Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] by [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact the early mechanical clocks were adjusted by comparing them with sundials . |
| 2 | These criticisms were ignored ( although delivered by persons of world-wide reputation such as Carl Sauer ) , received a hostile and defensive reaction , or were absorbed by transforming them into a technical issue — rather than facing them as a social and political one . |
| 3 | The gene was transferred by splicing it into the DNA of a bacterium which naturally infects plant cells . |
| 4 | The rouble became progressively stronger and in 1897 foreign confidence was ensured by placing it on the gold standard . |
| 5 | A large amount of the unwanted paint was reused by donating it to local community groups in Leeds . |
| 6 | The creation of man as centre was effected by defining him against other , now marginalized groups , such as women , the mad , or , we would add , the allegedly sub-human ‘ native ’ . |
| 7 | The sample was obtained by selecting one in five of the 42 per cent of people who left school in Scotland in 1977–8 with few or no qualifications ( i.e. without at least a grade O in the Scottish Certificate of Education ) . |
| 8 | For example , the deployment of explosive rats where they would do the most good , or harm ( in wartime the two may be synonymous ) was aided by accompanying them by leaflets saying that the British were delivering rats infected with bubonic plague and the best thing to do with them , if found , was to throw them into a furnace . |
| 9 | The animal cells ’ ability to respond to induction by the vegetal region was tested by placing them in a sandwich between two vegetal regions . |
| 10 | Union power had to be broken , and this was achieved by linking it with the breakdown in law and order . |
| 11 | Cane syrup is a light treacle , first made in the days of the plantations when sugar was refined by boiling it in huge , black , iron vats . |
| 12 | The gardener , an honest youth of little imagination who was by now enchanted by the whole affair , remembered that the taste of strawberries was improved by setting them on a cabbage leaf , and strode down to the brassica beds to cut a broad green plate for the feast . |
| 13 | Clarence Hiles in the Ulster Cricketer , reiterates the esteem in which Sean was held by describing him as the doyen of Irish cricket writers ‘ who tackled all the main issues , in the caring thoughtful manner which made him so popular with both players and officials alike . ’ |
| 14 | Clarence Hiles in the Ulster Cricketer , reiterates the esteem in which Sean was held by describing him as the doyen of Irish cricket writers ‘ who tackled all the main issues , in the caring thoughtful manner which made him so popular with both players and officials alike . ’ |