Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [vb pp] by [pron] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | His retirement years were marked by what the Far Eastern Economic Review of Dec. 20 described as " a consistent championship of causes " . |
| 2 | Suddenly a mechanism was provided by which the brain ( which may or may not be considered in some way related to the mind ) could intrude on the elementary processes of message reception and transmission . |
| 3 | Evidence from Brean Down , Somerset , is not so clear , but there were drastic changes , and evidence of demolition was followed by what the excavator , A. M. ApSimon , depicts as ‘ squatter occupation ’ . |
| 4 | Her heart was touched by what the duchess had offered her and by what had been asked of herself in return . |
| 5 | Griffiths , for example , wanted decisive central government action to ensure that clear objectives and priorities were set , but no such central direction was contained in Caring for People and no mechanisms were devised by which the government could ensure that local planning and implementation were consistent with national priorities ; indeed , no such priorities were set . |
| 6 | But good old butter was replaced by what the label described as ‘ vegetable and animal fat ’ . |