Example sentences of "[vb mod] [be] [verb] by some " in BNC.
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| 1 | For example , it might be decided that the words savage and Negro should be replaced by some other terms in every definition in which they occur . |
| 2 | This should be done by some progressive staging . |
| 3 | Iii case this book should be read by some fundamentalist searching for straws to prop up his prejudices , let me state categorically that all my experience ( such as it is ) has led me to an unqualified acceptance of evolution by natural selection as a sufficient explanation for what I have seen in the fossil record . |
| 4 | Major was perplexed that his niceness should be considered by some to be an electoral disadvantage . |
| 5 | Alternative views of the matter are that competition policy should be guided by some broader notion of the public interest , including perhaps non-economic social objectives , or that competition , per se , should be promoted . |
| 6 | With unemployment rising steeply , some say towards four million , and money supply flat , interest rates should be reduced by some 2 per cent . |
| 7 | But the Venus fly-trap and its relatives , the sundews ( all Droseracea ) do not possess pulvini so movement must be caused by some other mechanism . |
| 8 | But to see what this talk of the linguistic expression ‘ replacing ’ the natural expression really means we must consider , in order to reject , the prevalent notion that if someone says ‘ It hurts ’ or ‘ I 'm afraid ’ , and they are not lying , then what they say must be justified by some observation . |
| 9 | They must be produced by some other spirit , and if we attend to their ‘ constant regularity , order , … magnificence , beauty , and perfection ’ , we see that they must be produced by an ‘ eternal , infinitely wise , good , and perfect ’ spirit , which is God . |
| 10 | Some people hold that this is the case , that they must be superseded by some other form of basic unit for society . |
| 11 | While a moving-coil meter does not exhibit any steady deflection when sinusoidal current passes through it and must be preceded by some form of rectifying circuit before it can register such current , other forms of meter exist that respond usefully by themselves to sinusoidal current . |
| 12 | In response to the SNH access paper , he adds : ‘ While this might be opposed by some landowners and managers , it nevertheless offers an opportunity , as yet untried , for SNH and government to work out an acceptable scheme for appropriate legislation and test it publicly . ’ |
| 13 | Similar pressures might be felt by some people today — to fight , or to risk injury in certain situations , and so on . |
| 14 | Secondly , although this might be seen by some to relegate librarians and information scientists to a rather mundane , humdrum existence , we would submit that the reverse is true . |
| 15 | It might be argued by some that his approach was too prosaic , but it would perhaps be more true to say that he cloaked classical ideals in the trappings of his own environment . |
| 16 | The wall was as it had always been … but at the centre was a black smear , like the blackened smear that might be left by some kind of fire ; as if a blowlamp had been held there . |
| 17 | As well as enabling the regime to identify and arrest leaders , it might be interpreted by some western governments as a sign of the communist subversion claimed by Franco , to which they were particularly sensitive in the light of their worsening relations with the Soviet Union . |
| 18 | That assessment might also be wrong ( clue to a later article : junk-bond default rates ) or it might be distorted by some other influence ( clue : federal deposit insurance ) . |
| 19 | ’ — A term which might be thought by some to overstate our relationship , ’ he said finally , and was pleased to observe that his tone did not waver . |
| 20 | from you than the statement you 've just made er and I think you 'll be you used the word abhorrent , I think you 'll be abhorred by some of the er stories you 're about to hear . |
| 21 | Although it could be assumed by some that this is a development towards a more specialized and fragmented approach it may alternatively be a foundation for a more unified approach and one which accommodates the necessity to combine understanding at the microphysiology and biochemistry ( realist ? ) level with that at the biome level which had traditionally been approached more in functional terms . |
| 22 | The discount to the market could be eradicated by some judicious pruning . |
| 23 | For example , UNCLASSIFIED and RESTRICTED may be defined by some organisations to be suitable for microfiching . |
| 24 | Certainly no generalisation can be made except that the successful diffusion of the knowledge of soil conserving practices is often one essential change that is required — even although the knowledge may be possessed by some cultivators already . |
| 25 | Furthermore , a course in Britain may be regarded by some as a reward for senior staff , whilst a course in the south would attract only those appropriate for it . |
| 26 | This may be achieved by some clause in the guarantee such as ‘ Apart from his obligations under the terms of this guarantee , the manufacturer shall not be liable for any loss howsoever arising . ’ |
| 27 | Such things may be seen by some as the inevitable watering down of the faith ; that the alternative to fundamentalism is a blurring of the lines and the inability of the Church to address the world . |
| 28 | A further problem for the Church is that it may be seen by some people as a stepping-stone to a political career . |
| 29 | There are tables and anecdotes to satisfy the enthusiast ( the list of vehicles may be seen by some as excessive ) and also lessons for the contemporary practitioner . |
| 30 | The non-existence of such dealings can not however be conclusive because their absence may be explained by some extraneous consideration , for example , lack of occasion , the attitude of the regime to human rights , its relationship to another state . |