Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] [vb pp] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His words were immediately contradicted by the appearance of a dark shadow across the sky . |
| 2 | All rail links with Verdun were soon destroyed by the German bombardment , so Petain ordered the improvement and widening of the sole remaining road to the fortress that from Bar-le-Duc , 48km/30mls to the south . |
| 3 | Burns rejected the notion that his side were psychologically harmed by the Cup defeat at McDiarmid Park . |
| 4 | The cylinders were not driven by the wind but rotated in it . |
| 5 | She was only about five feet tall , thin and blonde with a bony London face , and her stick-like legs were not enhanced by the thick , grey Waaf stockings and flat lace-up shoes we all had to wear . |
| 6 | From I87 1 the Japanese government made a series of moves aimed at incorporating the islands into the national administrative framework , but these unilateral steps were strongly contested by the Chinese , who also claimed suzerainty . |
| 7 | The wire mesh life guards were soon replaced by the Hudson & Bowring slatted type and slatted gates fitted between the bogies . |
| 8 | This may be attributed to the fact that the city 's traders were not swamped by the growth of the larger British companies during the colonial period , that among the merchant families involved in the kola nut trade , two generations were common , and that merchant families in Kano were particularly successful from the early 1960s at forming links with overseas companies , not least with those from the Far East . |
| 9 | The accusations against Gregory were further supported by the dux Berulf and the comes Eunomius , who said that the bishop was intent on handing Tours over to Guntram . |
| 10 | These anxieties were mercilessly sharpened by the popular press . |
| 11 | The fact that Dissent appeared to flourish under toleration became a great cause for concern to those devout Anglicans who throughout the 1680s had been encouraged to believe that the only way to protect the Church and State was by a strict enforcement of the penal laws , and their anxieties were further reinforced by the sermons of the high-flying clergy . |
| 12 | The reason for this is not known but the proliferative effects seen at both histamine concentrations were effectively reversed by the histamine 2 receptor antagonist , cimetidine , indicating the presence of histamine 2 receptor with differing affinities on MKN45 cells . |
| 13 | Funds were also contributed by the World Bank . |
| 14 | The farming achievements of the eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries were also motivated by the need for more food . |
| 15 | Here , individuals stood out in sharp focus and Jane 's walks were always enlivened by the indomitable characters she saw and the wry humour of the remarks she overheard . |
| 16 | However , the potential political pitfalls involved in any attempt to confront the contradictions of a socialist and a Catholic Nicaragua were clearly demonstrated by the events of the pope 's 1982 visit . |
| 17 | Despite the growing importance of state intervention through macroeconomic planning and industrial policies , the essential decisions about investment were still taken by the controllers of private capital , on the basis of private profitability . |
| 18 | This time his powers of concentration were not helped by the fact that on a hot and humid Sunday afternoon in the Bois de Boulogne he was feeling awful : he had been wasting in order to ride Beaver II at nine stone ten pounds later in the afternoon , and was severely debilitated by a stomach upset which had kept him up all night . |
| 19 | One outcome of this ‘ natural ’ affinity was that newspaper editorial offices and political parties were often populated by the same people ; newspapers were sometimes funded by political parties and , in line with their ‘ freedom to make a political choice ’ , they espoused certain political ideologies . |
| 20 | The North Station cars were greatly missed by the locals for whom they offered a quick journey to the Station and Town Centre , when they were withdrawn in 1963 . |
| 21 | The anglers were not expected to match that catch rate , as the most effective early season methods were not permitted by the rules , but the winners more than doubled it . |
| 22 | These relationships were probably strengthened by the fact that a number of family relations of senior politicians were employed by foreign mining companies . |
| 23 | Those moralists who joined the new coalition were usually motivated by the same structural factors which brought together other groupings : the economic and military threat to Empire , alarm over the falling birth-rate and the residuum . |
| 24 | Permission was soon granted , therefore , by the higher clergy , but their lesser brethren and subjects were only coerced by the visit of royal knights uttering threats of outlawry to their provincial assemblies . |
| 25 | They found that the dreams reported by the subjects were noticeably affected by the stimuli on over half the occasions . |
| 26 | Speeches were often followed by the distribution of membership or pledge cards , when audiences were encouraged to declare their personal adherence to the rules of the movement . |
| 27 | However , because of the limitations in the design of the study it was not clear to what extent the link between subjective risk and recall was caused by less interesting factors such as the type of memory test used , the fact that risk ratings were previously given by the drivers , and the expectations subjects may have had of what the study was about . |
| 28 | The 1900 Olympics were not ratified by the IOC until 1912 ( ironically the year of the ill-fated Triangular Tournament , first-class cricket 's first attempt at an international tournament ) . |
| 29 | Pay , the right of association , the right to strike or the right to impose lockouts were not covered by the social agreement . |
| 30 | By 1362 , however , hostilities had ceased and the French king was a prisoner of the English ; papal taxation on this occasion was certainly destined for Edward 's coffers , but this was to meet the ransom of John II : the English clergy were thus taxed by the pope to enrich the English king and spare the French taxpayers ! |