Example sentences of "to [be] [verb] by a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The violence appears to been started by an offensive against the UDF by Zulu warlords which began in the early hours of Saturday morning . |
| 2 | A new electoral law , passed by the National Assembly on April 18 , 1989 , and signed by Ortega on April 22 , provided for elections to be overseen by a new Supreme Electoral Council comprising five members elected by the National Assembly from among candidates proposed by the President , including two from opposition parties . |
| 3 | In 1973 the Fair Trading Act brought these together within the purview of a single body , the newly created Office of Fair Trading , to be overseen by a civil servant , the Director General of Fair Trading . |
| 4 | The reform of the legal system ( 1864 ) was explicitly modelled on advanced western practice , and laid down that the law was to be overseen by an independent judiciary . |
| 5 | Literary theory , he says , should not just be one more academic subject , to be taught by a ‘ theory-specialist ’ , but should inform the way in which an English Department organizes itself . |
| 6 | These exercises need to be taught by a continence adviser , a community nurse or physiotherapist . |
| 7 | a master plan for the new town is to be prepared by a consultant , working in close consultation with the local planning authority , since the bulk of the development will be carried out privately . |
| 8 | Under the terms of the Constitution the PCT was the sole legal political organization ; appropriate amendments and draft legislation on the creation of political parties were to be prepared by a presidential commission . |
| 9 | His passport carries the word ‘ courtier ’ in the space set aside for occupation — a joke he came to regret when arriving at Darwin airport to be faced by a massive , bronzed Australian immigration official who looked down and told him ‘ that 's not the way you spell courier , mate . ’ |
| 10 | Despite its eulogistic tone Oldershaw 's memory seems more credible than E. C. Bentley 's half-humorous , half-invented sketch of Thomas aged sixteen during his first half-year at St. Paul 's : ‘ It was Walker [ Frederick Walker , the High Master ] too , who had made this possible by clearing the ‘ History Eighth ’ , the first recruits to which included my friend Oldershaw and myself , soon to be joined by an exceptionally reserved and quiet boy who usually had in his pocket a rat or so , and a few snakes , which he would shut in his desk with books , and occasionally peep at stealthily — Edward Thomas the poet . ’ |
| 11 | ONE OF English cricket 's most respected administrators once told me that there were three golden rules to be observed by a county recruiting an overseas player . |
| 12 | Furious staff claim they were even called in from holidays to be grilled by a specialist security firm at the MetroCentre in Gateshead , Tyne and Wear . |
| 13 | ( The last sentence of transportation to be pronounced by a Mayor of Saltash was in 1877 , upon a ‘ ticket of leave ’ man guilty of stealing a watch at the town 's regatta ) . |
| 14 | Laba was quite a celebrity in the village , and from him we learnt just what it is like to be embraced by a really big snake . |
| 15 | If consent makes a touching lawful , then it must follow that if a patient withholds consent , if he refuses to be touched by a doctor , any further touching will be unlawful , and will give rise to civil and criminal liability . |
| 16 | Love , which indeed hid itself , but not shyly and fearfully , rather secretly and thoughtfully , so as not to be touched by a stranger 's hand — his first love , not his strongest and certainly not his deepest , but surely his most blessed . |
| 17 | Companies should not continue to be penalised by a reference to an inherent uncertainty in the auditors ' report when the directors have given it prominent and full disclosure . |
| 18 | The animal bounced back to its feet only to be killed by a bus . |
| 19 | Trevor was the third person to be killed by a grizzly in Jasper Park since 1929 . |
| 20 | AN SAS hero survived daring undercover operations during the Gulf War — only to be killed by a mate 's tragic blunder on a peacetime exercise . |
| 21 | ‘ I was discussing a statistic I 'd heard that you 're more likely to be killed by a donkey than in an aeroplane disaster . |
| 22 | The office was to be separated by a party wall from other government departments . |
| 23 | They say that a weak , non-fighting force can be effective when the combatants want an excuse to stop shooting at each other and are glad to be separated by a symbolic line of bright blue berets . |
| 24 | He reportedly would sit for hours in a depressive silence , to be broken by a harangue on his pet hates , which included sherry drinkers and those by the name of Hambly . |
| 25 | That the thump of my heart was challenging it to go on and not to be broken by a … |
| 26 | Under the plan there were to be changes in public finance policy ; budget deficits were to be limited to 10 per cent of total revenue ; government bonds were to be issued on the Muscat securities market to replace dependence on foreign borrowing ; the state general reserve fund was to be strengthened by a transfer of oil revenues ; a contingency fund was to be created to " cope with any international or domestic variables " ; and privatization of selected assets was to go ahead . |
| 27 | She heard a madwoman howling — herself — but on market day , in St Jude 's , with the taverns serving gin and strong beer from five o'clock in the morning , who was likely to be disturbed by a little howling ? |
| 28 | All the same , she was n't best pleased to be disturbed by a knock on her door as she wrapped herself in a towelling robe and hid her wet hair in a turban after she stepped out of the shower . |
| 29 | An application for , i transfer does not require to be heard by a quarterly meeting of a board but can be heard by a meeting convened under s.5(1) . |
| 30 | When a particular issue is directed by the High Court to be heard by a county court , all of those documents listed above must be lodged . |