Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by [noun] [unc] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reports come from Sudan , where the harshness of nature is compounded by man 's inhumanity to man — or rather to women and children ; and from Zimbabwe , where drought is putting many lives at risk , especially , as usual , those of young children . |
| 2 | The problem is compounded by Japan 's grossly inadequate road system , on which daily jams extend for miles . |
| 3 | This decline in ‘ party identification ’ is compounded by Labour 's virtual disappearance in many parts of England . |
| 4 | Julia 's irritated by people 's misconceptions about the blind and deaf . |
| 5 | This is recognized by Hobbes 's method . |
| 6 | Outside , she plunges across the pavement away from the car , but is stopped by Jeremy 's grip on her arm . |
| 7 | Even Jacobs 's very fast tempo for the famous ‘ Allampo ’ is justified by Larmore 's ability to articulate every semi-quaver . |
| 8 | In the opening stanza of Robert Frost 's 'stopping by woods ' a traveller begins a series of reflections as he stops to enjoy the sight of the snow falling upon the nearby woods . |
| 9 | A much more suitable way to work out the image size is given by z = f tan 0 , where 0 is the angle which is ‘ subtended ’ by the object . |
| 10 | If we assume that ducks peek randomly , briefly and independently of each other then the probability of the flock detecting a randomly attacking cat is given by P = 1 — e where n is the flock size . |
| 11 | A different example of the same basic process but one which involves the concentration of capital is given by Intasun 's expansion strategy . |
| 12 | A discussion of the use of this method in the morphometric analysis of jejunal mucosa specimens is given by Penna et al . |
| 13 | A good example of the combined use of CL , SEM and transmitted light petrography in documenting the provenance and diagenetic history of a Jurassic reservoir sandstone is given by Olaussen et al. |
| 14 | This is usually termed dynamic hashing ; a particularly useful review of these techniques is given by Sachs-Davies et al. , describing both extendible hashing , in which a set of buckets is referenced via a directory , and linear hashing , which is genuinely a direct technique in that there is no directory . |
| 15 | The relationship between gas pressure and solubility is given by Henry 's law . |
| 16 | If a thin tube of length l , radius r and wall thickness h is closed at both ends and subjected to internal pressure P , the extension z due to the pressure is given by Kz = prl/6h , where K is the bulk modulus . |
| 17 | The latter is owned by America 's Citibank and has just been refurbished . |
| 18 | Dublin is owned by Kao 's UK duplication unit , Kao Protoscan Plc , and the French unit by the Kao Corp ( France ) SARL sales and research company . |
| 19 | Another institution attempting to earmark ventures ripe for a dose of finance is Technical Development Capital ( TDC ) , part of the Finance for Industry group , which is owned by Britain 's big banks . |
| 20 | Rhythm Section , who scored at 16/1 , is owned by Scott 's brother-in-law Robert Sinclair , a Belfast solicitor , but The Committee is owned by Corcrain Enterprises — Dominic Quinn from Banbridge and John Bailie from Lurgan . |
| 21 | The earliest picture belonging to the frieze is ‘ The Sick Child ’ ( 1885 ) , the premier version of which is owned by Oslo 's Nasjonalgalleriet . |
| 22 | However , in the process the very masculine code of honour which is affronted by Lucio 's perverse failure of masculinity is shown to border on a perversity even more excessive than his . |
| 23 | Your remarks re childbirth are very pertinent as the aforementioned daughter gave birth to a second little girl on Saturday … so her husband , like mine , will be surrounded by a ‘ monstrous regiment of women ’ as your wife is surrounded by men 's shirts ! |
| 24 | Where an enterprise is contemplating the recognition of a deferred tax asset that is permitted by paragraph 32A in respect of a provision for pensions or other post-retirement obligations it should be noted that the normal rules regarding the recoverability of assets are applicable . ’ |
| 25 | the whole problem is solved by rules R1 and R2 , which both have hierarchical actions ; |
| 26 | That these developments have implications for initial and inservice training of staff is addressed by Chazan et al . |
| 27 | The gloating contrivance of Straw Dogs is accentuated by Hoffman 's guardedness . |
| 28 | This style , critics allege , is accentuated by Britain 's two-party system and unfair ( because disproportional ) first past the post electoral system , which produces virtually full power for the government and virtual impotence for the opposition . |
| 29 | This is stressed by Ives et al. ( 1987 ) , who argue the case for more research to obviate the problems associated with the extrapolation of data , often erroneously , from the micro-to the macro-scale within the Himalaya region . |
| 30 | When she criticizes the inconstancy of women , it is not because she is overwhelmed by Pope 's influence , but because she has been , if not betrayed , at least disappointed in her friendships with other women . |