Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trade in the metals — which have applications ranging from making TV sets to catalysts-is dominated by two companies , Rhone Poulenc of France and Molycorp of the US . |
| 2 | Progressive Archbishop Romero is assassinated by right-wing forces . |
| 3 | Oh yes it is the , the column of the Eiffel Tower is hidden by those buildings is n't it ? |
| 4 | What we have not yet considered is where the body clock is and how it is adjusted by external time-cues . |
| 5 | When the concept is explained by some writers , educational technology : |
| 6 | Though there is some additional variation in utilisation rates which is explained by social factors , it is relatively small and does not necessarily mean that additional variation in morbidity would be explained . |
| 7 | The regression analysis indicates that 50 per cent of the variance is explained by these variables . |
| 8 | This group 's inferior class position is linked to their families ' origins as immigrants , and is compounded by poor incomes and racism . |
| 9 | The dangers of confusion for illiterate voters is compounded by two factors . |
| 10 | The urgency of the problem is compounded by three factors : the increasing world population ; social , economic and political pressures for economic expansion in industrialised countries ; increasing awareness in Third World countries that their economic situation could be improved by increasing their energy consumption . |
| 11 | Fourth , I will describe how the organisation of the curriculum into arbitrary hierarchies is compounded by some attempts to make the National Curriculum accessible to all pupils . |
| 12 | The fact is recognized by some philosophers who take the given view of causation . |
| 13 | The general importance of child care in supporting the fertility of married women is recognized by those countries which have policies to encourage fertility . |
| 14 | This point is emphasized by social psychologists who stress the rhetorical aspects of attitudes in general . |
| 15 | Use of biodiesel is favoured by European farmers , who would be allowed to grow rapeseed on land set aside under the EC 's Common Agricultural Policy . |
| 16 | Tenancy in common is usually preferred by couples who are living together and joint tenancy is favoured by married couples . |
| 17 | Barbados , in contrast , offers a straightforward haven structure but is favoured by Canadian investors income arising in Barbados is not caught by Canada 's equivalent of the Controlled Foreign Company ( CFC ) legislation . |
| 18 | It is favoured by senior members of the Engineers School such as Steam Tank Commanders . |
| 19 | The cohesion-tension theory is favoured by most biologists today as the best explanation of the rise of water in plants . |
| 20 | Finally , by combined ( complex ) competition we mean the struggle that is waged by combined enterprises , i.e. , capitalist units which amalgamate various branches of production , i.e. , which transform the social division of labour into a technical division . |
| 21 | In the rumen , H 2 is consumed by methanogenic bacteria and similarly , in methanogenic human subjects , 75% of the hydrogen excreted is as methane . |
| 22 | Quantitative measurements show that in methanogenic subjects the majority of gaseous hydrogen produced from fermentation is consumed by methanogenic bacteria . |
| 23 | Virani 's life is consumed by three things : business , family and religion ( he is an Ismaili Moslem ) . |
| 24 | The move follows a survey by FOE which purports to show that the water supply of millions of people in the area is contaminated by 12 pesticides at levels up to 16 times above the legal limit . |
| 25 | Let snapping dogs lie : they did not sway the outcome Whatever indignation is aroused by certain programmes , the public is not convinced of BBC bias . |
| 26 | A black girl wanders on softly singing a country blues , and is joined by two others also singing ; the light is dreamy , the harmony sweet . |
| 27 | ( There is a third and rarer form of hydrogen , known as tritium , where the proton is joined by two neutrons . |
| 28 | Between Talabheim and Altdorf the river is joined by many streams which flow south from the Middle Mountains , laden with dark soils washed from the mountain slopes . |
| 29 | This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets . |
| 30 | By contrast , the response of the northern hemisphere temperatures to the Krakatoa eruption , in the southern hemisphere , is delayed by eight months — and a similar delay is seen in the temperature record following the Agung eruption of 1963 . |