Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the bottom of all the surrounding buildings is hidden by the high brick wall round the garden , and the top of them by the beige silk shades which are half-lowered over the windows . |
| 2 | The camera is an auto-focus and the aperture is adjusted by the internal meter . |
| 3 | The difference is explained by the greater likelihood of men having held pensionable jobs , both because full-time jobs held by men were more likely to have pension rights than women 's , and because , before the age of retirement , a majority of older women had either no paid job or a part-time job with no pension provision . |
| 4 | The nature of the rebellion is explained by the social character of the island with a cohesive clan structure and social solidarity ; the leaders included radicals who had returned from Japan and schoolteachers . |
| 5 | Indeed , that part of the over-representation of teenagers amongst the temporary labour force which is not explained by the temporary working of persons still at school is explained by the high proportion of the age group in special youth training schemes . |
| 6 | It is explained by the slow growth of GDP in the UK ; consequently , comparisons of GDP per head place Britain in a very lowly position . |
| 7 | The problems of providing this service are varied , and the view that procedures under local anaesthesia are less satisfactory than those under general anaesthesia is compounded by the current funding emphasis on day case surgery to the detriment of outpatient work . |
| 8 | The want of technique is compounded by the greater nervousness felt when facing out and surveying the whole sweep of exposure below . |
| 9 | The problem is compounded by the poor preservation of organic ( especially plant ) materials in the recent savannah . |
| 10 | This minefield is compounded by the moral nature of the problem ; about what is and is not acceptable behaviour . |
| 11 | This confusion between providers is compounded by the different definitions used by departments and agencies to identify their clients . |
| 12 | The headship of the Physical and Theoretical Chemistry Laboratory is assigned by the Hebdomadal Council , on the recommendation of the Physical Sciences Board and of the General Board of the Faculties , for specified periods of not less than five years , to a person holding an established academic post in the department , who will usually be a professor or reader or the holder of such a title . |
| 13 | The power of each property owner is checked by the corresponding power of each other property owner . |
| 14 | The lively , contemporary quality of the stories is emphasized by the attractive illustrations . |
| 15 | For the moment his subservience is emphasized by the repeated talk of ‘ servant ’ and ‘ lord ’ . |
| 16 | This top-down approach is favoured by the two major institutions charged with saving the tropical forests , the International Tropical Timber Organisation , and the World Bank and UN backed Tropical Foresty Action Plan . |
| 17 | We reject the compulsory route that is favoured by the Labour party , which will never understand that the way forward is to motivate and to encourage and to give people the incentives that they need to make the most of the opportunities that are available to them , not simply to rely on the dead hand of compulsion . |
| 18 | The new deal , if completed , will be presented to representatives of six Premier League clubs on Thursday for initial examination before it is ratified by the entire membership . |
| 19 | He is fascinated by the different programmes , awed by the machine 's speed and complexity . |
| 20 | That comparison is exagerrated by the enormous increase in world trade which has occurred in the post-war period , and which has largely by-passed the Eastern European countries . |
| 21 | The public 's trust is aroused by the cultured Scottish accent — ‘ Edinburgh rather than Glasgow ’ . |
| 22 | Zeus had been immemorially worshipped in the Altis , the sacred area between the little Hill of Kronos to the north and the river Alpheus to the south , just above the point where it is joined by the smaller Cladeus which skirts hill and sanctuary on the west . |
| 23 | This is true in the same way that our ideal of what God can do in our lives is counterpoised by the actual human condition we find ourselves in . |
| 24 | But this old world tranquillity of the hotel is broken by the frenetic demands of the rock star 's retinue of security guards and personal cooks . |
| 25 | Then the awesome silence is broken by the closing hymn and the congregation skail into the autumn air , all their communion cards safely gathered in , registering their presence and ( if Kirk procedure is being properly followed ) entered on the roll . |
| 26 | Her progress is delayed by the 400 parents and friends who have all decided to move to the edge of the parade ground to ensure they get good seats for the parade . |
| 27 | This is typified by the extreme positions of the Black Paperites and the neo-Marxist Freeschoolers and Deschoolers . |
| 28 | At 1100 hours all is set and the parade ground is filled by the long ranks of the 180 members of Training Company and the Pegasus Band all awaiting the arrival of the Inspecting Officer , Brigadier Mike Scott DSO CBE , who commanded the 1st Battalion of the Scots Guards in the Falklands War . |
| 29 | It is also approachable at the other end of the spectrum , which is filled by the middle-class peasant or designer-green who has a few pet animals to fit in with a rural lifestyle . |
| 30 | Set amidst masses of trees and flowers , the resort is guarded by the medieval hilltop town of Silvi Alta . |