Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] by [indef pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However a set of terms arrives in a particular document , it is likely that at some stage it was prepared by someone with some degree of legal knowledge . |
| 2 | Injection was the sole route of use of less than 4 per cent of the clients , but in combination with other methods ( smoking and sniffing ) , injection was used by one in ten of the users . |
| 3 | Superlatives were flung , contracts were signed , tours were n't bothered with and , eventually , an album , ‘ Delaware ’ , was released last summer , where fluffy textures were toughened up and sweetness and light was offset by plenty of calculated chaos and nastiness . |
| 4 | **The number of parliamentary seats was increased by one in 1992 with the division of the Milton Keynes constituency into two . |
| 5 | She was chosen by one in five , narrowly beat sexy actress Kim Basinger 's 16 per cent , with Catwoman Michelle Pfeiffer in third place . |