Example sentences of "it be [verb] by some " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do not believe that it would be lawful unless it were underpinned by some appropriate resolution of the Security Council of the United Nations . |
| 2 | When they inspected the wicket , they found it being rolled by some prisoners from the local jail , one of whom looked familiar to Boycott . |
| 3 | Which means , as we 've already remarked , that it 's caused by some combination of desire and belief : in this case , by Pooh 's desire , not just for honey , but to get a true belief about whether what 's in the pot is honey , and his belief that the way to get that true belief is to taste what 's in the pot . |
| 4 | It 's haunted by some awful phantom , or a devil or something . |
| 5 | Yet it is condemned by some as inflexible to the point where it can not be a curriculum for all children . |
| 6 | It is said by some to be more tiring physically than a paid job , by others to be less tiring : some women say it takes a greater emotional toll , others that the drain is less than other work . |
| 7 | It is negotiable , and if the drawer is of financial substance or if it is supported by some sort of security , cash may be raised by discounting it , selling it , or lodging it as collateral for a loan . |
| 8 | It is viewed by some as having a prime role as a respite for carers , others additionally see their role as assisting in the more practical needs such as baths , chiropody , medication etc . |
| 9 | It is argued by some workers in artificial intelligence ( such as Boden ) , drawing analogies from neurophysiology , that consciousness is a function of the degree of complexity and connectedness of networks — neural or artificial — but this view has been strongly criticised by Penrose as simplistic and lacking the necessary objective evidence . |
| 10 | But there again it is argued by some that these United Nations Conventions are western inspired . |
| 11 | Furthermore , it is argued by some commentators that , if an attempt were made to trace the redistributive consequences of other types of government policy , e.g. subsidies that are part of industrial policy , then an already very fuzzy picture would become totally confused . |
| 12 | This arrangement secures a quiet legal life for the film industry in general , although it is resented by some film-makers who are obliged to tailor their product to BBFC standards in order to secure distribution outlets . |
| 13 | It is believed by some that women who say no to sexual intercourse are merely playing sexual games and their ‘ no ’ means ‘ yes . ’ |
| 14 | It is taken by some to be that which falls under statements of certain logico-linguistic kinds . |
| 15 | ‘ It is thought by some , ’ said Megan , in a smooth lecturer 's voice from which all trace of her faint Welsh lilt had vanished , ‘ that the Scottish brochs may be an extension of the southern round-house culture , as exemplified in some sites of south-western England , but this seems unlikely , in view of- ’ |
| 16 | However , even with their aid it is thought by some to be unlikely that the outer Moon could have been melted quickly enough to yield those highland rock samples that have given radiometric ages of about 4300 Ma and older . |
| 17 | Such case-finding , it is suggested by some , should be applied annually to all people aged over 65 . |
| 18 | It is supplemented by some 800 loaves of bread , 400lb of porridge oats , 150 Christmas puddings and about 2,000 mince pies . |
| 19 | The second major defect in the relative clause proposal is that it does not actually explain anything unless it is supplemented by some account of what a relative clause is . |
| 20 | Its horns are lyre-shaped and it is considered by some to be the ancestor of the Guernsey . |
| 21 | In the first place , it seems to me that the switching of price labels on the article is in itself an assumption of one of the rights of the owner , whether or not it is accompanied by some other act such as removing the article from the shelf and placing it in a basket or trolley . |
| 22 | Yet although attempts were made to assure the British public that telephone-tapping was conducted in the most exceptional and in the most highly controlled circumstances , it was suspected by some that the practice was very different . |
| 23 | On behalf of the applicant , Mr. Fitzgerald submitted that a death due to ‘ natural causes ’ in the sense that it was caused by some naturally occurring disease , nevertheless becomes ‘ an unnatural death ’ within the meaning of section 8(1) ( a ) when it could and should have been prevented by the performance by some other person or authority of a duty owed by them to the deceased . |
| 24 | Alternatively it was seen by some as a warning to the opposition that the process of democratization would have its limits . |
| 25 | It was assumed by some that profitability entailed selling products to new customers , but this is not necessarily so according to Ken Wilkie , the newly appointed chief executive at IBM 's UK Havant plant . |
| 26 | During the discussions of the draft Convention it was argued by some delegates that the Central Authority should have a double task , acting as a transmitting or forwarding agency as well as receiving requests from abroad , but their opinion did not prevail . |
| 27 | Trade unions are demoralised , have no clearly defined purpose anymore ; they are inefficient and ineffective , it was argued by some . |
| 28 | It was argued by some on the Public Schools Commission ( DES , 1970 ) , for , that parents and children would appreciate the value of the education they received and not simply take it for granted if they actually had to part with some money . |
| 29 | It was followed by some other railway and gas companies , and from the 1900s a range of well-known paternalistic companies : Cadbury , Colmans , Coats , Cunard , Wills , Marconi , and many others . |
| 30 | Thus , it does not apply where the evidence establishes the existence of a collateral contract ; where it can be shown that the document was not intended as a complete record of the contract terms ; where its existence or operation was dependent upon some prior unexpected stipulation ; or where it was procured by some illegality or misrepresentation . |