Example sentences of "was carried [adv prt] by [art] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The theme of the convention was carried through by every speaker and in every session .
2 Again the work was completed in Oxford , and was carried through by the leadership of a man who made no mistakes in seeking chemical collaboration or in letting matters drop for lack of it .
3 I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches .
4 Most of the work for this momentous event was carried out by a sub-committee for which no records exist .
5 The most important recent investigation was carried out by a Committee of Enquiry chaired by Lord Elton .
6 ‘ The fact that such specific parts were targeted , useless to anyone else , seems to indicate that this dastardly deed was carried out by a steam preservation ‘ colleague ’ with a view to fitting to a similar GWR-designed loco — quite sickening if so .
7 Once the ‘ mummy ’ had been removed from its grave , a proper examination was carried out by a Dr W.V. Pettigrew :
8 The attack was carried out by a unit composed of fighters from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party — the Higher Council .
9 Airey Neave 's exercise was carried out by a combination of promises and flattery , and was brilliantly masterminded .
10 The task of smuggling and distributing illegal literature and co-ordinating local cells and committees was carried out by a network of itinerant activists .
11 A widespread opposition to the tour is expected because the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi 's assassination was carried out by a Sri Lankan Tamil .
12 The fountain-head and settling tank of the aqueduct were also rebuilt ; two fragmentary inscriptions would suggest that the work was carried out by a detachment of Legio XX , possibly the same detachment that was responsible for the granaries .
13 What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries .
14 The transplant was carried out by a team of surgeons headed by Kai-Chah Tan .
15 Research for the book was carried out by a team from Oxford .
16 The First World War gave organized public relations in Britain an opportunity to be used on a national scale and official publicity was carried out by a number of organizations .
17 At the time of this incident the incident was carried out by a group of officers who were called the operational support unit .
18 This may be guided by the subsequent text pages which describe the intervention that was carried out by the Smiths .
19 The histological examination of carcinomas and polyps was carried out by the Pathology Department of the Dudley Road Hospital .
20 When the marriage of Henry and Constance was solemnised on 27th January 1186 , the ceremony was carried out by the Patriarch of Aquileia , who also crowned Henry as King of Italy .
21 Before rebuilding , an archaeological excavation was carried out by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust which established by radio-carbon dating that the site had been used as a burial ground for about one thousand years before Melangell 's time .
22 After 1847 the printing was carried out by the firm of Harrison , who operated inside the building .
23 Prior to this it was carried out by the Directorship-general of Fine Arts , Academies and Libraries , part of the Ministry of Education .
24 In the past a private sector proposal had to demonstrate that funding costs would be less than if it was carried out by the Government .
25 At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site .
26 The assessment of the suitability of the college to undertake CNAA degrees was carried out by the Council , and board members would be kept informed of the Council 's views when relevant : ‘ it frequently becomes unnecessary for a subject board to consider any matters other than those directly related to the operation of a particular course of study . ’
27 The best known of the earlier endeavours is probably Project Sappho , which was carried out by the Science Policy Review Unit ( SPRU ) based at the University of Sussex .
28 The repair work was carried out by the substitute , Neil Murray , who had replaced Gough .
29 Sequencing of DNA fragments subcloned into M13 vectors was carried out by the method of Sanger et al ( 25 ) , using a modified T7 DNA polymerase ( Sequenase , United States Biochemical Corporation ) .
30 Llewellyn ( 1986 ) points out that until 1974 banking supervision was carried out by the Bank 's Discount Office , which was responsible for money market operations .
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