Example sentences of "be [verb] by [noun pl] ' " in BNC.
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| 1 | The significance and the complexities of the relationship which gives rise to the caring , and the importance of understanding what both parties wish for in the relationship , have always been emphasized by carers ' organizations . |
| 2 | Females are attracted by males ' displays and go to them for mating . |
| 3 | The videos are accompanied by students ' Activity Books and teachers ' Video Guides . |
| 4 | RICHARD GOUGH and Trevor Steven will be examined by Rangers ' medical staff today but the injuries sustained at Fir Park last night have made them doubtful for the European tie with FC Brugge . |
| 5 | Voting rights of shares can be limited by firms ' articles of association . |
| 6 | The second semi-final is expected to be dominated by bookmakers ' favourite Risk It Miss , trained by Midlands-based Charlie Lister . |
| 7 | This Service would provide legal help to CABx and other social agencies , similar to that hitherto provided by solicitors to CABx on an honorary basis ; would establish close liaison between the local profession and CABx and other social services ; would provide oral advice for the public in cases that could be readily disposed of ; would maintain permanent advisory centres where necessary , offering advice and assistance short of proceedings or representation in court ; and would set up permanent local centres offering representation in magistrates ' courts and county courts and the conduct of litigation so far as this could not be absorbed by solicitors ' firms . |
| 8 | ABOVE Finds can often be dated by manufacturers ' stamps ( as antiques are often dated today ) . |
| 9 | If the 12 seats in the second row are not occupied by peers at 5.30 pm , they can be used by Members ' guests . |
| 10 | Conversely , information about local consumer preferences can be used by manufacturers ' sales forces in selling to a retail outlet those lines which its local customer profile is most likely to purchase . |
| 11 | Frankie Parks ' side 's performances over the past few weeks will be envied by Blues ' boss Trevor Anderson . |
| 12 | The former , covering all or most categories of legal aid work , would almost always be provided by solicitors ' firms ; the latter could be provided by solicitors ' firms , law centres , advice agencies and national organisations giving advice to individual clients . |
| 13 | The former , covering all or most categories of legal aid work , would almost always be provided by solicitors ' firms ; the latter could be provided by solicitors ' firms , law centres , advice agencies and national organisations giving advice to individual clients . |
| 14 | A lot of research in neural nets appears to be driven by researchers ' imaginations and the desire to make devices which work , with very little reference to biology . |
| 15 | Many people and institutions , not just the pupils themselves , are likely to be judged by pupils ' performance in assessment tasks . |
| 16 | These recoveries would , in the normal way , be retained by Names ' underwriting agents to be available to discharge Names ' liabilities to their policyholders . |
| 17 | Grants will not be made for purposes which should be covered by schools ' normal funding arrangements . |
| 18 | It followed a lovely move ; Shaun Strang sent Loughran galloping down the right , his cross appeared to be handled by Blues ' defender John McConnell but before anyone could make a protest about it Manley drove the ball into the corner of the net past Wesley Lamont . |
| 19 | Security can also be a problem here , so try to park in highly visible places which are less likely to be jammed by visitors ' cars just as you want to get home . |
| 20 | More would be paid by contractors ' employees in tax . |
| 21 | People on television often behave as though they are interacting with us ; they look at the camera and address themselves to us , and though this seems to be a fiction , because we can not interrupt or contradict , still we can switch off or over , and TV programmes are influenced by viewers ' letters and ratings . |
| 22 | Siegfried Kordus , the Mecklenburg police chief in charge ( who was later replaced ) , maintained that the attacks had been co-ordinated by citizens ' band radio and that protesters had driven in from Berlin , Hamburg and other towns . |
| 23 | Industrial agreements on minimum wages were imposed by employers ' confederations , dominated by small firms , which set them ‘ at rates which employers could afford to pay ’ ( Kendall , 1975 p. 164 ) . |
| 24 | With independence from French colonial rule , most of these overseas banking operations were nationalised by LDCs ' governments . |
| 25 | The available reserves of its accumulated profit were reduced by workers ' demands , and by high taxation too , so that there was little money for the much-needed capital investment in new plant and machinery or for research and development . |
| 26 | Of the new candidates 60 were supported by citizens ' committees , 56 by the Polish Peasant Party ( PSL ) , nine by the Democratic Left Alliance ( SLD ) , four by the Centre Alliance ( PC ) , four by the Christian National Union ( ZChN ) , and two by the Confederation for an Independent Poland ( KPN ) . |
| 27 | The very diverse nature of the IT theses being covered by students ' researches meant that very small numbers of students were frequently found studying particular combinations of the broad church that is information technology . |
| 28 | In the opening stanza of Robert Frost 's 'stopping by woods ' a traveller begins a series of reflections as he stops to enjoy the sight of the snow falling upon the nearby woods . |
| 29 | A similar , one day , version is attended by contractors ' staff not subject to a period Contract . |
| 30 | Deviance discovered by reactive means is relatively unpatterned as a result , in contrast with much proactive enforcement which is moulded by agents ' predictions of where deviance is likely to be located . |