Example sentences of "by [be] [verb] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the Bible , Samuel 1:5 , the Ark was desecrated by being placed in the Temple of Dagan , and Samson destroyed both the temple and the statue of the god in retribution before dying there himself . |
| 2 | Eventually he was rewarded for his long and faithful service by being placed in the heavens as the constellation of Aquarius . |
| 3 | Their development is strengthened , not weakened , by being placed in the proximity of other disciplines under the epistemic umbrella offered by the university ( and its sister institutions ) . |
| 4 | It is the big topic of conversation , and players experience local fame by being waylaid in the streets for a chat about the final . |
| 5 | I mean if women have been stunted by being kept in the home , you could argue that men have been stunted by being too much over-identified essentially with the work world . |
| 6 | How is unemployment measured , they 're measuring it in the formal sector , and you can actually live by being employed in the informal sector , which is often not recorded . |
| 7 | For instance , Wilkinson ( 1990 : 81 ) suggests that ‘ information which has been highlighted by being fronted in the Dutch clause lends itself to a translation in English using an IT cleft ’ , but notes that trainee translators working from Dutch into English fail to make use of predicated and identifying themes in their English translations . |
| 8 | In fact , the fibreglass decor was artificially aged by being exposed in the desert for a week before fitting , by the first owners , emigrants from Europe who had reason to foresee the nostalgia boom . |
| 9 | He was woken some time later by being kicked in the backside quite painfully . |
| 10 | In spite of being almost tethered to Marguerite , Jenna enjoyed the trip and was rewarded later by being instructed in the cooking of some of the purchases . |
| 11 | There is however no doubt that the denomination of a purpose as proper or improper in such circumstances raises issues of political and social choice which do not cease to be so by being expressed in the language of vires . |
| 12 | a ) any Petition against the Bill presented by being deposited in the Private Bill Office at any time not later than the fourteenth day after this day , and |
| 13 | b ) any Petition which has been presented by being deposited in the Private Bill Office and in which the Petitioners complain of any amendment as proposed in the filled-up Bill or of any matter which has arisen during the progress of the Bill before the Select Committee , being a Petition in which the Petitioners pray to be heard by themselves , their Counsel or Agents . |
| 14 | In the preface to his Guide he claims that ‘ all ( his drawings ) were entirely finished while the subject was before him , for he conceives that studies are lessened in value by being retouched in the house ’ ; but a Miss Weeton who knew him well , and was godmother to one of his children , says that ‘ he is employed all summer in taking sketches , and all the winter in finishing them . |
| 15 | Other verbs which could involve agency are deprived of their active meaning by being used in the passive participle form : abandoned , anchored ( 55 ) ; whereas stative verbs are quite frequent : resembling , looked , lie , shone , marked , etc ( 22 ) . |
| 16 | As described more fully in Chapter 6 , the social worker has somehow to avoid becoming part of the problem , by being identified in the client 's eyes as ganging up with neighbours and family . |
| 17 | Although my worst fears about dealers infiltrating fake pieces into this section and having them ‘ authenticated ’ by being included in the catalogue , as was the case recently at an important exhibition in Berlin , did not occur , this section adds nothing to our knowledge of Soviet ceramics 1915–32 . |