Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] by [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the uplands and woodlands were apparently settled by the twelfth century , other colonisation probably merely filled in the gaps . |
| 2 | Actually , his services were not required by the first art editor of the newly created NSS . |
| 3 | We were indeed able to confirm that pairs of dunnocks were often joined by a third bird in breeding , but this provided a mere foretaste of what was to come . |
| 4 | The North Americans in particular were strongly influenced by the first part of the consultation — a 24-hour ‘ live-in ’ visit to marginalised communities around Manila . |
| 5 | These exposures were subsequently eliminated by the second transaction . |
| 6 | But the traditional Fijian elites , the power and influence of Australian and multinational companies , and US military and strategic interests were seriously threatened by the last duly elected civilian administration , Bavandra 's Labour government . |
| 7 | I was duly bandaged by the first aid folk , and then placed in position . |
| 8 | A soft , padded horse-collar was widely used by the twelfth century ; this enabled horses to pull a variety of lighter and heavier carts , faster and over greater distances than had been possible before . |
| 9 | In 1973 the tide turned with a 5-to-4 majority ruling by the Supreme Court in Miller v California that obscenity , as narrowly defined , was not protected by the First Amendment , and that each state could set its own standard : ‘ People in different States vary in their tastes and attitudes , and this diversity is not to be strangled by the absolutism of imposed uniformity . ’ |
| 10 | He was rudely asked by the first caller , ‘ Do you feel that you come across OK ? |
| 11 | Andalucia was further affected by a third outbreak in two years of African equine fever at the end of July 1989 , which threatened the lives of large numbers of horses and raised doubts about equestrian events being held in Barcelona in the 1992 Olympics . |
| 12 | He and his men had killed three Germans in this house when he burst into a back room and was probably killed by a fourth German hiding there , although he may have been hit from across the street . |
| 13 | David was also approached by a second man but was not assaulted . |
| 14 | This system was well developed by the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries , with complex regulations to control the use of the water . |
| 15 | In Greece , the tradition was well established by the fifth century BC that Minos , king of Crete , had ruled the Aegean Sea and its islands . |
| 16 | By 1979 energy consumption was almost back to the 1973 level but this trend was abruptly curtailed by the second oil shock which contributed to the worst recession in the UK since the Second World War . |
| 17 | David said nothing because his mouth was fully occupied by the last of Ginny 's breakfast . |
| 18 | In 1989 the economy was adversely affected by a second year of drought as well as a plague of locusts , resulting in a much-reduced grain harvest and increased food imports ; unemployment rose and foreign investment fell . |