Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [vb pp] by a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they were successfully resisted by a rejectionist front which encompassed a variety of social interests and philosophies , ranging from rural Tory gentry to urban working-class radicals . |
| 2 | Chips were eventually replaced by a cash allowance in 1805 . |
| 3 | TWO off-duty policewomen — one dressed as a Bunny and the other as a baby — were indecently assaulted by a businessman , a court heard yesterday . |
| 4 | Thus , for instance , high interest rates , introduced when the economy was already entering a down swing ( and when inflationary forces were mostly caused by a slowdown of productivity increases ) will begin seriously to bite as the economy enters a recession next year . |
| 5 | If these were merely caused by a redistribution of the enzyme away from the bound sites onto these regions , as suggested by Ward et al . |
| 6 | We still consider that we are one of the top amateur installers in the country as we were only beaten by a chap that had his system professional installed , yes Mr Mega Bucks . |
| 7 | Her love sighs were suddenly interrupted by a commotion outside , the screams of women mingling with the deep gruff shouts of some of the convent 's labourers and porters . |
| 8 | At last they decided to withdraw from the square and were on the point of departure when they were suddenly surrounded by a group of tough-looking soldiers , helmeted and armed . |
| 9 | Instructions for the folding part of the handle referred to an earlier model with a spindle ; but the wingnut handles were obviously fixed by a bolt , and released by a few turns when the handle needed to be folded for storage . |
| 10 | His published works were normally edited by a friend before being submitted for printing . |
| 11 | Kuwait was thought to have made a major financial grant to the new Iraqi regime as an incentive to improve relations , which , whilst remaining peaceful during the 1960s , were nevertheless marred by a dispute centring on Iraq 's interest in Bubiyan and Warba . |
| 12 | We got away and were finally rescued by a park ranger . |
| 13 | Any lingering hopes of bringing more children out of Germany were finally stifled by a Home Office ruling that refugees from enemy territories would no longer be allowed entry under any circumstances . |
| 14 | Previously , however , the worst effects were largely avoided by a combination of the expertise of the cartographer , who knew about the inherent generalization implicit in analogue maps , while the difficulty of manipulating maps by manual means precluded most forms of analysis likely to be sensitive to the effects of error . |
| 15 | Those competitors ’ meetings were just attended by a group of distressed individuals who wanted to know where they were going . ’ |
| 16 | firstly , there are ballets of the older type which depict the struggle between the world of the flesh and the world of the spirit and which were usually inspired by a fairy tale or legend , e.g. La Sylphide and Giselle . |
| 17 | The attempts to enter ‘ Europe ’ in 1961 , 1967 , and finally in 1973 were always accompanied by a sense of economic weakness and the perils of isolation . |
| 18 | ELEVEN demonstrators arrested on the Timex picket line in Dundee on Monday were yesterday ordered by a sheriff to stay out of the city until their trials . |
| 19 | Women , on the other hand , were more confined by a sense of responsibility to kin , |
| 20 | Mr Michael Eisner , chairman and chief executive of the Walt Disney Company , announced from the castle walls that Snow White was a German fairytale , Pinocchio was written by an Italian , Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty were both written by a Frenchman , Charles Perrault , and Mary Poppins and Peter Pan were English . |
| 21 | It went quiet for a while , then we were both rescued by a knock on the door . |
| 22 | Two seemingly impressive performances in the Great North Run ( 1:05:14 ) and the Stroud Half ( 1:05:29 ) at the end of last year were both overshadowed by a record breaking run at Chelmsley on October 4 . |
| 23 | General wellbeing and urgency were also recorded by a scoring system ; wellbeing was scored 1 to 10 ( poor to very well ) and urgency from 1 to 10 ( none to severe ) . |
| 24 | Government deficits were also increased by a number of internal and regional factors . |
| 25 | Candidates were also fielded by a number of other organizations ( including the Omonia organization representing ethnic Greeks , the Party of National Unity , the Women 's Union , the trade unions , the Youth Union , the Democratic Front , the National Veterans ' Committee ) and there were 17 independent candidates . |
| 26 | The resulting images were also viewed by a plant biologist . |
| 27 | Markets were also unnerved by a call from the Financial Times for Mr Lamont to resign . |
| 28 | Although it might be expected that only the better-educated and wealthier sections of the community would watch television , the existence of the extended family system meant that the television sets owned by prosperous Zambians were also watched by a number of relatives who were less well off . |
| 29 | Here the letters D and BAL ( the D must be the last letter of the word GRAND ) were probably suggested by a dance hall poster hanging in a bar , and help to convey a ‘ cafe ’ atmosphere . |
| 30 | These experiments were later confirmed by a group at Syntex Research in California ( Lancet , 1982 , vol ii , p1431 ) . |