Example sentences of "and [is] [verb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ratio of fast twitch to slow twitch fibres varies between individuals and is determined by heredity . |
| 2 | The London based firm specializes in the food and drinks sector and is headed by MD , , who says they are ‘ delighted ’ to be able to help with a broadly based communications programme . |
| 3 | The top part of the well section can not be seen from the entrance viewpoint as it lies behind the retaining wall and is covered by earth and vegetation . |
| 4 | The Company does not have a share capital and is limited by guarantee . |
| 5 | If the bulge wind is in a steady state and is fed by inflow driven by the bar , the mass flowing into the central parsec is small compared with what is brought in from the disk . |
| 6 | A concise introduction into international postwar painting , the text takes its starting point with Jackson Pollock in New York and Wols in Paris and ends with Mark Rothko and Barnett Newman , and is followed by colour reproductions and commentaries on a series of individual works . |
| 7 | The climax to this game suddenly dispels the tension and is followed by mother and infant laughing . |
| 8 | is preceded by silence and is followed by silence , and so and are said to be in a position of external open juncture . |
| 9 | The ulcer healing by bFGF seems to involve angiogenesis and cell proliferation , especially at the ulcer margin , and is enhanced by treatment with sucralfate . |
| 10 | He retains the influence , if not the constitutional power , of a feudal monarch , has little time for Dr Mahathir and is related by marriage to the leader of Semangat '46 . |
| 11 | Actual blindness occurs only after years and years , and is caused by infestation of the cornea — which eventually becomes opaque . |
| 12 | The most common manifestation of sickling in young children is the ‘ hand and foot syndrome ’ , which is extremely painful inflammation of the joints accompanied by swelling , pyrexia and a moderately raised white cell count , and is caused by infarction of the bone marrow secondary to sickling in the microcirculation of the fingers and toes . |
| 13 | At that point the small stream , having flowed into the pond and out again , bears right and is joined by Burden Creek . |
| 14 | Once training is underway the glycogen is gradually removed from the muscles to produce energy and is replaced by blood , that is the muscles are ‘ pumped ’ . |
| 15 | Warm air rises and is replaced by cooler and denser air , and the cooling effect , of course , is enhanced by winds and draughts . |
| 16 | The head of state is the President of the Republic ( currently Konstantinos Karamanlis , who has largely ceremonial functions and is elected by Parliament for a five-year term . |
| 17 | The evening meal is served at a set time and is cooked to cordon bleu standard by Martha and is served by candlelight . |
| 18 | Molecular hydrogen is rather fragile ( in interstellar terms ) , and is destroyed by shock waves with velocities greater than about 50 km s -1 and can not exist behind the leading shock . |
| 19 | In a second form of the data , the transcript is ‘ enriched ’ by incorporating extra background information on the place sampled , and is standardised by computer coding into a form suitable for a large scale quantitative analysis . |
| 20 | Of course the advanced atherosclerotic plaque is a very complex structure , but the early lesion is very much a process which involves the intima of the artery and is characterised by proliferation of smooth muscle cells which have migrated from the media of the artery ( Woolf , 1983 ) . |
| 21 | The course is taught by seminars , small groupwork and workshops and is assessed by coursework , fieldwork placement reports , examination and , for the MSc , by dissertation . |
| 22 | Association between genotype and phenotype has been observed and is supported by expression studies . |
| 23 | Our work in the African continent centres on Uganda and is supported by Tear Fund . |
| 24 | The Spring Sprint is organised by Capital Road Runners with East London Runners , and is supported by RUNNING . |
| 25 | ‘ Labelling theory ’ claims ( and is supported by research studies such as those just mentioned ) that catching and punishing offenders ‘ labels ’ and stigmatizes them as criminals , and that this process can in various ways make it more difficult for them to conform to a law-abiding life in future . |
| 26 | It is sold as a paste and is hardened by light ; once the paste is in the cavity , the dentist sets it by shining a blue light for about a minute . |
| 27 | Expenditure on jigs and tools and education costs is to be carried forward in stocks and is amortised by reference to total actual and projected sales . |
| 28 | When he sets out from Rivendell Boromir blows his horn , the family heirloom , and is rebuked by Elrond for doing so ; but he takes no notice . |
| 29 | The sequence generator produces the phase control signals and is triggered by step command pulses from a constant frequency clock . |
| 30 | The farmhouse rests on a rocky slope and is surrounded by beech trees . |