Example sentences of "be [adj] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So if I invited you to my house you would not be upset by the simple food I would serve ? ’ |
| 2 | The work will be complete by the second half of 1993 . |
| 3 | The work will be complete by the second half of 1993 . |
| 4 | Xoren Computing Ltd , based in London , has announced version 2 of its Multi-Poll polling software package for a central host VAX computer : the software enables personal computers , Unix systems and VAXes at multiple remote branches to be telephone-polled by the central host , and is being targeted at vertical markets including retailing , distribution and banking ; new enhancements include procedures for setting up site details , lists of files to be transferred , modem details and re-try procedures , and reports and performance statistics ; no word yet on any prices for it . |
| 5 | For example , one person may find it nice to be rewarded for good work by being taken out to a slap-up dinner and another person may be embarrassed by the whole business and have preferred a quiet word of thanks . |
| 6 | The decision was held to be unconstitutional by the Supreme Soviet Presidium on 20 November and the Baltic republics came in for severe criticism from other delegates at the Supreme Soviet session on 1 December which passed the constitutional amendments into law . |
| 7 | It will soon be up-staged by the enormous 5,000 room MGM Grand , which guests will enter along a yellow brick road and which will contain , as the casino , a life-sized version of the Emerald City . |
| 8 | It appears that most errors will be detected because none of the candidate strings is found to be allowable by the lexical look-up . |
| 9 | Raima UK is likely to be joint-owned by the two companies , and is said by Systemstar 's David Turley to be ‘ the inevitable consequence of our selling the product for the last five years ’ . |
| 10 | For example , if labour is in short supply this constraint could be relieved by the firm offering overtime to its present workforce ; if the internal opportunity cost of labour is £5 the firm could offer an overtime premium up to this amount and by doing so generate a positive contribution . |
| 11 | In the Paris of the 19th century , it was a pleasure to go for a stroll and to be delighted by the public buildings . |
| 12 | In the light of a growing trend for shareholders to question the reappointment of their companies ' auditors , Coopers & Lybrand must be delighted by the robust defence put forward on its behalf by British Telecom . |
| 13 | Di is known to be bored by the riding-shooting-fishing routine which the Royals love on their Scottish holiday . |
| 14 | In the spirit of this observation , however , it is not enough to argue that Marx 's views have been shown to be false by the continuing development of capitalist socialisation . |
| 15 | This bouquet is partly inherited , and so the bloodhound can occasionally be confused by the criss-crossing trails of identical twins . |
| 16 | Do n't be confused by the Japanese ensign on this one … its owner , the pop star Gary Numan , says he wanted to be different . |
| 17 | The trend towards milder winters is beginning to concern horticulturists. many trees need lengthy cold spells if they are to open their buds at the right time in spring , and research on the Continent confirms that apple trees will be confused by the changing climate . |
| 18 | Please do not be confused by the apparent dissolution of the integrity of your visual field . |
| 19 | I could understand one man imagining that he saw a person in the immediate area of the box but it is hard to believe that two level-headed signalmen could have been mistaken enough to be confused by the same phenomenon . |
| 20 | Holmes from Oxford Homes Relate , the old Marriage Guidance Council , says a year is a very short time , she says couples may be confused by the natural progression from the state of being in love to something less emotionally exciting . |
| 21 | Next it was Hunt 's turn to be confused by the Australian Warwick Brown , who was driving his first race and who , practically without gears , was going as near zero as possible in the middle of the chicane . |
| 22 | Mr Gandhi is said to be horrified by the stiff budget in prospect . |
| 23 | Bouton ( e.g. 1988 , 1990 ) has argued against this summation notion , pointing out that in his own experiments the size of the CR seems to be uninfluenced by the associative value of background cues . |
| 24 | She had yet to be impressed by the Eastern clergy , who not only countenanced belief in the miraculous powers of human teeth , but actually traded in bogus religious relics . |
| 25 | Visitors to West German cities can not fail to be impressed by the peaceful , car free centres served by integrated public transport systems . |
| 26 | Most meditatively — remember Drury Lane , he murmured , and , his favourite whip and spur , ‘ Attack , boy , attack ! ’ — so meditatively that no one could fail to be impressed by the inner preoccupation of the handsome gentleman in Hessian boots who ruminated across the turf , he paced a slow , measured entrance to the very central point of the circle without once raising his gaze from the earth or his head from the cusp of a hand which supported its pensive load . |
| 27 | Of course , these are not the abilities which we pride ourselves upon , and we are much more likely to be impressed by the few things which computers do well which we do badly . |
| 28 | So there are plenty of reasons to be unalarmed by the economic outlook for 1991 . |
| 29 | We noticed now a trail of well-trodden snow winding back towards the shore , obviously a route known to be safe by the experienced locals . |
| 30 | Although the principles of classification and storage are straightforward , the mechanics and techniques can be complicated by the sheer volume of material to be dealt with . |