Example sentences of "to be [vb pp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 31 | Friends of the Earth is calling for use of the toxic gas methly bromide to be phased out by 1995 . |
| 32 | I want those subsidies to be phased down by the Community , and I also want to encourage British coal to be exported to Germany if that is a way to deal with the problem . |
| 33 | ‘ I 'm not going to be mucked about by the likes of you , mate . |
| 34 | A surge of people had to be thrust back by the Sellswords . |
| 35 | Every now and again rust pimples up , metallic lichen destined only to be beaten back by the lavish care and attention administered by Grant . |
| 36 | The makings of a quite substantial tomato salad mystique are scattered around waiting to be gathered up by some enterprising buyer who will get the produce flown in from Barcelona or Marseilles , Naples , Valencia or even possibly from Portugal , where the tomatoes are as good and plentiful as anywhere in Mediterranean lands . |
| 37 | Mr Lorenzo contends he fired in self-defence because he was about to be run down by the motorcycle , which was being chased by a police car . |
| 38 | But without that pride the Spaniard would not be Spanish , as Harvey writes : ‘ It is profoundly to be hoped that he will never allow these sharp angles to be smoothed off by the modern cult of ‘ all things to all men' ’ , and a false catholicity of taste which is no taste at all . |
| 39 | Patriotic fervour expressed by burning effigies tended to stop short of much deeper involvement and although 14,102 men were liable to be called up by 1805 , another 9630 claimed exemption . |
| 40 | Simon was expected to be called up by the Army , and sent off God knew where . |
| 41 | Sometimes they would drive off in their vehicle without the fieldworker , only to be called back by the sergeant after she made a complaint . |
| 42 | MEDICAL experts are to be called in by Middlesbrough council to report on the effects of hypnotism . |
| 43 | A certain area of the water surface can be allowed to be covered over by floating plants , especially if certain plants preferring shade or poor light conditions are grown . |
| 44 | The pace and success of any rehabilitation programme , after a care order is made , are to be decided on by the local authority and only the local authority . |
| 45 | While anyone can be unfortunate enough to be struck down by an unexpected illness , your future good health is largely in your own hands . |
| 46 | However , a very restrictive express term which tries to prevent an ex-employee making use of mundane skills will be likely to be struck down by the courts as being in restraint of trade . |
| 47 | That did n't have to be sewn on by hand then |
| 48 | The countryside all around , and the woods of the Buskett Gardens , and the bastions around Mdina , used to be lit up by torch-lights and bonfires . |
| 49 | The League had already declared that it would boycott the investiture and , when he stood up to speak , a hundred or so extremists began shouting and jeering , and dozens had to be dragged off by the police before he could be heard . |
| 50 | Reading 's Adrian Williams was sent clear only to be dragged down by Thomas on the edge of the area in the 51st minute and referee Ron Groves immediately reached for the red card . |
| 51 | Children , boys and girls , were loading small carts to be dragged along by old horses . |
| 52 | Maybe it would do Isobel good to be dragged out by someone she would feel at home with , and a man of her own age would cause much more of a stir in the neighbourhood . |
| 53 | She had protested at their taking the Friar 's sack but now she allowed herself to be swept along by them without resistance . |
| 54 | Kim allowed herself to be swept along by Aggie 's lively chatter . |
| 55 | This process is analogous to a buyer at an auction paying more than he can afford because he allows himself to be swept along by the bidding . |
| 56 | This in any case would seem to be ruled out by references to some kings holding certain civitates , or cities with their surrounding territories , jointly . |
| 57 | Roddie had the ball in the net on two other occasions only to be ruled out by the referee for infringements , and Iceland duly rubbed salt in the wounds when Feyenoord 's Arnar Gunnlaugsson crossed from the right and Thordur Gudjonsson blasted the equaliser past substitute goalkeeper Jim Will . |
| 58 | The new-born child is virtually a clean slate , to be written on by the world . |
| 59 | It may be built up into shore features without undergoing movement along the beach or , more commonly , it is transported along the beach to a point where natural factors allow it to accumulate and to be built up by wave action . |
| 60 | This would occupy a fraction of a second which would have to be made up by hurrying over the next group of semiquavers , and would sound breathless and hectic . |