
| 4 | The degree of checking is determined by the section engineer responsible for the project . |
| 5 | But what is more important than anything else is that they should not be treated as packages and removed from one place to another and back again because the grown-ups are involved in a dispute and have overlooked that children have rights , and that children 's rights are to remain somewhere until after calm and sensible consideration and a decision by a court that the particular place in which they are living is changed by the decision of the court to them living somewhere else . |
| 6 | The degree of scattering is affected by the distance traversed through the atmosphere , called the atmospheric path length . |
| 7 | The angular attenuation of scattering is measured by the particle scattering factor which is simply the ratio of the scattering intensity to the intensity in the absence of interference , measured at the same angle θ . |
| 8 | However , in the late seventeenth century , perjury became a problem , so writing was required by the Statute of Frauds 1677 to prevent the wrongful enforcement of alleged oral agreements for the sale of land ( as well as for certain other contracts ) . |
| 9 | Ignoring is regarded by the child as a punishment , even if you do n't see it like that . |
| 10 | Balancing is required by the law of conservation of matter . |
| 11 | Since ballooning was invented by the Montgolfier brothers more than two hundred years ago the sport has changed . |
| 12 | I 've served on that one , and the whole business of the organisation has generally speaking been run by the executive and not by a full council . |
| 13 | The Royal Family will not profit from the business , though one report said that the campaign by Anglo-American firm the Eclectic American Catalogue Company appears designed to give customers the impression that what they are buying is backed by the Queen . |
| 14 | Accounts from the 1840s and 1850s show that cattle stealing was thought by the authorities to be a serious problem in many areas . |
| 15 | Cells that have a genetic capacity for hardening are stimulated by the environment to produce isoenzymes — alternatives to those normally in production — that change the phospholipid and sterol content of the cell membranes . |
| 16 | Having been overruled by the ruling Spanish Socialist Workers ' Party ( PSOE ) hierarchy and the spending ministries on requested budget cuts , Solchaga had regained the initiative through these measures of financial and trade liberalization . |
| 17 | That the Bill shall be laid upon the Table of the House by one of the Clerks in the Private Bill Office on the next meeting of the House after the day on which the Bill has been presented and , when so laid , shall be read the first and second time ( and shall be recorded in the Journal of this House as having been so read ) and , having been amended by the Committee in the last Session , shall be ordered to lie upon the Table . |
| 18 | Having been groped by the Croatian National Guard , the friends parted company , the press to their pens on the platform 's left hand , Joshua to sit among the delegates of his local Party . |
| 19 | When Banner treated its properties as investment properties in its 1990/91 accounts , auditors Stoy Hayward added to their report : ‘ Without qualifying our opinion above , we draw attention to note 8 which refers to the valuation of investment properties having been conducted by the directors at open market value assuming vacant possession ’ ( see ACCOUNTANCY , September 1991 , p 33 ) . |
| 20 | The interim legislative body was condemned as phoney , membership having been determined by the Americans ; it contained no representatives of workers or peasants but instead represented the sordid interests of Korean capitalism . |
| 21 | The path was in fact too wide , the width having been determined by the machinery . |
| 22 | She is an orphan , both her parents having been shot by the Germans . |
| 23 | A few miles further down the road they came on a group of Italians with rifles waving at them to stop , obviously having been alerted by the German post . |
| 24 | For some years the family had lived on the island of Rousay , where both the Social Work and Education Departments were actively involved with them , having been alerted by the school to concerns over the welfare of the children . |
| 25 | Part of the answer is that there is a lot of fiscal juggling in the R&D accounts , with a great deal of large-scale engineering and demonstration work of the federal government — especially on matters related to energy — having been scuttled by the Reagan administration as inappropriate for the government . |
| 26 | At least ten pit bull terriers have been destroyed after having been collected by the dog wardens . |
| 27 | Gatherum Castle is of immense size and quite new , having been built by the Duke for a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 28 | Martial law was lifted in Beijing on Jan. 11 , having been imposed by the authorities in May 1989 in an attempt to quell growing pro-democracy demonstrations centred in the city 's Tiananmen Square [ see p. 36641 ; see pp. 36720-22 for crushing of pro-democracy movement in early June ] . |
| 29 | Meanwhile the southern groups of Samoeds and Kets in the upper Yenisei and Sayan regions disappeared , having been assimilated by the Russian , Tungus , Buryat or Turkic peoples . |
| 30 | Provided that the board may refuse such an application if the applicant , having been cited by the board to attend the meeting at which his application is to be considered , fails to attend such a meeting . |