Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it may be committed by wrongfully taking possession of goods , by wrongfully disposing of them , by wrongfully destroying them or simply by wrongfully refusing to give them up when demanded , for in all these cases can be traced conduct by the defendant which amounts to a denial of the plaintiff 's rights or the assertion of inconsistent rights . |
| 2 | Why should a thousand people be given licence by the district council to do what an individual would be arrested for doing , and why should the police who would arrest you or I for doing it , be paid overtime out of the public purse to stand and watch this organised chaos wend its way across the city ? |
| 3 | Nestorius himself refused to attend and had to be given protection by imperial troops . |
| 4 | Our next concern is about the number of buy-out initiatives that will be given support by the Scottish Office . |
| 5 | He argued that Dorset should continue to record unmet need as it had been doing in a pilot project , although the decision is so politically sensitive that it has to be given clearance by the politicians at their June committee meeting . |
| 6 | The programme is no good without the call but the call and vision have to be given shape by a pragmatic programme . |
| 7 | Usually we will not be given permission by the Legal Aid Board to issue proceedings and go to court until the investigation is finished . |
| 8 | Indeed a site visit to a Roman fort could be given spice by letting the pupils try out their machines on site . |
| 9 | Once the treaty is signed , an independent Banque de France is a first step , for Maastricht requires central banks to be given independence by 1999 . |
| 10 | In essence , it proposes the introduction of a system of checks and balances into the boardrooms of UK listed companies , to be administered by non-executive directors according to a prescribed code of best practice and to be given force by public disclosure of compliance . |
| 11 | Scenes can also be given perspective by colour and shading . |
| 12 | As Karl Barth expresses it , woman is to man as B is to A ; why should woman mind ? 17 The idea that western religion has itself been a cause of attitudes which have deeply harmed women obviously can not be given entrance by them . |
| 13 | When it is thought vital that members or creditors should receive notice , the Act requires them to be given notice by the company ; in relation to the general public the best that can be done is to require publication in newspapers . |
| 14 | To take David Lewis ' example ( D. Lewis 1973 ) , ‘ if kangaroos had no tails , they would topple over ’ ; it is of course always true that they might not topple over — they might be given crutches by a grateful and tourist-conscious government . |
| 15 | Some will be given training by Ford so that they can lay healing hands on the yachts ' Mermaid engines , some will go to Lewmar to learn how to strip down and repair winches and several of the crew will be trained by Hood to keep the boats ' frugal sail wardrobe in circulation . |
| 16 | Outside , Marxist socialism was beginning to be given attention by orators , and syndicalist trade unionists were beginning to flex their industrial muscles . |
| 17 | Is it one at which they will simply be given information by the teacher in role ? |
| 18 | The Key Card and the green form are intended to be placed side by side and are reproduced on pages 448–451 . |
| 19 | Minimal pairs and nearly minimal pairs should be placed side by side across the lists . |
| 20 | Below is an example from French , where separate drills of each tense ( already individually mastered ) would be placed side by side preferably in a meaningful frame and drilled across . |
| 21 | These cards could then be placed side by side in the fashion you want to practise . |
| 22 | Group 2 's justification for this was echoed unanimously : ( c ) and ( g ) were felt to be too repetitive to be placed side by side . |
| 23 | She says … he 'll get good milk and be taught discipline by his mum and wo n't get too attached to humans . |
| 24 | One is a bare-bones system that would start with just solar panels and could be developed bit by bit into a laboratory for space-shuttle crews to visit . |
| 25 | The fact that the amount due to them was disputed meant that it was uncertain whether they had reached the point beyond which they might be considered trespassers by dealing with B and L's goods . |
| 26 | These are not inevitable problems for visually handicapped children and where they occur can sometimes be improved , but they do not tend to be considered assets by other pupils and may contribute to low self-concept . |
| 27 | For the shipowners ploy in offering a substantial wage increase and in leaving the amount to be resolved port by port and company by company had the desired effect . |
| 28 | Most complicated jobs can be reduced to a sequence of relatively simple operations to be approached step by step . |
| 29 | It suggests that teachers gather formal evidence which can be written work by the pupil but also encourage the collection of " ephemeral " evidence , i.e. evidence gained through observation , discussion or interaction . |
| 30 | Exhaust fumes can be made cleaner by the installation of three-way catalytic converters which significantly reduce waste emissions ( see Chapter 5 ) . |