Example sentences of "[Wh det] is [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is never convincingly argued for ; the neurological and anthropological evidence renders it very doubtful ( see Miller 1971 : 92–120 ) ; it is patently there in order to support what is ultimately an idealist position , for the half-hidden premise of McLuhan 's argument is that there is an ideal human psyche , an essence , which is characterized by balance and interplay of senses , which may once have existed — in oral cultures — but which was destroyed by literacy ( a second Fall ) . |
| 2 | The physical is defined , for example , as that which is recognized by science , that which is " an essential part of the coherent and adequate descriptive and explanatory account of the spatio-temporal-causal world " . |
| 3 | And it illumines too the politics of personal relations : the vital fabric of social life that exists in the silence between people — exactly that space which is filled by music : ‘ As the person talked to me in a conventional conversation , I knew , I heard that , inside himself , the person perhaps wept . ’ |
| 4 | It is a result of a long process of appraisal which is influenced by self evaluation as well as evaluation by others . |
| 5 | Ideally you should aim to be number one which is achieved by mauling with other boxers — hopefully in the ring . |
| 6 | It would be done at the Stanford synchrotron Radiation Laboratory ( SSRL ) which is fed by electron beams from one of SLAC 's two storage rings . |
| 7 | Revision , which is done by subject cataloguers at the LC , is continuous . |
| 8 | The solidity gives security at high speeds which is matched by comfort and a surprising degree of quiet when the roof is up . |
| 9 | On the industry budget , regional selective assistance , which is led by demand on the part of applicants for assistance , is expected to be down next year , which is only to be expected in the present economic circumstances . |
| 10 | On the other hand , there 's an inbuilt defence mechanism in Carter which is activated by criticism . |
| 11 | These have both been replaced by plastic : polypropylene , which uses push-fit connections , and ABS ( acrylonitrile butadiene styrene ) , which is joined by solvent welding . |
| 12 | The Hutchinson Dock Company tip , which is bordered by water on three sides , was first identified as a source of pollution in 1978 . |
| 13 | And yesterday Labour 's rank-and-file kept him there as he won 533,000 votes in the constituency section of the election — which is decided by ballot . |
| 14 | So why has WHO headquarters , which is funded by member states to give advice on setting health policy , used its limited resources to organise a meeting for setting policy on a controversial technology , and invited as participants , with one exception , people whose only qualification is that they develop and provide that same technology ? |
| 15 | Lol Walters , a worker at the centre , which is funded by Shelter , said homeless ness was a year-round problem which tended to become worse in winter . |
| 16 | The end-result of this will be to increase dramatically the proportion of local income which is funded by government grant , since the only sources of local income will be the community charge ( poll tax ) and specific fees and charges for planning applications and the use of leisure facilities , for example . |
| 17 | The DPTC is operated on behalf of the offshore petroleum industry by the Drilling and Production Training Association Limited , a charitable-status organisation which is funded by income derived from its activities . |
| 18 | The spokeswoman said it was therefore impossible to say if and when it would be broadcast , or how the production team would deal with the use of original footage or the identities of individual families or children , which is prohibited by law . |
| 19 | ‘ With regard to the discretion of a judge as to costs , which is given by Order LXV , r. 1 , of the Rules of the Supreme Court , it is , I think , common practice for parties to make their own agreements as to the costs … and such agreements are perfectly valid and enforceable . |
| 20 | Where appropriate , MAS would draw upon the local knowledge and resources of the KPMG International Network , which is represented by acquisition specialists in each country in Europe . |
| 21 | First , there is the conversion of a sol ( a colloidal solution ) to a gel ( or an infinitely connected network of polymer chains ) , which is approximately described as formally similar to a critical phenomenon , and for which the formalism of scaling theories is applicable and secondly , the conversion of the gel to a much less compliant , rigid glass , which is governed by diffusion processes . |
| 22 | The fibrinolytic system includes a proenzyme , plasminogen , which is converted by plasminogen activators to the active enzyme plasmin , which in turn digests fibrin to soluble degradation products . |
| 23 | Most owners of ‘ recycled ’ windmills are also naturally disinclined to reinstate the wooden sail structures of their mills because of the considerable maintenance liability which is imposed by restoration of these complex and highly exposed features . |
| 24 | Thus the poverty of older women is a function both of lifelong comparatively low access to resources ( including the non-participation of some in the resource-generating potential of joint households via marriage ) ; and of the restricted access to resources which is imposed by retirement and the assumptions about the level of state pensions which are allied to it . |
| 25 | Well , we 've recently erm been involved in the Travel Lodge exercise , which obviously is a budget priced operation which is run by Trust House Forte , and there I think the company itself is establishing very good standards because the occupancy rate of the Travel Lodges is so high , you know , that other hoteliers are quite jealous of it . |
| 26 | The study of the visible marks used in writing from the point of view of their shape and size rather than their use in a particular system , which is covered by graphology ; this distinction parallels that of phonetics and phonology . |
| 27 | At line 37 V interjects in Creole " you see what the woman 's wearing ! " which is followed by laughter from the others . |
| 28 | After a few bars of dialogue between Orfeo and the shepherds , Dafne returns with her tragic news which she recites in strikingly contrasted tones : which is followed by recitative conversation between Euridice , Orfeo , Dafne , and the shepherds . |
| 29 | Exploiting opportunities for education of people of all ages and in various settings ( home , school and workplace ) is probably the main way in which nurses can contribute to the collective effort to prevent injury and ill-health which is caused by accident , fire , infection and pollution . |
| 30 | Nuclear power will help to save oil — the most vital of the USSR 's energy resources , yet a great deal more will need to be done to change Soviet energy structures if domestic oil supplies and supplies to other Communist countries are not to come under extreme pressure in the late 1980s and 1990s. there will still have to be a reduction in supplies to the Communist bloc and a considerable reduction in the proportion of Soviet energy demand which is met by oil . |