Example sentences of "[is] [verb] by the [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In determinist terms , this is explained by the virtually infinite complexity of different constellations of different causal variables in individual cases . |
| 2 | This is explained by the much greater propensity of IT specialists to carry on their studies ( three times more likely ) ; |
| 3 | This is compounded by the relatively high level of psychiatric morbidity in areas such as Southwark and by a 11% reduction in NHS funding resulting from a new weighted capitation system , which is diverting money from inner south London to Kent and Sussex . |
| 4 | What is more certain is that middle age is punctuated by the very precise point of the menopause — precise in time but not in effect . |
| 5 | The work previously published by Andrews & Evans ( 1983 ) on mammalian carnivores is expanded here for comparison with the avian predators , and the conclusion of these authors that small mammalian carnivores are not significant contributors to the fossil record is sustained by the more detailed work . |
| 6 | There are even reports that this hair is gathered by the more discriminating kinds of birds to build their nests ! |
| 7 | The cottage is set on the highest ridge of the Chiltern Hills and is surrounded by the most glorious countryside . |
| 8 | In 3 , for instance , the deviance disappears completely if light is substituted by the semantically distinct , but syntactically identical , heavy . |
| 9 | It 's supplemented by the best from Italy , France , and Britain . |
| 10 | Furthermore , since the board is dominated by the most senior representatives of management ( this term will be used , except where the context requires otherwise , to refer to the executive directors and senior managers ) it can hardly be regarded as a body providing independent supervision of management on the shareholders ' behalf . |
| 11 | The south face is dominated by the very impressive , well-nigh awesome , sheet of the central Pleasure Dome wall , where a sound ability on at least E3 territory is necessary . |
| 12 | Anthropological discussion of this relationship between self , object and society is dominated by the more general analysis or exchange . |
| 13 | Before we go any further , the idea of the unity of all things , whether living or non-living is embraced by the relatively new science of quantum physics . |
| 14 | Or consider the claim of the Bureaucratic Politics model that foreign policy is decided by the most powerful domestic bureaucracy ( or coalition of bureaucracies ) involved in the process . |
| 15 | This knowledge is expanded by the more personal comments of his diary . |
| 16 | Europe , with its temperate climate and its vegetation greatly modified by cultivation , is less calculated to stimulate such observations ; in moist tropical forests , in the Sahara , and in the tundras , the close connexion between the character of the vegetation and the conditions of extreme climates is revealed by the most evident adaptations . |
| 17 | Often the client is seen by the most junior doctors , who rely on the sister 's expertise to dress the wound . |
| 18 | The sense that many potential carers are guarding their own positions in situations where the care of a relative becomes a live issue in a family , is matched by the very clear message that older people in particular are wary of asking too much of their relatives , or of ‘ having ’ to rely on them . |
| 19 | The open way in which Richard Armstrong introduces passages of this kind is matched by the very explicit tone in which his message is spelled out . |
| 20 | If the EUL is exceeded by the empirically determined proportions then the model can be rejected . |
| 21 | The growth of population and commensurate expansion of settlement is reflected by the increasingly varied soil environments settled through the Anglo-Saxon period . |
| 22 | If the answer leads very naturally to the truth , it is nevertheless mistaken , as is shown by the philosophically familiar but evergreen fact that certain items constitute an instance of such a uniform connection or constant conjunction , but the second is not the effect of the first . |
| 23 | The tendency to reward continuous employment is shown by the much steeper wage profiles for Japanese men in large and small firms in Figure 3.4 . |
| 24 | The symbolic role of greenstone adzes in Maori society is exemplified by the elaborately carved hafts in which they were mounted ( plate B ) and not least by their designation toki pou tangata , meaning the adze which establishes authority . |
| 25 | The author 's clear and concise prose encompasses stylistic analysis and iconographic programmes , and the collaborative nature of the book is demonstrated by the extremely fine corpus of photographs . |
| 26 | His land is crossed by the most popular route up Ben More and so this farmer does tend to suffer more than usual from disruptive behaviour from dogs . |
| 27 | This RNA region interacts with cellular proteins and an adjacent region is bound by the virally encoded TAT protein ( 23-25 ) . |
| 28 | Since the exact distribution of the t statistics is complicated , in practice it is approximated by the well known Student 's t distribution . |
| 29 | The most striking feature of this is its similarity to the ‘ reform , prevention and extinction ’ ascribed to Ferri earlier ( except that the ‘ extinction ’ is replaced by the more moderate ‘ segregation ’ ) . |
| 30 | At the foot of a steep hill , Damsells Mill is reached by the once gated lane leading to Sheepscombe and was , in its working days , fed by the combined waters of the Painswick Stream ( formerly the Wycke ) augmented by those from Painswick Beacon . |