Example sentences of "be [adv] [verb] [prep] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is the principle of subsidiarity , which has been widely subscribed to by political leaders across the European Community . |
| 2 | We will review the powers of the Local Government Ombudsman to ensure that findings of maladministration are properly dealt with by all local authorities . |
| 3 | Paper records exist in the various departments , but they tend to be self-monitored , and are rarely referred to by other departments . |
| 4 | Carnivores themselves are rarely preyed upon by other animals . |
| 5 | Distraught with grief and shock , rejected by her own mother and father , Melissa had been taken by the warm-hearted Craigs into their own home ; the small matter of illegitimacy had been discreetly dealt with by a statutory change of name and a wedding-ring , and the bereaved parents had found consolation for the loss of their only child in caring for his son . |
| 6 | Any repairs or replacements or renewals of furnishings are noted on the cards , and they are constantly referred to by the housekeeping and maintenance departments , whose responsibility it is to see that the room is maintained to the required standard . |
| 7 | After the exhibition of Canova 's work and related sculpture organised by the Fondazione Memmo at Palazzo Ruspoli in Rome , the nucleus of the show , including ten statues from the Hermitage , has moved to Venice and been greatly added to by further loans . |
| 8 | Corns are better dealt with by a chiropodist . |
| 9 | It is a guide for practitioners and does not attempt to expound academic points which are better dealt with by numerous text books . |
| 10 | In all such cases the prevalence of such actions and the possibilities for their control are better accounted for by addressing the question of what it is that usually inhibits the actions , rather than by accounting for how the motivations arise . |
| 11 | If such crimes really are entirely accounted for by the possession of abnormal motives propelling their possessors into crime regardless of any other considerations , then it does not really possess the features that usually class actions as ‘ crimes ’ ; rather , it would belong in some alternative category , such as mental illness . |
| 12 | like most of these these have , erm what I want to know is er why , when I was disposed of as you like as a useless article , why I am suddenly called upon by this government to be one hundred per cent , not fifty per cent responsible , but one hundred per cent responsible , not only for my children which I 'm quite happy to do , but one hundred per cent responsible to keep my wife off of benefit and one hundred per cent responsible if she should ever want one , t for her partner . |
| 13 | Two refuse collectors were recently stabbed by hypodermic syringes which had been incorrectly disposed of by being placed in domestic waste . |
| 14 | The family who has to care for children whether they 've got disabilities or not and the whole intention of this Act is that children are best cared for by parents and any alternative is second best . |
| 15 | Shallow tunnels running from setts out into fields are a frequent cause of concern , says the book , and are best dealt with by breaking in the roof of the tunnels and filling in the trench created . |
| 16 | In other areas , notably in relation to the right of freedom of association and collective bargaining , the Commission is abstaining from any action , because it believes that these measures are best dealt with by social partners of industry , or , as appropriate , by the Member States . |
| 17 | These are best dealt with by use of an internal standard , such as the C(1s) line of hydrocarbon contaminants , or a line of some chemically-unreactive metal such as Au sputtered on to the sample . |
| 18 | Such questions are best dealt with by talking direct to Customs . |
| 19 | The increased participation rates from the 1950s to the 1980s have been largely accounted for by reductions in the gaps in employment records around childbearing . |
| 20 | If these are taken into account the ratio falls to 4:1 , and will fall further , as new rail lines like the £1 billion Jubilee Line are largely paid for by government , and as government foots the bill for the £600 million Docklands Highway , a four lane motorway from East to West Docklands . |
| 21 | The DC refers to modules which are already referred to by a DC activated via another package ( this check prevents the occurrence of conflicting modifications ) . |
| 22 | Most matters are soon dealt with by experience — but knowing you have access to a solicitor 's professional advice on more complex legal problems is a valuable extra security : |
| 23 | In a programme ranging in character from Willie was a Wanton Wag to the Englishman William Boyce 's rather inadequate attempts to sound Scottish in A Scots Cantata , Anderson 's understandable shortcomings could surely have been further compensated for by violinist Richard Gwilt , but inconsistent articulation coupled with a lack of incisiveness negated much of the music 's subtlety . |
| 24 | The latter are usually discriminated against by overt racist language which denigrates a person 's colour and ethnic background . |
| 25 | ‘ The contract between mortgagor and mortgagee , as it is understood in this court , makes the mortgage a security , not only for principal and interest , and such ordinary charges and expenses as are usually provided for by the instrument creating the security , but also for the costs properly incident to a suit for foreclosure or redemption . |
| 26 | ENQUIRIES THAT ARE USUALLY DEALT WITH BY THE RECEPTION DESK |
| 27 | Reservations for very important persons or commercially important persons are usually dealt with by senior members of the management . |
| 28 | The result is unusual because the Indian crafts are usually dealt with by ethnographers or historians of style . |
| 29 | Any who dare to question this are quickly dealt with by being accused of faithlessness , invoking that frighteningly powerful guilt feeling instilled into the human mind whilst the individual is still very young , and it is just this abuse of childhood which is so surely the primary cause of failure to reduce the constant renewal of the horrors of war . |
| 30 | He produced many of the beautiful hybrid varieties that are still sought after by tropical waterlily enthusiasts — although now devoted tropical water-lily growers are developing new strains every year . |