Example sentences of "is [adv] [verb] by [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is a great deal of scalic movement , though it is mostly hidden by notes leaping out of direction and back again . |
| 2 | With reference to your article on the inconsistencies in the Serpell report ( This Week , 27 January , p 220 ) the town of Keith is mostly surrounded by farmland and is certainly not in the middle of a peat bog ( Scottish or otherwise ) . |
| 3 | Today 's version is irritatingly called by London Transport Underground a ‘ journey planner ’ . |
| 4 | It is important to ensure that legitimate public interest in environmental issues is properly met by access to reliable information and advice . |
| 5 | Management of the Modular Course by field committees at subject level , and the MCC and its executive subcommittee , the MMRC is widely seen by staff as open , participative and democratic . |
| 6 | The church 's teaching on contraception is widely ignored by Catholics . ’ |
| 7 | Social class is a major behavioural determinant of consumer buying behaviour , and its importance is widely acknowledged by marketers . |
| 8 | Despite little definite evidence supporting the use of high dose ascorbic acid , it is widely favoured by doctors and patients as healthy , natural , and without appreciable side effects . |
| 9 | Another requirement for the grant of a patent is that the invention must have an industrial application but this is widely defined by section 4 of the Patents Act 1977 which states that the invention must be capable of being made or used in any kind of industry , including agriculture . |
| 10 | The tundra is widely grazed by mammals , especially voles and lemmings that burrow in the undergrowth . |
| 11 | An inter-regnum was filled by her boyfriend , Nick Rosen , a freelance journalist , who is widely believed by friends and former associates to have a strong influence on Katharine 's decision-making . |
| 12 | Its material is widely used by teachers , researchers , aid experts , action groups , UN organizations and individuals who want to know more and do more about the causes of social injustice . |
| 13 | In addition to all this , his most important work has been in relation to investments and his ‘ stochastic investment model ’ is widely used by actuaries in the UK and abroad . |
| 14 | It is sold as an enhancer of the oxygen-carrying capacity of the blood , and is widely used by athletes in the USSR , says Dr Robert Woodward of Contassium . |
| 15 | Plant life on islands , as elsewhere , is most affected by climate , substrate , other organisms , and geographic situation , the last in relation to island size and situation in relation to the source of the flora . |
| 16 | The reason Morgan sees for the passage of society from one stage to another — and this is what is most stressed by Engels in his restatement of Morgan 's theory in The Origin — is a social break due too the fact that the various subsystems stop working in gear , and come into conflict with each other . |
| 17 | The night-time replenishment of ozone is presumably caused by transport of ozone-rich air from higher altitudes . |
| 18 | It is presumably used by species in which it takes two adults to provide for the young . |
| 19 | The England captain , who had an outstanding match , is eventually halted by Aherne after a powerful midfield burst — but not before Geoghegan and Matthews are sucked in … |
| 20 | Man is made from clay and a divine part ( " breath " in Genesis , the flesh and blood of a god in Atrakhasis ) : man 's task is to keep the earth in order ( arduous labour in Atrakhasis , control of a paradise in Genesis ) ; man is eventually destroyed by flood , all except one family . |
| 21 | The cost of 1,000 sample poll is around £50,000 which is eventually paid by readers of national newspapers . |
| 22 | In practice this is rarely achieved by health services and local authorities and almost never includes private and voluntary sectors . |
| 23 | Education is rarely named by providers for fear of alienation and women are talked about in ways which make the hairs on the back of your neck stand on end . |
| 24 | His way is for Germany , ours is tor Britain ; let us tread our paths with mutual respect , which is rarely increased by borrowing . |
| 25 | In my experience the affect of stressful tension and fatigue is rarely recognized by speechreaders and those he meets , and yet it is the enemy of effective communication even when hearing is perfect . |
| 26 | A definite identification of a hardware error is usually easy — for example a disk error is rarely caused by software . |
| 27 | The structural damage is estimated at £50 million : Chester Tower and St George 's Hall with its valuable organ , used for State banquets , are burned out , while the Waterloo Chamber created by Jeffry Wyatville for George IV to hang all the Thomas Lawrence 's portraits of rulers and statesmen involved in defeating Napoleon , is badly damaged by smoke . |
| 28 | This is expressly provided by article 5 of the articles of government . |
| 29 | The power of the Board to grant special leave to appeal is expressly preserved by rule 28 which provided : |
| 30 | While that principle is maintained by the Act in relation to most matters concerning a child in a local authority 's care , a residence order under section 8 is expressly excepted by section 9(1) . |