Example sentences of "given [adv prt] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Information kept on a credit card would be wiped clean by the massive bursts of magnetism given off by the scanner . |
| 2 | Dr Newton , Harwell 's deputy head of biomedical research must give regular samples for analysis , as does his fellow volunteer , Eric Voice , along with regular sessions under this detector which picks up the gamma rays given off by the plutonium . |
| 3 | Dr Newton , Harwell 's deputy head of biomedical research must give regular samples for analysis , as does his fellow volunteer , Eric Voice , along with regular sessions under this detector which picks up the gamma rays given off by the plutonium . |
| 4 | However , some radiation will still find its way around even these substantial barriers , increasing the exposure to the workforce above what they would expect from the ‘ natural ’ radiation given off by the sun or the earth . |
| 5 | Its lemon fragrance is given off by the leaves without the need to rub them , unlike lemon balm and , even when dried , continue to be pungently scented for years , so that they constitute an excellent ingredient for potpourris . |
| 6 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 7 | an electro cardiograph , it 's a tracing of the electrical il impulses from the heart given off by the heart and this chap came in he 'd never had one before and he was nervous anyway , so I 'm trying to put him at his ease and I , I put , you have to put like a rubber band round their arms and legs and attach erm electrodes to them , you do n't feel anything , you 're only measuring the electrical impulses given off by the heart |
| 8 | The perfumes and aromas exuded by their leaves and flowers on a warm sunny day give any garden a fourth dimension , and one of the charms of the Greek and Italian hillsides is the pungently aromatic fragrance given off by the herbs and shrubs . |
| 9 | The spadefish swim faster in schools because of a slime given off by the swimming fish . |
| 10 | On 26 December , 114 Lower Church Street and adjoining properties which had been leased to W. A. Reeves , the furnisher , since the offices were given up by the South Metropolitan Company , were sold to him . |
| 11 | The Campbells ' rooms had been given up by the officers of the household for the visitors . |
| 12 | Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment . |
| 13 | Earlier figures given out by the US Army in January said that 23 US soldiers had been killed ( later amended to 26 ) and 323 wounded . |
| 14 | The emotion given out by the barge is horrifying and unknown . |
| 15 | My stomach did for a while , as it did not like the vapours given out by the hops in the borough market after the sea air it had been used to in Hastings , but one can not live on sea air . |
| 16 | In 1983 a questionnaire given out by the Tourist Office asked visitors what pleased them most about Madeira : 35.7 per cent of those questioned said the natural beauty of the island , 13.6 per cent the friendliness of the residents , 12.4 per cent the climate , 8.4 per cent good hotels and 7.8 per cent the flowers . |