Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each prospective members is checked out by a KSA officer , and the standard of its installations in monitored . |
| 2 | Yes , this is what big shops , particularly in America , have now been doing for a few years , in that the till that takes your order as it were is also a computer terminal on line to large computers somewhere else , and every time your tin of baked bins is checked out by the girl on the till , it is adjusting the stocks on its large computer and saying , ‘ Hey , we 're going to run out of baked beans at approximately ten o'clock tomorrow morning . |
| 3 | But in the Arctic , summer is just past its peak , with the pack ice as far north as it is likely to be , although in a month the first skin of new ice will tinkle and shimmer as it is broken up by the morning breeze . |
| 4 | Waste material in the ubiquitous black plastic bags brews up and is broken down by a common bacterium , Clostridium botulinum , which produces a very potent toxin . |
| 5 | Alcohol is broken down by the chemicals called enzymes in the liver through which blood circulates once every four minutes . |
| 6 | In others , such as the strongyloids , it is large , and opens into a buccal capsule , which may contain teeth ; such parasites , when feeding , draw a plug of mucosa into the buccal capsule ( Fig.3 ) , where it is broken down by the action of enzymes which are secreted into the capsule from adjacent glands . |
| 7 | The couple 's recent past is filled in by a series of ‘ flash-ins ’ , influenced by the French nouvelle vague . |
| 8 | The stage is tilted and is propped up by the coffins of Inquisition victims . |
| 9 | and the pelmet is propped up by the bookcase . |
| 10 | Its lemon fragrance is given off by the leaves without the need to rub them , unlike lemon balm and , even when dried , continue to be pungently scented for years , so that they constitute an excellent ingredient for potpourris . |
| 11 | But , in pursuit of joint oversight responsibilities for these facilities in Wales , did the Secretary of State for Wales plead with that Department on the ground of regional policy alone as is pointed out by the Hon. Member for Vale of Glamorgan ( Sir R. Gower ) , who is sadly absent today , in his early day motion that it makes no sense to move hi-tech jobs in Government research and development from an area such as south Wales to an overheated area in the south-east of England ? |
| 12 | The system consists of two parts : a transmitter which is plugged into the main audio system and a receiver which is carried around by the person . |
| 13 | Thus , despite the formalization of a system of state subsidy with the foundation of the University Grants Committee , any fears that university autonomy might be lessened were considerably allayed by the known attitude of the President of the Board of Education , H. A. L. Fisher , enshrined in his dictum : " The state is , in my opinion , not competent to direct the work of education and disinterested research which is carried on by the universities . " |
| 14 | The medium of continuous recording prompted the inclusion of bridging scenes to allow one group of characters time to go off one set and onto another while the action is carried on by the second group of characters . |
| 15 | Its administration is carried out by a staff of several hundred who work under the direction of the general council . |
| 16 | It is recommended that the installation is carried out by a qualified tradesman , or , at least , is checked by one . |
| 17 | There is considerable reported variation in the methodology and location of scanning , and the degree to which it is carried out by a formally constituted unit or units ( B.1 ) . |
| 18 | The routine management of the EIB is carried out by a board of directors , of which there are nineteen nominated by member countries , with France , West Germany , and the UK appointing nine directors . |
| 19 | If the work is carried out by a staff photographer in working hours the copyright belongs to his employers . |
| 20 | When , occasionally , police operations have to be investigated , the examination is carried out by a team from another force since the structural separation of forces makes collusion less likely . |
| 21 | Painting is carried out by a team of around 20 artists , all with art-school training , at their studio in Islington . |
| 22 | If you claim for loss of or damage to the glass in your cars windscreen or windows , or to the bodywork scratched by the broken glass , you will only have to pay the first £40 of the cost if the replacement is carried out by a General Accident approved windscreen specialist . |
| 23 | If you claim for loss of or damage to the glass in your cars windscreen or windows , or to the bodywork scratched by the broken glass , you will only have to pay the first £40 of the cost if the replacement is carried out by a General Accident approved windscreen specialist . |
| 24 | If you claim for loss of or damage to the glass in your cars windscreen or windows , or to the bodywork scratched by the broken glass , you will only have to pay the first £40 of the cost if the replacement is carried out by a General Accident approved windscreen specialist . |
| 25 | Generally this type of behaviour is carried out by a person in authority and the victim — because that is what the recipient has become — is reluctant or afraid to complain . |
| 26 | In England and Wales , it is carried out by a branch of the Inland Revenue . |
| 27 | Search costs are reasonable , provided the search is carried out by a trained librarian using appropriate professional skills in search strategy formulation . |
| 28 | As each project is carried out by a different team/official , there has often been a lack of standard advice to guide the consultation exercise . |
| 29 | The process of locating and retrieving required information from the disc is carried out by a microcomputer linked to a laser disc player or by microcomputing power built into the player itself . |
| 30 | Solicitors ' Practice Rule 14 requires solicitors who wish to provide structural surveys or formal property valuations to ensure that : ( 1 ) the work is carried out by a principal or employee who is a chartered surveyor or who holds another professional qualification approved by the Council of the Law Society ; and ( 2 ) an appropriate additional contribution is paid to the Solicitors ' Indemnity Fund ( see Chapter 12 ) . |