Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [to-vb] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As an implicated part of Capitalism , the trade unions must be expected to play by Capitalism 's rules ; and government by admonition is , as always , ineffectual . |
| 2 | Dementia sufferers might be expected to gain by day attendance in the following ways : i diagnosis and assessment of problems ii management of particular problems iii reality orientation iv skill preservation v general stimulation , socialisation and recreation vi supervision vii respite for carers In practice it is often the last which predominates . |
| 3 | If ‘ they ’ can be made to change by education or compulsion , then the problem of soil erosion and pasture degradation would be solved . |
| 4 | Top management will be seen to lead by example . |
| 5 | Here we report that human mutant cell lines that lack mitochondrial DNA ( mtDNA ) , and therefore do not have a functional respiratory chain , can still be induced to die by apoptosis , and that they can be protected from apoptosis by the overexpression of bcl-2 , suggesting that neither apoptosis nor the protective effect of bcl-2 depends on mitochondrial respiration . |
| 6 | It should be borne in mind that the company would be assessed to tax by reference to its accounting period ending on normal incorporation tax principles and not on a preceding year basis . |
| 7 | Recognizing the right of Russia 's minorities to self-determination was the essence of repudiating the Tsarist inheritance and affirming democracy and the principle that peoples should not be compelled to co-operate by force . |
| 8 | A REPORT urging that premature babies should be allowed to die by neglect has been attacked by the society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) . |
| 9 | A REPORT urging that premature babies should be allowed to die by neglect has been attacked by the society for the Protection of Unborn Children ( SPUC ) . |
| 10 | You will then be allowed to vote by post or proxy if your application reaches the registration officer before noon on the sixth day before polling day ( not counting the days mentioned above ) . |
| 11 | Permission must be obtained to travel by car along the private road in Glen Farrar and , if granted , should be regarded as a great privilege for there is loveliness all the way to its terminus at Loch Monar , now a reservoir . |
| 12 | During the UWC general strike of May 1974 , a key employee in the secretary of state 's personal kitchen at Stormont Castle had to be fetched to work by helicopter from her home in south-east Antrim . |