Example sentences of "it is [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is reached by way of a beautiful mountain railway journey from Lauterbrunnen or by cable car from Stechelberg . |
| 2 | It is reached by stepping stones over the lawn and a small bridge crossing the bog garden and two linking fish pools . |
| 3 | It is reached by bus from Kalamata through scenery of Arcadian gentleness . |
| 4 | The ESR reflects these changes in the various acute phase proteins , but it is affected by factors such as anaemia and hyperglobulinaemia , which may be irrelevant to the acute phase response in some prople . |
| 5 | It explains how the body works and how it is affected by drugs . |
| 6 | It is affected by wind , the barometer , freshwater and the position of the changing channels in the estuary . |
| 7 | Some scientists believe that it is caused by water pollution . |
| 8 | When we turn to that most distinctive feature of cave organisms , regressive evolution , we can not decide whether it is caused by selection or genetic drift ; nor can we settle whether allozymic variation is due to selection or drift . |
| 9 | A It is caused by honeydew , exuded by aphids , which then becomes the host to a fungi giving the foliage a sooty look . |
| 10 | Although its origin is not known , it is caused by skin bacteria acting on our body chemistry . |
| 11 | It is caused by bacteria or parasites or poor water quality and the only sure treatment is antibiotics , preferably by injection . |
| 12 | Some declare it is caused by diet ; others are convinced it is a motility disorder or due to altered perception , a psychological disorder , a psychophysiological phenomenon , or even abnormal illness behaviour . |
| 13 | In recent years , there has been some return to the classical view that the real wage is too high and that unemployment is ‘ voluntary ’ in the sense that it is caused by workers refusing to accept wage cuts . |
| 14 | It is caused by defects in the common β2 subunit of the lymphocyte integrins , resulting for example , in deficient expression of the αβ heterodimers at the cell surface with the result that adhesion of lymphocytes is impaired . |
| 15 | Dr Callum Henderson ( Points of View , today ) makes a thoughtful and reasoned case against the legalisation of euthanasia by relying on two main arguments , first , the familiar ‘ slippery slope ’ argument and second , that life is sacred because it is created by God . |
| 16 | Even if this is true — and it is disputed by animal and human studies — the argument overlooks the fact that reproductive defects may appear in workers ' female children . |
| 17 | That is the conventional view , but it is disputed by Maureen Cox , former teacher , now psychology lecturer . |
| 18 | ‘ Our opinion is n't worth anything if people think it is influenced by self-interest . ’ |
| 19 | This information comes from a report published by Essex County Council and it is confirmed by Norfolk and Cambridgeshire County Councils . |
| 20 | In the station in which the unit is based ( not Easton ) , the attitude of the policemen towards it is not positive , partly as a result of their ambivalent attitudes toward sex crimes , but mostly because it is policed by women , who therefore are said to spend their time in Boots and Marks and Spencer , making it an easy duty ( FN 30/11/87 , p. 18 ) . |
| 21 | The performance of existing duties under a contract can amount to consideration for a promise if performance confers a practical benefit on the promisor ( Williams v Roffey Bros & Nicolls ( Contractors ) Ltd [ 1990 ] 1 All ER 512 ) , but the promise will be unenforceable if it is obtained by duress , including economic duress . |
| 22 | But there are likely to be more upsets before it is recognised by investors . |
| 23 | It is dated by Michael Jaffe to around 1605 , although Ann Marie Logan puts is at around 1601 . |
| 24 | Furthermore , if the purchaser is a public company , whether or not its shares are quoted , it is prevented by CA 1985 , s102 from allotting the consideration shares to the vendor unless the consideration for the allotment has been independently valued pursuant to CA 1985 , s108 and a report regarding the value has been made to the purchaser by an independent person within the six months preceding the allotment . |
| 25 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that nothing is more insulting to women — whether it is said by women or men — than talk of setting targets for the number of women to be in top posts ? |
| 26 | First published in 1977 by W H Allen , it is said by HCP to be better than Lin Haire Sargeant 's 1992 Heathcliff ( they would ) . |
| 27 | The reservoir behind it , Lake Powell ( or ‘ Lake Foul ’ as it is called by environmentalists , who think it dishonours his name ) flooded 186 miles of Grand Canyon , which Powell and others who saw it described as the most beautiful of all the West 's river canyons . |
| 28 | Like secularisation , this ‘ privatisation ’ , as it is called by sociologists , affects Christians because it affects everybody living in modernity . |
| 29 | It is conceded by Mr. Leonard that having come to this conclusion , it is unnecessary now to consider further any of the other grounds of appeal which do not arise , and we refrain from doing so . |
| 30 | The law applicable to a contract by virtue of articles 3 to 6 and 12 of this Convention shall govern in particular : ( a ) interpretation ; ( b ) performance ; ( c ) within the limits of the powers conferred on the court by its procedural law , the consequences of breach , including the assessment of damages in so far as it is governed by rules of law ; ( d ) the various ways of extinguishing obligations , and prescription and limitations of actions ; ( e ) the consequences of nullity of the contract . |