Example sentences of "be [verb] by the us " in BNC.
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| 1 | In an effort to raise $40m , a bill to issue a commemorative coin has already been passed by the House of Representatives and will now be heard by the US Senate . |
| 2 | The agreement , yet to be ratified by the US Congress , was expected to take effect by the end of September . |
| 3 | In 1986 a constitutional convention comprehensively revised the territory 's constitution , but the changes have yet to be ratified by the US Congress . |
| 4 | In this respect the operation was a failure ; Schwarzkopf made it clear that the air phase of the war would be continued until it had achieved its objectives , and that the timing and location of any land-based offensive would be in accordance with allied war plans and would be made by the US President . |
| 5 | Mrs Thatcher will have to be satisfied with the assurances she will receive from Mr Bush , who will tell her that , since defence cuts are politically inevitable , it is far better for modest and planned reductions to be proposed by his cabinet and the Pentagon than for swingeing cuts to be imposed by the US Congress , which is already chafing at the thought of the US budget deficit being deepened to pay for the defence of the wealthy Europeans . |
| 6 | Whether these past difficulties should debar him from the presidency was , he said , an issue to be decided by the US people : " We 're putting this in your hands , you get to decide . " |
| 7 | The box 's server software supports SCO Unix , SCO ODT , RS/6000 AIX , Univel and Data General as well and will also be sold by the US distributor Robec Inc . |
| 8 | One of the two main instruments , a germanium spectrometer , would be provided by the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ) , which has also been asked to make available data-receiving facilities at two ground stations . |
| 9 | The costs of permanent military presence would be paid by Germany , Japan and oil-rich Arab allies , thus siphoning off excess savings to finance the permanent , long-term external deficits which are likely to be experienced by the US and Britain . |
| 10 | The promotion of substitute crops , whose importance had been recognized in the February 1990 Cartagena Declaration [ see pp. 37243-44 ] and other international accords , would be assisted by the US economic aid programme , worth US$150,000,000 for the 1991 fiscal year ( a 70 per cent increase ) . |