Example sentences of "[is] [vb pp] by [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Passionate debate is provoked by the problems of children whose first language is not English . |
| 2 | First of all can I check that I am right in saying that the difference between the H B F's figures of fifty three thousand and the County Council 's figure of forty six thousand is explained by the vacancies , concealed households , death rates etcetera . |
| 3 | Simone is cheered by the Ladies ' Pond , and in the course of summer she drinks less and dyes her hair a platinum blonde and tans herself till her eyes shine . |
| 4 | These are conflicting principles for the government of human life , the " " legitimacy " " of both of which , Pearcy claims , is recognized by the fabliaux . |
| 5 | The sadness of the stanza is emphasized by the lines remembering the soldier at home before he came to war ; |
| 6 | The second Cuvée close/Charmat method is favoured by the producers of mass-produced sparkling wines . |
| 7 | But now that John Gribbin has made it known ( Letters , 26 January ) that the term ( and presumably the concept ) ‘ centrifugal force ’ is favoured by the relativists , I am beginning to have second thoughts . |
| 8 | As Cruising Altitude is at his very best and is favoured by the weights they will find him very difficult to beat . |
| 9 | It is criticized by the Tories and the media and of course they never explain how it works , so it is not surprising that the general public is suspicious of it . |
| 10 | Where the criticism is uttered on an unprivileged occasion by the Prime Minister , the risk would be worth taking , but not when it is uttered by the likes of General Amin . |
| 11 | This book is now being sold freely to children of all ages and it is intended by the publishers to be read by children of eight years upwards . |
| 12 | We know they were a contributory factor , but our curiosity is aroused by the hints of maladies of which we know virtually nothing . |
| 13 | His place has gone to Paul Krishman , a new cap who is joined by the goalkeepers Andy Forshaw and Martin Langston , John Roberts and three Teddington players , Jason Laslett , Philip McGuire and Neil Barker . |
| 14 | It is the oxygen link which is broken by the enzymes in the stomachs of animals , such as sheep and cows , which can digest cellulose and by the various fungi or rots which attack wood . |
| 15 | Even if copyright protection of computer programs is developed by the courts to become stronger , the Act does contain safeguards . |
| 16 | This problem is highlighted by the studies of Linton and Wagenaar which do make some attempt to sample a range of autobiographical events , both of which while showing slight memory improvements for emotional items appear to show memory impairments if the items were regarded as unpleasant . |
| 17 | A hard-hitting and versatile set , the album is distinguished by The Afros ' singular lingo ( a dictionary accompanies their current US high-pitched whine . |
| 18 | It means that the boundary of the black hole , the event horizon , is formed by the paths in space-time of rays of light that just fail to get away from the black hole , hovering forever just on the edge ( Fig. 7.1 ) . |
| 19 | The Tritocerebrum is formed by the ganglia of the third or intercalary segment of the head and is composed mainly of fibres and synapses between the brain , suboesophageal ganglia and frontal ganglion connectives ( Willey , 1961 ) . |
| 20 | The Cathedral , which can be seen even from the furthest peaks of Alsace , is regarded by the Alsatians as a proud symbol of their heritage . |
| 21 | Unfortunately he is stopped by a police boat with Compeyson on board . |
| 22 | Under capitalism , exploitation is disguised by the ideas of equality and freedom . |
| 23 | Although the Biggar to Edinburgh option involves a higher contract price you feel that the cost difference is justified by the benefits of a direct link to Edinburgh . |
| 24 | It rates HP Bulmer a buy and believes that the forward-looking price-earnings multiple on Taunton Cider 's shares is justified by the prospects . |
| 25 | The annual seal hunt , which takes place on the pack ice off Greenland and in the Barents Sea , is justified by the Norwegians on the grounds that seals compete with the fishing fleet for fish . |
| 26 | Another lyric makes even more explicit this identification of life in time with the Crucifixion as the only means by which its true value may be realised : Such lyrics embody an understanding of the process of transfiguration at the heart of the Christian faith which is realised by the mystics in experience and gestured towards in their texts . |
| 27 | Ensure that a full verification exercise is undertaken by the lawyers which also evidences the responsibilities above ; and |
| 28 | If , on the other hand , one focuses on the production that is undertaken by the residents of that country , the income earned by nationals from abroad has to be added to the gross domestic product , to arrive at the gross national product . |
| 29 | The exercise of this delegated authority by the headteacher is circumscribed by the processes and structures outlined . |
| 30 | With SSDs , every penny we want to spend is examined by the auditors and they check to see whether our activity is HIV-related ’ . |