Example sentences of "are [vb pp] [adv prt] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Antoine Becquerel ( 1852–1908 ) observed that similar rays are given off by uranium . |
| 2 | In SAS style officers from the Royal Ulster Constabulary bomb disposal squad are flown in by helicopter . |
| 3 | If there are no clubbers at all then any netted enemy are jumped on by the netters themselves , and damage is resolved with a strength of 3 as normal . |
| 4 | These words are pointed out by means of accent . |
| 5 | A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line . |
| 6 | A dot is placed in the appropriate column opposite each criterion and the dots are joined up by a line . |
| 7 | But uncertainties are smoothed over by this idealization of a historically and socially specific , juridical concept of power ( Hussain 1981 ) . |
| 8 | These are faults — which is where John McEnroe comes in — that are smoothed out by a second distillation . |
| 9 | Bits of some letters are lost ; the strokes of others become uneven ; spaces are filled in by toner , making an e , say , indistinguishable from an o . |
| 10 | Other details of this allegedly gentle pre-war street life are filled in by the writings of youth club workers — Butterworth 's Clubland ( 1932 ) , Hatton 's London 's Bad Boys ( 1931 ) and Secretan 's London Below Bridges ( 1931 ) — which are teeming with rowdy incident , outbreaks of hooliganism , shoplifting sprees , youngsters terrorising old ladies , foul language , youth club riots and vandalism . |
| 11 | Once there , they are broken up by ultraviolet radiation , releasing chlorine atoms which destroy ozone , CFCs are also an important greenhouse gas ( see above ) . |
| 12 | Today most of these assemblages are broken up by human activity but , for example , on the great plains of Serengeti in East Africa the relationships between seasonal vegetation , nomadic herbivores , and dependent beasts of prey can still be discerned and studied in detail . |
| 13 | Societies disintegrate from within more frequently than they are broken up by external pressures . |
| 14 | The recessed planes are used in places , but more often they are broken up by bold three-quarterings and massings which give a quite different sense of the third dimension . |
| 15 | So nothing at Barnsley House is too grand … and the broader vistas are broken up by judicious planting of trees and shrubs.As for the flower borders … they owe more to the Victorian cottage than to the stately home : |
| 16 | As these wastes are broken down by physical , chemical , and bacterial action , they gradually form ‘ humus ’ , a highly important binding factor in the formation of stable soil crumbs or tilth and in the transformation of minerals into soluble plant nutrients . |
| 17 | Marsh grasses , like the tall , coarse Spartina genus , are broken down by bacteria to form detritus , food for shellfish . |
| 18 | Even chemicals that are broken down by different enzymes may ‘ compete ’ : some enzymes need substances known cofactors to help them do their work , so the two chemicals are ‘ competing ’ for cofactors , rather than for the enzymes themselves . |
| 19 | Subjects that they care about are fended off by the pupils with the familiar complaints that they are ‘ boring ’ or ‘ stupid ’ . |
| 20 | The first name ‘ Delves ’ , he confided , is an acronym for ‘ The deeds of Lenin are carried on by Stalin ’ . |
| 21 | And all of these functions are carried on by the ego . |
| 22 | The Government may be the paymaster , but the actual negotiations are carried out by a team of health authority representatives who might be industrial relations experts but usually are not . |
| 23 | This is very much less certain when the operations are carried out by the state or by non-resident financial institutions or investors seeking to rearrange their affairs advantageously , particularly in the UK where forestry receives substantial fiscal incentives . |
| 24 | However , these outcomes are contingent upon a supportive infrastructure of values , processes and skills which integrate what the school exists to do with appropriate management strategies which are carried out by individuals with relevant skills and personal qualities . |
| 25 | The problems noted above are intensified for the management of stock revision programmes ; these are carried out by staff who are either subject specialists or who have in the course of the stock revision acquired a good deal of knowledge about the subject literature — certainly more than the line manager . |
| 26 | Although many of the activities involved are carried out by individuals , and there is much scope for personal decision-making making and responsibility , the business of maintaining a safe environment is very much a political concern and responsibility — at local , regional , national and international levels . |
| 27 | Cleaning and other domestic duties are carried out by Domestic Assistants , and every EPH has cooking staff , clerical support , and help with gardening and building maintenance , generally provided by a gardener/handyman . |
| 28 | Claiming that natural processes are carried out by ‘ god ’ and then further claiming that evidence of the process is proof of the independent and prior existence of the ‘ god ’ , is an example of the ‘ circular logic ’ that is sometimes advanced as proof , and often can be quite difficult to expose for the fraud that it is . |
| 29 | The spraying operations are carried out by hand , tractor and helicopter . |
| 30 | Special finishes are of course completed in the time-honoured fashion ; sunbursts and other fancy finishes are carried out by hand . |