Example sentences of "they [be] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those in the Conservative Party who were outraged by her dismissal and the way in which it was effected have not forgotten — nor have they been reassured by the motions of the administration . |
| 2 | How far have they been influenced by the recent developments in the economic analysis ? |
| 3 | They are brutalised by the hard and constant struggle to survive . |
| 4 | They are understood by the ability of the imagination ( Rachel 's servant , Bilhah ) to relate these emotions to anticipation of the joys of heaven and pains of hell , and helped by the practice of self-discipline , abstinence and patience in the desires of sensuality ( Zilpah , Leah 's servant ) . |
| 5 | They are typified by the relations whose extended statement consists in a machine table , or flow chart , or computer programme . |
| 6 | The lamps with krypton save energy so they are regarded by the lighting industry as ‘ first choice ’ . |
| 7 | They are manufactured by the Contassium Company of Putney , south-west London , and several other companies in Britain . |
| 8 | ( 2 ) Byelaws made under subsection ( 1 ) above shall not have effect until they are confirmed by the Secretary of State , and the provisions of subsections ( 4 ) to ( 12 ) and ( 15 ) of section 202 of the Local Government ( Scotland ) Act 1973 and of section 204 of that Act shall , with any necessary modifications , apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under this section as they apply in relation to byelaws to be made or made under that Act . |
| 9 | Although procedurally they are selected by the appointments secretary at Downing Street , in practice the Queen is asked for her informal approval before a nomination is made : the prime minister 's private secretary writes to the Queen 's private secretary saying ‘ the |
| 10 | A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . ’ |
| 11 | ( p100 ) This is now given statutory effect by s13(3) of SGA 1979 which provides that : A sale of goods is not prevented from being a sale by description by reason only that , the goods being exposed for sale or hire , they are selected by the buyer . |
| 12 | Privately , they are disturbed by the move , which follows the controversy last week when ITV delayed transmission of the Liverpool v Manchester United match . |
| 13 | They are threatened by the spread of bigotry , but also by other conceptions of life — for example , those which look on originality , innovation , and diversity as luxuries which society can ill afford given the need for efficiency , productivity , or growth , or those which in a host of other ways depreciate freedom . |
| 14 | The young larvae , hatching from the queen 's eggs are potentially of both sexes , but the queen 's pheromones with which they are fed by the workers inhibit their development and they remain sterile , wingless and blind . |
| 15 | In some yellow meadow ant colonies there are two sizes or worker : the smaller ones specialise in larval care and stay in the nest , where they are fed by the larger workers , which presumably do the foraging . |
| 16 | They are made by the official team representative and take the form of a written deposition to the Chief Referee of the day . |
| 17 | At present they are made by the politician or the hospital administrator responding to the group which can shout the loudest or bring to bear the keenest political acumen . |
| 18 | To be precise , they are made by the board through the power delegated by the governing body to the headteacher . |
| 19 | Moreover , the scope for advertising is limited , as they are prohibited by the Companies Act to advertise their own shares for sale ( as are all quoted companies ) . |
| 20 | More generally , they are seen to flourish in situations of acute competition for scarce resources such as employment and housing and they are exacerbated by the insecurities of rising inflation . |
| 21 | They are caused by the giant plates which carry the continents bumping and grinding into each other as they float around the Earth 's molten centre . |
| 22 | In the second place , even those people who have heard of the doctrine , and who accept it , do not , in far the greater number of cases , base their judgements that two states belong to the same self on a previous conviction that they are caused by the same body . |
| 23 | They are caused by the end of a broomhandle being banged against the walls and ceiling . |
| 24 | The fully robed civic dignitaries walk in procession , led by the sergeant-at-mace , from the town hall in the market square to the cathedral , where they are met by the dean . |
| 25 | The phases of the relationship are reflected in the constellation of the pronouns — or rather , they are created by the pronouns . |
| 26 | These classes are more than ‘ income groups ’ , they are created by the way in which production is socially organised . |
| 27 | When we see swallows that sleep high in the sky , circling higher and higher until they are absorbed by the sky , we think of the air as the frail hammocks finer than gossamer in which they are rocked to sleep . |
| 28 | But just as the people in Exodus 16 , when first given the manna , found it hard to come to terms with God 's meticulous generosity , so now they are blinded by the clarity of God 's judgement . |
| 29 | If they are different parts of speech , they are distinguished by the italic part-of-speech label that follows the pronunciation in parentheses , or , if no pronunciation is given , the headword itself . |
| 30 | Their limbs , torsos and heads can make straight , angled or rounded lines , usually at one and the same time , according to the natural structure of the dancers ' bones and how they are activated by the muscles . |