Example sentences of "which [is] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no nationally agreed guidelines for the appointment of police surgeons : this matter rests entirely on the discretion of the local Chief Constable who has to decide who to appoint from the applicants for the particular post , which is advertised by the police . |
| 2 | The planning principle of converting the barrack-like main blocks of these buildings into flats has been the exploitation of the 4.2m ( 14ft ) standard height of each classroom by siting a mezzanine ‘ sleeping gallery ’ on the internally located kitchenette/bathroom areas , overlooking a ‘ double-height ’ living-room which is lit by the large and lofty classroom windows . |
| 3 | There is little tundra in the southern hemisphere ( where there is very little land at appropriate latitudes ) and only a narrow strip in Europe , which is warmed by the Gulf Stream ; but there are vast tracts in the north of Canada and Alaska , and the northern shore of Asia . |
| 4 | Both introns display all distinctive features of group I introns ( 2 , 39 ) and , moreover , are members of subgroup IA which is characterized by the existence of an additional stem-loop in the P7 region ( P7.1 ) ( 19 ) ( Fig. 4b ) . |
| 5 | The test is whether the plaintiff has acquired an intangible property right for his product deriving from the distinctive nature of this material which is recognized by the market . |
| 6 | The idea is to note the activity ( which is planned by the classteacher alongside other teachers ) very briefly , to describe whether it was for a whole class , a group , or perhaps an individual . |
| 7 | It is also approachable at the other end of the spectrum , which is filled by the middle-class peasant or designer-green who has a few pet animals to fit in with a rural lifestyle . |
| 8 | Another lyric makes even more explicit this identification of life in time with the Crucifixion as the only means by which its true value may be realised : Such lyrics embody an understanding of the process of transfiguration at the heart of the Christian faith which is realised by the mystics in experience and gestured towards in their texts . |
| 9 | The ISE 's Special Committee on Market Development recommended in July 1990 that the Alpha , Beta and Gamma classifications on SEAQ should be replaced with a new measure called Normal Market Size ( NMS ) which is calculated by the stock 's liquidity and trading volume . |
| 10 | The world becomes a community , which is influenced by the small elite who control the media . |
| 11 | A common law court will receive some evidence in writing , whether in the form of reports , exhibits or ‘ agreed bundles of documents ’ ; but in principle the evidence is ‘ heard ’ at the actual trial , the form of which is influenced by the needs of the jury even in those systems , such as the English , where the actual presence of a jury in a civil trial is now quite exceptional . |
| 12 | The gall bladder epithelium has one of the highest rates of water absorption of body tissues , which is achieved by the coupling of active sodium transport and passive water absorption . |
| 13 | The core of the work is the deeply expressive slow movement , which is counterbalanced by the vitality of the folky finale . |
| 14 | The instructions needed to set the printer into bit-image mode are called escape codes because each instruction is preceded by the ASCII code 27 which is generated by the ESC or ESCAPE key on a terminal keyboard . |
| 15 | To obtain the best synchronization and yield it is important that the hCG is administered before the release of endogenous luteinizing hormone ( LH ) which is regulated by the diurnal light/dark cycle . |
| 16 | Geothermal power ( heat from rocks ) is a technology that is still undergoing research in this country and which is seen by the Government as an energy longshot . |
| 17 | The dark green colourway provides vibrancy and depth , which is echoed by the towels , tiles and flooring , and a cotton pile bathmat from Croydex 's Catherine range continues the theme . |
| 18 | However , there is a net outflow of as much as 10 per cent and it is this ‘ lost ’ fluid which is drained by the lymphatics and returned to the circulation . |
| 19 | To the rear of the house , the lawn surrounded by herbaceous borders leads up to a meadow and copse which is bordered by the northern boundary of the forest . |
| 20 | If one passes a string round a post and pulls on both ends there will be a force on the post in the direction of the pull which is reacted by the post pushing in the opposite direction . |
| 21 | These initially hair-like fibres seek out and feed off the cellulose in the wood which is digested by the fungus to leave a dry , desiccated and fragile shell of wood-fibre or lignin which , in the absence of the cementitious cellulose , can not continue to perform any structural role required of the timber . |
| 22 | He also produces the village newsletter which is funded by the parish council . |
| 23 | The work , which is funded by the overseas unit of the UK Transport and Road Research Laboratory and the Botswana Roads Department , is part of an international programme designed to provide a set of guidelines for road building in saline areas . |
| 24 | More resources will be made available through the safer cities scheme , which is funded by the Home Office . |
| 25 | But Lady McCollum warned that if the GCC , which is funded by the Department of Economic Development , is to be able to take these issues — and more — on board it must be properly resourced . |
| 26 | In October 1991 , five young women in this predominantly Muslim area of Southern Malawi were arrested for wearing trousers , which is prohibited by the Decency in Dress Act . |
| 27 | ‘ The problem is that clean power other than from wind or water usually requires the application of the kind of technology which is prohibited by the Yasa . |
| 28 | As the Dragon , signifying ‘ the being who excels in intelligence ’ , breathes ‘ fire ’ , the destructive action of snake venom resembles that of the all-devouring fire , and the snake belongs to those beings which are believed to possess to a high degree that magical energy which is indicated by the Sanskrit word ‘ Tajas ’ , meaning heat or fire . |
| 29 | What lies behind the fear and insecurity of French Canadians is patently a social cataclysm which is indicated by the dramatically sudden collapse of the Catholic Church in what had for so long been a conservative , Catholic , clerical , child- producing society not only among the farmers but among townspeople . |
| 30 | In the days before effective treatment , endocarditis , in which the valves of the heart are themselves affected , was a very serious complication , a measure of which is given by the title of a contemporary report : ‘ Gonococcal endocarditis — a report of twelve cases , with ten post-mortem examinations ’ ( my italics ) . |