Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] by [art] [adj] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new factory system made earlier marriage easier by the end of the eighteenth century and larger family size correspondingly more common , although these trends were reversed by the early nineteenth century . |
| 2 | England were beaten by a stunning 76th minute goal by Turkish striker Aydin Cafer who cut inside to beat Spurs goalkeeper Ian Walker with a fierce rising shot . |
| 3 | It was made by the furious last sweep of his indestructible sword Durandal , when he struck it against the rock in a vain effort to break it and so stop this epic weapon from falling into the hands of the Saracens : |
| 4 | Further evidence was provided by the so-called second law of thermodynamics , formulated by the German physicist Ludwig Boltzmann . |
| 5 | Braham was liberated by the British 11th Armoured division near Lübeck on 2 May 1945 . |
| 6 | Research on East Anglian fishermen and on working class families in Barrow , Lancaster and London has revealed that a deeply homebased culture was established by the early twentieth century . |