Example sentences of "[am/are] [vb pp] [prep] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The basic argument with which we are concerned here is that the low level of female crime is a result of the expectations and constraints that are placed on women by society . |
| 2 | Excessive demands are placed on governments by sectional interest groups beyond their capacity to meet them . |
| 3 | Duties are placed on inspectors by Article 30(8) to disclose certain information to persons employed at premises to which the Order applies to assist in keeping such persons adequately informed about matters likely to affect their health , safety and welfare . |
| 4 | We can only give cursory attention to these here but more details are given in books by Tukey ( 1977 ) and Velleman and Hoaglin ( 1981 ) . |
| 5 | They are completed by hand by the scientist at or near the time of the work being recorded and form a chronological , step by step log of what was planned , what was done and the results gained . |
| 6 | Married women are treated as dependents by the income tax system , whatever their actual economic resources and social situation . |
| 7 | And since grazing leases are treated as property by the Internal Revenue Service and are taxed accordingly , who could pay for managing public lands if the cows were given the boot ? |
| 8 | If the payments are ex gratia rather than to compensate the individual for loss of a contractual entitlement , they may amount to distributions within s209 or " other benefits or facilities of whatever nature " which are treated as distributions by s418 of the Taxes Act when paid by a close company . |
| 9 | Thus in Alpine regions transhumance systems , in which the mountain pastures are grazed in summer by sheep and cattle with the latter being in-wintered at lower elevations while the sheep flocks scavenge on arable farms during winter , are in marked contrast with the settled agriculture involving year-round grazing of sheep on a specific area of land which is characteristic of UK hill sheep farming . |
| 10 | His discussion is based mainly on the results of field experiments , and he concludes that spiders are limited in numbers by food supplies , yet do not compete with each for food or limit the population sizes of their prey . |
| 11 | Very slender ideas with which to cover such large areas , very slender indeed , but nobody has ever complained of monotony ; rather we are filled with wonder by an experience so moving and poetic . |
| 12 | Readers interested in other aspects of the neurology of language are referred to papers by Geschwind ( 1964 ) ; Lenneberg ( 1967 ) ; Brown , ( 1979a , b ) and Marin , Schwartz and Saffran ( 1979 ) . |
| 13 | Perhaps the biggest area of misunderstanding here is in our approach to our American customers and competitors , where we are lulled into complacency by our similar language . |
| 14 | They are aroused to activity by others , by friendship , by relating . |
| 15 | Colloids are distinguished from suspensions by the size of the dispersed particles . |
| 16 | Professions are distinguished from trades by the length of training , the depth of special knowledge and by codes of behaviour . |
| 17 | He explained that there was a difference between a statement such as : ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by embodying the spirit of cathood , as opposed to that of doghood ’ , and a statement such as ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by a combination of characteristics ( such as the possession of retractable claws , … and the inability to swim … ) which , in the aggregate , describe the genus Felis as opposed to the genus Canis ’ . |
| 18 | He explained that there was a difference between a statement such as : ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by embodying the spirit of cathood , as opposed to that of doghood ’ , and a statement such as ‘ Cats are distinguished from dogs by a combination of characteristics ( such as the possession of retractable claws , … and the inability to swim … ) which , in the aggregate , describe the genus Felis as opposed to the genus Canis ’ . |
| 19 | In Thru the discourses of literary theory are manipulated in part by a female voice , but active questioning of their status and function is accomplished on the level of the novel 's overall orchestration and its symbolic structure . |
| 20 | You may be surprised to find that gutters and downpipes are regarded as luxuries by most kit garage manufacturers , and having them as part of the kit can add as much as £150 to the price on large double garages . |
| 21 | C. A few years ago , a group of farmers in eastern Britain decided that the market price they were offered for milk , from dairy cows fed on grass , was not as good as the price they could get for beef cattle , which are fattened in pens by being fed with crops of barley . |
| 22 | This disrupts the message system that cells use to communicate with one another , in which electrical impulses are carried across membranes by charged atoms of calcium and chloride . |
| 23 | Only very fine particles , those with diameters less than 0–2 mm , are carried in suspension by the winds normally found at the surface of the earth . |
| 24 | These issues will be explained and illustrated in the new booklets and audio visuals , which are designed for use by women activists and community leaders in discussion groups and workshops . |
| 25 | As expert systems are designed for use by persons who have some general understanding of the knowledge domain , it is reasonable to assume that the user will take at least some of the responsibility for the output obtained . |
| 26 | Some 300 minshuku are recommended to foreigners by the Japanese National Tourist Office ( JNTO ) who also advise on pension selection . |
| 27 | In practice they are recommended for appointment by the board of directors . |
| 28 | Thieves are caught on camera by own victims |
| 29 | About 10 years ago the use of ml and l for millilitres and litres respectively was banished suddenly from British Standards in favour of mL and L , though both are permitted as alternatives by the ISO standard dealing with the layout of standards . |
| 30 | Bright young engineers from rival firms are attracted to Keyence by the chance to do their own research , rather than labouring for years under grey-haired supervisors . |