Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] by [pron] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the other institutions were distinguished by their position in the ‘ assembly-line ’ rather than the kind of business with which they dealt . |
| 2 | Leeds were shaken by their defeat at Middlesbrough last Saturday but put things right in a big way against Tottenham . |
| 3 | The processes of Individual Performance Review and Personal Development Planning functioned only fitfully , and were distorted by their association with Performance Related Pay . |
| 4 | The achievements of Raymond IV St Gilles in consolidating his authority within Toulouse were threatened by his departure in 1095 , especially since it was known that he had no intention of returning home . |
| 5 | Voluntary grammar schools retained higher social status than the publicly financed ‘ higher elementary schools ’ , which were stigmatized by their association with the entirely working-class elementary schools . |
| 6 | When weddings were weddings , and the scullery maid would faint if she were seen by her ladyship in the wrong part of the house not attending to her duties , there were rules of etiquette and runic codes to cover every contingency . |
| 7 | The tarot reading and astrology were presented by my mage at a fairly down-market level . |
| 8 | Their true intentions were revealed by their promotion of the 1536 Act Extinguishing the Authority of the Bishop of Rome ; by their dissolution of the smaller monasteries ; and by their execution of prominent opponents of their policy , such as Sir Thomas More , Bishop John Fisher , and the London Carthusians . |
| 9 | Critical reaction aside , Edith MacArthur has had piles of letters from viewers who were moved by her portrayal of the dying woman confronting the limits of her family relationships . |
| 10 | The most original aspects of Darwin 's theory were inspired by his reading of Lyell and his study of biogeography . |
| 11 | Individually , of course , monks and nuns were bound by their vow of poverty , but although their communities often possessed great wealth the moveables of some monasteries and other corporations were also ignored . |
| 12 | But reserve is not the same as contestation , and people linked by descent were bound by their opposition to others , had a solidarity based on common ownership and defence , which seemed stronger than day-today resentments arising from a father 's control of his sons . |
| 13 | His aunt and uncle promised to be witnesses , but were dissuaded by his mother at the last moment . |
| 14 | Pound was in all seriousness embarked on an epic poem ( which he defined , following of all unlikely authorities Rudyard Kipling , as ‘ the tile of the tribe ’ ) ; he could not and did not expect understanding from readers who supposed that the epic poem had died in the seventeenth century if not before , whose expectations therefore were conditioned by their experience of the brief or else extended lyric . |
| 15 | The parliamentary Labour leaders were inhibited by their acceptance of the conventions and habits of British democracy . " |
| 16 | The bodies of Roy and Sue Prescott were found by their son at their Oxfordshire home last night . |
| 17 | The bodies of Roy and Sue Prescott were found by their son at home in January . |
| 18 | The manager 's commission does n't have to be the same on everything , and my initial rates with the straits were set by their lawyer at the beginning of our relationship . |
| 19 | The sea and ships , his raw material , were not altered but were enlarged by his vision of life , for which vision they served as examples of larger issues . |
| 20 | Early ICD devices were characterised by their lack of programmability , moderately long charge times , early battery depletion ( <18 months ) , and lead fractures . |
| 21 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 22 | thinking in , in , in the context of our , of our mission , this town wide mission , well that 's Billy 's job , he 's better at it than I am , but its not his job , its my job as much as its his and its your job as much as its mine , we do not well to keep silent these men they were troubled by their sin of silence , perhaps you and I should be troubled by our sin of silence because the extension of that , and here 's the really great thing , as far as they were concerned , the ex the , the ongoing because they were troubled by their sin of silence and they did something about it , they were thrilled at the sight that they saw , as they see the city being delivered , and as they see starving men and women eating food perhaps for the first time in days or weeks , buying good wholesome food at a reasonable price , that was the sigh that thrilled them and you can imagine them , and I think they 'd be entitled to a little bit of pride that I 'm glad we told them , I 'm glad we went back and shared the news apart from any thing we could n't of coped with all ourselves , it would of been so wrong to of kept it , it would of been so wrong just to of eaten it ourselves , I 'm glad we went back and told them . |
| 23 | Its defects were emphasised by its proximity to Shrubland Park , a splendid Palladian mansion with a long drive and imposing gatehouses , which first-time visitors sometimes mistook for the RCM building . |
| 24 | Medical staff were entranced by her floor-show at Pittsburg Children 's Hospital , Pennsylvania , where she underwent a 15 1/2-hour liver and bowel swap three months ago . |
| 25 | However , his Victorian sensibilities were disgusted by their habit of chain smoking cigarettes — a little slip into hypocrisy here by Thomson , who was the son of a wealthy Edinburgh tobacconist . |
| 26 | But there was a small band of Morningsiders , those ever so genteel Edinburghians who say ‘ Bay-bay ’ when they mean ‘ Bye-bye ’ and ape the English in all things who , I was told , were offended by my rejection of white tie . |
| 27 | Neutrophilic granulocytes were identified by their content of neutrophil elastase , and eosinophilic granulocytes by monoclonal antibody EG2 . |
| 28 | Students did not want to suffer such humiliation even though the new policies were implemented by their government for the betterment of the nation . |
| 29 | Plans for converting the catalogue to an integrated electronic system were initiated by my predecessor in 1987 , when he obtained costings for manual keyboarding of the records from Saztec Ltd , one of the largest such organizations . |
| 30 | She wore no make-up , so that her fatness was disguised by her warmth of character . |