Example sentences of "be [verb] by a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In previous years her job has been filled by a preregistration house officer . |
| 2 | Here , the intergranular pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement leaving only leached porosity , and the sonic log displays a very clear downward-decreasing porosity profile in the uppermost unit of oolitic grainstone ( Fig. 18 ) . |
| 3 | In the second well , however , the sonic log indicates that the upper unit is much tighter and the core descriptions suggest that the pores have been filled by an anhydrite cement . |
| 4 | Who will pay compensation if one operators ' trains are delayed by a breakdown of a train by another operator ? |
| 5 | Richard Crossman , for one , in 1965 lamented , ‘ How much more humane and imaginative our post-war reconstruction would have proved if government departments had been invigorated by an influx of experts with special knowledge , new ideas and a sympathy for the Government 's domestic and foreign policies ’ .3– George Brown 's National Plan of 1965 represented a belated attempt to recapture the ground perceived to have been lost since the war ended . |
| 6 | Det Sgt Pat Lewis , of the child protection team , confirmed she had been examined by a doctor and added : ‘ We will be speaking to her in the morning . |
| 7 | The boy had been examined by a surgeon , Thomas Chapman , who found numerous wheals , bruises and lacerations , and his report to the guardians led to proceedings being taken against the tailor before the County magistrates ; he was convicted and fined £5 . |
| 8 | Captain Bob Sclater , the Orkney island 's harbours director , said attempts to refloat the ship would stop until she had been examined by a team of salvage specialists . |
| 9 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |
| 10 | That 's been examined by a gunsmith who says the gun was real . |
| 11 | This hare has been aroused by an exchange of letters between Donald Riegle , chairman of the Senate banking committee , and the SEC 's ambitious chairman , Richard Breeden . |
| 12 | At this time of year , the twigs , branches and tree trunks are emphasized by a fall of snow , with a reflection in the stream beneath . |
| 13 | The Police Complaints Authority may direct that disciplinary charges are heard by a tribunal rather than by a chief officer sitting alone . |
| 14 | Membership of the Founders ' Trust had changed frequently in the quest to find more women , working-class people and blacks , but at the time the prospectus was issued the original five Founders — Lowe , Walsh , Cooper , Sadgrove and Power — had been joined by a mixture of others . |
| 15 | The elder Despenser was left in charge at Bristol , but on the approach of the queen 's forces , who had now been joined by a group of northern magnates led by Henry Percy of Alnwick and Thomas Wake of Liddel , he surrendered and was tried and sentenced to death . |
| 16 | When he looked back he saw that Burun had been joined by a crowd of aides and counsellors . |
| 17 | By early 1945 the " Caucasians " ( with a large number of women , children and camp followers ) were also in north Italy , near Tolmezzo and had been joined by a number of emigres , one of whom , Gen Sultan Kelich Ghirei , took command in April 1945 after the departure of their former German commander . |
| 18 | By September , I had been joined by a director of studies and in November the first draft of a Development Plan for Banbury was published . |
| 19 | They have been joined by a host of small ‘ micro brewers ’ producing a limited barrelage but adding variety and choice in the genuine free trade . |
| 20 | These traditional cheeses have now been joined by a host of other British cheeses , some based on ancient recipes but others on new ideas , and British cheesemaking is enjoying a glittering renaissance . |
| 21 | The start of the hunting season in Greece has been delayed by a court because of a lawsuit brought by an environmental group . |
| 22 | Legislation to create the agency has been delayed by a dispute between the Department of the Environment and the Ministry of Agriculture over its role . |
| 23 | Agreement had been delayed by a reluctance on the part of major oil-producing states , led by Saudi Arabia , the Soviet Union and the United States to agree to set firm targets for limiting greenhouse gas emissions . |
| 24 | Taking the Gaussian coordinates to be at y we assert that the coordinates for which eqn ( 6.16 ) holds are given by a transformation where the are some constants . |
| 25 | Production from the two existing fields , KH and KF , has been stabilised by a combination of workovers , facilities optimisation and a gas injection programme and is currently at 21,000 bopd ( 4,100 bopd net to LASMO ) . |
| 26 | The house they lived in has been repossesed by a finance company , making 10 people and a baby homeless . |
| 27 | His father had been paralysed by a fall from a white stallion . |
| 28 | Mrs Burrows had been paralysed by a stroke . |
| 29 | And as for the delay in writing , do n't you have any idea how time-consuming it is , looking after someone who 's been paralysed by a stroke ? ’ |
| 30 | Dury 's reputation as something of a hellraiser has been sustained by a couple of recent incidents : what he describes as his ‘ bit of bother at the opera ’ ( a minor fracas enthusiastically reported by the tabloid newspapers ) and an appearance on Nicky Campbell 's Radio 1 show , when Dury , who had dined well before going on air , spoke with unusual frankness on a number of subjects . |