Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adv prt] by [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in the absence of an effective liaison between drainage men and archaeologists , there is a danger that such remarkable finds as the Bronze Age settlement built on a timber ‘ island ’ recently rescued at Flag Fen near Peterborough could be broken up by diggers or else left to crumble on exposure to the atmosphere . |
| 2 | Rocks can also be broken up by microbes finding their way into cracks and crevices , exposing more surfaces which can then absorb more CO 2 , and so forth . |
| 3 | For the city 's planners the poor were a public danger , their potentially riotous concentrations to be broken up by avenues and boulevards which would drive the inhabitants of the crowded popular quarters they replaced into some unspecified , but presumably more sanitary and certainly less perilous locations . |
| 4 | That is they can be broken down by bacteria to inert residues . |
| 5 | In other words , they can be broken down by bacteria and so removed from the environment . |
| 6 | Filter bacteria : Almost every natural substance can be broken down by bacteria . |
| 7 | These gums are highly polymerized pentoses that have to be broken down by bacteria , which release nutrients roughly equivalent to the yields from fruits . |
| 8 | And if the roof is made up of a series of roof trusses , these should all be joined up by timbers running the length of the roof to prevent a ‘ domino ’ kind of collapse . |
| 9 | ‘ That all has to be sorted out by solicitors and accountants . ’ |
| 10 | In the cold-war days , most of its operations were pretty straightforward and problems could be sorted out by officers on the ground . |
| 11 | A resolution enshrining the decisions is to be voted on by deputies today . |
| 12 | The prestige audience would be won over by movies that could take their place alongside the middle-class novel and play . |
| 13 | Very occasionally he also made designs to be carried out by others — and if acting in an architect 's supervisory capacity only he would charge the 5 per cent fee which was normal at the time — while at Ditchley he was , remarkably , employed as both ‘ surveyor ’ , receiving his 5 per cent , and mason contractor . |
| 14 | Inspections of local authority homes will be carried out by teams that contain lay inspectors and are independent of the influence of the management of the homes . |
| 15 | SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon has called for the immediate suspension of the officers involved and for the investigation to be carried out by officers from another police force . |
| 16 | The action will be carried out by officers from the council 's environmental health division . |
| 17 | AN ATTEMPT to provide more information for firms trying to launch cross-border deals is to be carried out by accountants KPMG Peat Marwick , it emerged today . |
| 18 | Teaching , he felt , should be carried out by draughtsmen and painters , who actually exhibit , rather than by mere teachers training other teachers . |
| 19 | This process is not only one that occurs in everyday life , but has also to be carried out by scientists in the laboratory , or by coroners in coroners ' courts ( Atkinson 1978 ) . |
| 20 | Exercises can be carried out by individuals or as a class activity with the possibility of interaction between the students and teachers . |
| 21 | I understand , too , that housing needs surveys can be carried out by organisations other than Parish Councils . |
| 22 | To add to the problems , gas welding cylinders were in danger of exploding and had to be carried out by firemen and placed in water . |
| 23 | The micro-processor , enabling previously labour-intensive work to be carried out by robots , will give us greater leisure ; the leisure industry is labour-intensive ; therefore , paradoxically , instead of reducing the number of jobs , the micro-processor has actually given us the potential to create more careers than it destroys — but only if we plan the leisure it gives us in a comprehensive and professional way . |
| 24 | Within hours of this US response , which Iraq 's ruling Revolution Command Council denounced as " disgraceful " , the Soviet Union tried to rescue its peace initiative by announcing that Aziz ( who was still in Moscow ) had agreed to a revised six-point peace plan whereby ( i ) Iraq would agree to comply with Resolution 660 ; ( ii ) withdrawal from Kuwait would begin the day after a ceasefire ; ( iii ) the withdrawal would be completed within 21 days , including withdrawal from Kuwait City within four days ; ( iv ) once the withdrawal had been completed all relevant UN Security Council resolutions would lapse ; ( v ) all prisoners of war would be released three days after a ceasefire ; and ( vi ) monitoring of the ceasefire would be carried out by observers or peacekeeping forces as determined by the UN Security Council . |
| 25 | We know of many violations of the Labour Code , women employed in hard physical labour which should legally be carried out by men . |
| 26 | The work will be carried out by volunteers from ‘ Spokes ’ and the local branch of Scottish Conservation Projects under the supervision of Sustrans engineers , and will take place between 8th Oct. and 17th Oct. 1993 , including two weekends . |
| 27 | Presumably it is much more likely that such a problem would be picked up by professionals involved in a family , but it underlines the fact that children who are failing to thrive are very much at risk unless they are being taken to the clinic , for example , or are being seen regularly in the home by a Health Visitor . |
| 28 | It seems not unlikely that human beings — and other living organisms — are surrounded by electromagnetic fields that could be picked up by cameras , assuming the circumstances were favourable . |
| 29 | This is why organisations like Oxfam argue that virtually all non-concessional debt should be written off by creditors , not just a smaller share of debt taken on before a certain date . |
| 30 | The Protec filters which can be built up by modules , feature brushes , foam cartridges and flocor . |