Example sentences of "is [adv] [prep] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ My wife bought me a small kit to try out using wool — which is rather like painting by numbers — and I have not looked back since . ’ |
| 2 | MOSTLY C'S : You are in prison ( for stealing a handbag , phone box , and the attempted manslaughter of your mother-in-law ) where your gift for Latin is greatly in demand by those scouring law books . |
| 3 | Built in 1385 just before the development of gunpowder made such structures obsolete Bodiam now stands as a magnificent example of a medieval fortress and is much in demand by film companies as a location . |
| 4 | He started taking his own photographs to publicise his collections when he got impatient with photographers who did not understand what he was trying to say ; this has lead him to launch a parallel career as a photographer and his work is much in demand by magazines who like his candid portraits of such luminaires as Caroline of Monaco . |
| 5 | Reglazing there is already under way by Express Glass Contractors , a company with experience gained from replacing windows destroyed by an IRA bomb in Whitehall Place earlier this year . |
| 6 | No , L is already in use by the system . |
| 7 | The given storage directory is already in use by another charge code . |
| 8 | Of the many changes proposed in this review ( which is still under discussion by the Council of Ministers ) , several are designed to alter policies and aids in the LFAs . |
| 9 | Local Labour councillors Frank Robson and Alan Robinson have promised to look into the situation , which is still under review by the council 's works and health committee . |
| 10 | Despite being a little known and often misunderstood technique , silverpoint is still in use by contemporary artists and some specialist suppliers in the UK offer silverpoints and prepared paper . |
| 11 | What was true of Rodin 's sculpture is also worth consideration by any reader of a sculptural monograph . |
| 12 | To add to its problems Eurotunnel , is also under investigation by the British and French Stock Exchanges as a result of claims that insider dealing in its shares took place during the period immediately preceding the July announcement of a cost overrun . |
| 13 | This verdict may be the last attempt of this generation to keep intact the myth of a unanimously resisting France , for it is now under review by the Court of Cassation . |
| 14 | Used for 30 years on British potatoes , tecnazene is now under investigation by the Governments ' Advisory Committee on Medicines for its possible impact on aquatic and human life . |
| 15 | A neo-Jacobean pile proudly raised on a Suffolk dune by Edwardian telephone magnate Sir Cuthbert Quilter , the house is now for sale by order of the Ministry of Defence . |
| 16 | A more systematic investigation on the structural determinants for different tRNA modifying enzymes is now in progress by using several other tRNA variants with mutations causing well characterized changes of the tertiary structures . |
| 17 | Three of the so-called seven wise men approve tax rises next year , assuming that the recovery is well under way by then . |
| 18 | Three of the so-called seven wise men approve tax rises next year , assuming that the recovery is well under way by then . |
| 19 | Actually the cooperative project is presently under consideration by the authorities here . ’ |
| 20 | More generally , the positional field in the skin enables a wide variety of pigment patterns to be generated — it is almost like painting by numbers . |
| 21 | The question of whether the cash equivalent of a benefit to an employee should be calculated as the marginal cost or average cost of providing the benefit is currently under consideration by the House of Lords , in the case of Pepper v Hart . |
| 22 | The question of whether the cash equivalent of providing a benefit to an employee should be calculated as the marginal cost or average cost of providing the benefit is currently under consideration by the House of Lords in the case of Pepper v Hart . |
| 23 | This matter is currently under consideration by the chief executive of the maintenance group defence support agency . |
| 24 | The draft structure plan is currently under consideration by the Department of Environment . |
| 25 | The circuitry is currently under evaluation by a number of multinationals . |
| 26 | The timetable proposal is currently under investigation by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission and a decision is expected before the end of 1989 . |
| 27 | Olympic Technology is currently under investigation by the Fraud Squad and HM Customs and Excise . |
| 28 | The Edinburgh Christian Church preaches extreme beliefs , and has links with a an English-based church which is currently under investigation by the charities commission . |