Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [adv prt] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The arguments were fleshed out by the foreign Minister , Selwyn Lloyd , at a NATO Council meeting in December , where he introduced proposals for what became known as the Grand Design . |
| 2 | The Commission was to have not just the right to initiate and recommend policy to its executive partner , the Council of Ministers , but also the task of ensuring that the provisions of the treaty and policies emanating from the Council of Ministers were carried out by the other institutions and the member states . |
| 3 | Inspections were carried out by the Ceramic Industries Certification Scheme Ltd who are linked with the British Ceramic Research Association . |
| 4 | The settlers ' attempts at agriculture were frustrated , except on the southern steppe frontier , by frozen subsoil and the sub-arctic climate , and as they were carried out by the primitive ‘ slash-and-burn ’ method , were highly destructive of the forest environment . |
| 5 | The judges said they were won over by the sheer fun of its output . |
| 6 | Enclosed monks and nuns , hermits and anchoresses , were sought out by the secular clergy and by the laity for advice and help . |
| 7 | Similar proposals from the company for Hillington were turned down by the Scottish Secretary last March , after a public inquiry , on the grounds that the site is zoned for strategic industrial use . |
| 8 | The boats and barges of the early river navigations were moved along by the current or tide , by sail or by gangs of men . |
| 9 | There were only half a dozen sergeants in the mess , but the numbers were made up by the civilian engineers who worked on the project . |
| 10 | International concern for these extremely rare mammals arose after thousands of grey seals were wiped out by the canine distemper virus . |
| 11 | We visited the Baltic Yacht Club , owned by the Baltic Shipping Company , where we were shown around by the friendly vice commodore , Alexey Bulkanov . |
| 12 | Most of the airfields were bomber units , with the exception of Debden in Essex , a Mustang base , where they were talked down by the American Ground Controllers after exercising around in fog for some time . |
| 13 | But if these light rays were swallowed up by the black hole , then they could not have been on the boundary of the black hole . |
| 14 | This being a self-acting incline the empty trucks were dragged up by the full ones , the long chain or rope to which they were linked , passing , of course , around the sheaved wheel the stanchions for which are still to be seen . |
| 15 | Some interesting names were called up by the Welsh selectors . |
| 16 | The horsemen of Ellyrion were pulled down by the foul beasts of Chaos . |
| 17 | These radios and other stores were brought in by the small steamer Kuru , which was fitted with a device in her stack to prevent the tell-tale streamer of fumes ; these she released in occasional puffs . |
| 18 | Indian semi-slaves were shipped in by the British and most of these stayed on after their contract ended , bringing their families over and settling down , becoming small shopkeepers , craftsmen and bureaucrats in the colonial administration . |
| 19 | Biblical objections were wheeled out by the theological faculty at Uppsala against a young scholar , Nils Celsius , who had tried to minimize them . |
| 20 | Their powers were laid down by the old Lunacy and Mental Deficiency Acts , which were concerned with the definition , ascertainment and committal of mentally disordered persons as well as with the administration of the services . |
| 21 | Early in 1942 two committees were set up by the Central Housing Advisory Committee to report to the Minister of Health ( the minister responsible for housing ) on the question of post-war housing rebuilding . |
| 22 | If either were run over by the proverbial bus , his replacement would carry on as before . |
| 23 | The immediate moves by Britain , France , Italy and others to freeze Kuwaiti assets following the invasion , together with the strong endorsement by Thatcher ( currently visiting the USA ) of the US call for sanctions , were followed up by the rapid adoption of sanctions by EC member countries , participation by the UK in the US-led multinational force , the dispatch also of French helicopter-borne troops , and decisions by several European countries to send naval vessels . |
| 24 | A waterspout burst over the village in June 1888 , washing soil from the surrounding hills and depositing mud and boulders in the streets — ‘ pots , pans , chairs , stools , mats , and a host of smaller household goods were swept out by the current and deposited in the village pond ’ . |
| 25 | Erm , in many ways , one could say that the community or community organisations , local organisations are capable of running most things , erm , indeed they did at once , and some of those functions were taken over by the central or local state . |
| 26 | Taking over the isolation hospitals did not appeal , and the clerk of the council said that , in the event of the council 's not being able to find sufficient beds at Ampthill and Biggleswade for non-sick patients , it would be necessary to have a lien on the accommodation at Bedford and Luton institutions when they were taken over by the Regional Board . |
| 27 | To boost their works team , the management headhunted a host of England Amateur internationals , giving them factory floor jobs , before Briggs were taken over by the American car giants and their football ground was developed . |
| 28 | Slowly the asylums were taken over by the medical profession . |
| 29 | However , this turned out to be , in reality , another part of Kaiser Wilhelm 's expansionist policy , so the concessions were cancelled in 1905 and in 1914 , when Portugal joined in the First World War , all German interests were taken over by the Portuguese Government . |
| 30 | They were in a massacre in their village near Mostar and they were taken out by the Flying Tigers to Split . |