Example sentences of "is [verb] on by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , despite the formalization of a system of state subsidy with the foundation of the University Grants Committee , any fears that university autonomy might be lessened were considerably allayed by the known attitude of the President of the Board of Education , H. A. L. Fisher , enshrined in his dictum : " The state is , in my opinion , not competent to direct the work of education and disinterested research which is carried on by the universities . " |
| 2 | The medium of continuous recording prompted the inclusion of bridging scenes to allow one group of characters time to go off one set and onto another while the action is carried on by the second group of characters . |
| 3 | Just as History involved the legitimation as knowledge of certain forms of political power , so the production of the subject by the human sciences as an object of knowledge also enabled a new form of political control : ‘ The individual is not a pre-given entity which is seized on by the exercise of power . |
| 4 | It is an ambitious project to undertake but ‘ LIFE ’ in York is spurred on by the knowledge of how badly women in York need our help to cope with a crisis pregnancy . |
| 5 | If the infection is passed on by the mother , the baby has a 75 per cent chance of having some neurological disorder , ranging from deafness and blindness to spastic paralysis . |