Example sentences of "is [verb] by the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An estimated enrolment figure is calculated by the addition to the UF figure of the U- figure weighted according to previous experience . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The cost or benefit is calculated by the volume of net imports , or exports , times the difference between EC prices and world prices . |
| 4 | During look-up , the number of letters in a word of script is calculated by the x difference of the word divided by the mean letter width figure . |
| 5 | Eventually they reach the shallow stretches where their parents spawned and they lie there resting , their heads pointing upstream , flank to flank and so thick that the pale sand of the river bed is hidden by the black of their backs . |
| 6 | The valley is drained by the Clough River ( unusually so named , this being the only example I can think of where the word ‘ River ’ follows the name instead of preceding it ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is the same reader who , having decided that the ‘ Envoi ’ is ‘ literary , in a limiting sense ’ , is provoked by the word ‘ magic ’ in the middle stanza into deciding that ‘ the term ‘ literary ’ becomes a good deal more limiting , for the term ‘ aesthetic ’ rises to our lips , and so , perhaps , does ‘ American ’ ' And there we have it ! |
| 9 | Passionate debate is provoked by the problems of children whose first language is not English . |
| 10 | From that first step into making money there is a pattern of change in product or profession or activity which is explained by the opportunity to make more money . |
| 11 | And how much of the variation in the prohibition is explained by the character of the inhibitions ? |
| 12 | By far the largest part of the difference is explained by the relationship of farmers to their bankers . |
| 13 | The increased antral gastrin release is explained by the H pylori infection though the mechanism by which the infection stimulates gastrin release is unknown . |
| 14 | First of all can I check that I am right in saying that the difference between the H B F's figures of fifty three thousand and the County Council 's figure of forty six thousand is explained by the vacancies , concealed households , death rates etcetera . |
| 15 | This relationship is explained by the accelerator theory or similar theories . |
| 16 | the change in the G17:G34 ratio as a result of H pylori infection is explained by the infection selectively increasing the G17 concentration . |
| 17 | The cyclic of rise to power and decay of elites is held by Pareto to be inevitable and is explained by the alteration in elites of the proportions of these residues , both of which are necessary for the maintenance of rule . |
| 18 | Input-specificity is explained by the need for the presynaptic terminal to provide a sufficient concentration of L-glutamate to activate adequate numbers of NMDA receptors . |
| 19 | A further study by this research team , in Islington , North London , has confirmed that the importance of maternal loss is explained by the quality of care following loss . |
| 20 | Historically , the distinction is explained by the view that writing was a premeditated and calculated act , which affected reputation much more drastically and permanently than off-the-cuff comments . |
| 21 | Much is explained by the growth of purchasing power and consuming propensities among the middle ranks of society . |
| 22 | The nature of authority is explained by the combination of the three theses we are discussing . |
| 23 | It is explained by the combination of the first two conditions , and since it is a performative purporting to affect the rights or duties of another , it has to be public at least in intention . |
| 24 | A humped yield curve is explained by the combination of a descending yield curve plus an upward-sloping liquidity preference curve ( see Fig. 5.10 ) . |
| 25 | These findings show a threefold increase in acid secretion in H pylori positive healthy volunteers that is explained by H pylori induced hypergastrinaemia and a sixfold increase in acid secretion in the duodenal ulcer patients that is explained by the combination of H pylori induced hypergastrinaemia and an exaggerated acid response to stimulation by gastrin . |
| 26 | Marginal cost is defined as ‘ prime cost plus variable overheads ’ and is explained by the example in Table 3.3 . |
| 27 | Marginal cost is defined as ‘ prime cost plus variable overheads ’ and is explained by the example in Table 3.3 . |
| 28 | Her affection for the Bomb is explained by the fact that it is energy-charged and penis-shaped . |
| 29 | This is explained by the fact that the unemployment rate is lower among Protestants generally and that Easton 's population , besides being Protestant , is also disproportionately middle class . |
| 30 | The eerie lunar landscape of white spoil-heaps around St Austell is explained by the fact that there are eight tons of waste to every ton of china clay extracted . |