Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] [verb] [prep] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was also adverted to by the county surveyor in a letter dated 7 February 1983 to Mr. Page , the borough engineer . |
| 2 | This was mostly accounted for by a ‘ natural ’ death-rate of 9 per cent per annum . |
| 3 | This was strongly objected to by another person . |
| 4 | However , this was not relied on by the Court of Appeal who reversed the decision on the facts ( see p60 below ) . |
| 5 | Olive oil is a monosaturate , and as such was once discriminated against by weight-watchers and nutrition gurus , even though it too contained only 120 calories per tablespoon . |
| 6 | The latter was reluctantly agreed to by Betty who thought that ‘ when one group sees another doing something more exciting they 'll be discontented ’ . |
| 7 | The death of Stalin early in 1953 was promptly seized upon by Churchill as an opportunity to test out the thinking of the new Soviet leadership . |
| 8 | I know Paul 's been down to Percy Saint John 's and they are quite far ahead believe it or not they have got separate sheets for most subjects and we 'll able to do that English at pri Spring Gardens is good , so it maths because that was actually dealt with by erm Barbara |