Example sentences of "[am/are] [verb] by [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These can go a very long way to mollifying those individuals whose journeys are lengthened by traffic-affecting measures . |
| 2 | Britain 's role as Kingston described it could be called that of a peace-keeping force , and his stones of intrigue and skirmish are punctuated by anti-war sentiments . |
| 3 | Most cases are heard by part-time chairmen who must be solicitors , barristers or advocates of five years standing . |
| 4 | The attitudes held by the modern racists are deracialized in that the attitudes are justified by traditional values , such as equality and fairness , and not by oven racial themes . |
| 5 | Candles are placed by each name . |
| 6 | Other powers are given by such acts as the Firearms Act 1968 ( persons , vehicles in any public place can be searched for firearms ) ; Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 ( permits the police to stop and search for controlled drugs anywhere ) ; Customs and Excise Management Act 1979 and various Wildlife Conservation Acts . |
| 7 | Cross-references to this appendix are given by italic numbers , ( eg 16 ) From Joseph Conrad , The Secret Sharer On my right hand there were lines of fishing-stakes resembling a mysterious system of half-submerged bamboo fences , incomprehensible in its division of the domain of tropical fishes , and crazy of aspect as if abandoned forever by some nomad tribe of fishermen now gone to the other end of the ocean ; for there was no sign of human habitation as far as the eye could reach ( 1 ) . |
| 8 | Because of the national and international status of the Observatory , many seminars are given by visiting scientists on a wide range of subjects . |
| 9 | The equipotentials are confocal hyperbolas and the electric lines of force are given by confocal ellipses . |
| 10 | Too many nursing lectures are given by unqualified lecturers , and it is not uncommon for a person chosen to speak on a particular aspect of care to begin the lecture by saying : ‘ I do n't know why I 've been asked to speak , I 've limited experience in this field . ’ |
| 11 | As is usual at I.H. , classes are given by native speaking , highly qualified teachers with suitable experience in the teaching of Spanish . |
| 12 | Further indications of a late Permian age ( about 260 to 250 million years ) for beds overlying the Exeter volcanics are given by sparse pollen assemblages recovered from boreholes in Exeter , and from localities in the Crediton area . |
| 13 | In any case , there are earthier explanations , such as the changes in sea level favoured by Newell ( 1963 and 1967 ) , or changes in climate ( perhaps themselves brought about by changes in the earth 's magnetism ) which are favoured by many authors . |
| 14 | There are differences of style and certain colours are favoured by one group more than by the others but these differences are small . |
| 15 | Darwinian , genetical evolution takes place because genes are passed on from one generation to the next , and if some genes build better bodies than others , they are favoured by natural selection , become commoner , and evolutionary change will take place . |
| 16 | The piazzetta is formed by the Palazzo Reale , the royal palace ( some pedants would say the ex -royal palace and its irregular shape is produced by the off-line main section of the building ; the two ‘ arms ’ of the square are completed by two wings of the palace . |
| 17 | The analytical skills developed in an economic and social history degree , and particularly the ability to interpret bodies of often conflicting information , are prized by potential employers . |
| 18 | These are treated by ultraviolet light after the reaction . |
| 19 | Patients who suffer a cardiac arrest are treated by skilled practitioners . |
| 20 | People are treated by government-controlled apparatuses as individualised and equal citizens ( with distinct legal , electoral and civic rights ) rather than members of a class or some other kind of collective group . |
| 21 | Alison Assiter extends the notion of autonomy into the private realm where the tradition cautiously refrains from setting foot , and suggests that how we treat and are treated by other people in private has a direct bearing on our autonomy in the public sphere . |
| 22 | Inventories and investment in new capital goods are treated by flexible accelerator processes from the demand side but play little role in supply ; |
| 23 | They are not expecting special dispensation and that is why so many of the Lourdes pilgrimages are undertaken by genuine pilgrims who may not be able to throw away their crutches at the end but will find new strength from their visit . |
| 24 | These are listed by mathematical topic , and grouped together into levels according to their difficulty . |
| 25 | The old trick of bag-throwing is often used by criminals who , while carrying the proceeds of their latest project , are stopped by young policemen late at night . |
| 26 | These changes in form thus occur at a multitude of levels , from the molecular to that of an entire population , and are conserved by genetic transmission . |
| 27 | ‘ I also think men are fascinated by strong women . |
| 28 | They are easy to find and children are fascinated by this unit . |
| 29 | This standardisation work is , of necessity , international , although individual standards are developed by individual institutions or groups . |
| 30 | If , for example , lean-burn engines are developed by Western manufacturers as the best way of cutting carbon dioxide emissions by the world 's rapidly increasing stock of vehicles , is the technology passed on free of charge to developing countries beginning a build-up to mass production from their own motor industries ? |