Example sentences of "[Wh det] was [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a problem which was aggravated by the need to meet the political argument that accession would involve an abandonment of sovereignty . |
| 2 | To understand why the RHA became involved and wanted to force the pace , it is necessary to turn back to examine the state of affairs which was inherited by the authority from the old metropolitan health board . |
| 3 | That course could not be taken in the present case , because of a specific and unusual statutory provision which anticipated the kind of mistake which was made by the sentencer in this case . |
| 4 | The header contains information about the writer ( e.g. sex , age , handedness etc ) , the date the sample was collected , the style of writing used ( e.g. lower case , upper case , cursive ) , and one or more sentences indicating the script which was written by the subject . |
| 5 | Burton was not told that he had been superseded , and it was not until February 1856 that he sent in his fee account , which was received by the Treasury ‘ with great surprise ’ . |
| 6 | Blake apparently broke one of the cast-iron sections of the frame , creating a space through which he could crawl , and then dropped down to the ground below , a distance of 22 feet , which was broken by the roof of a covered passageway . |
| 7 | The expenses of this were known as coat-and-conduct money , part of which was reimbursed by the Crown but most of which was borne by the counties . |
| 8 | He had continued to plead not guilty in respect of count 5 , but the only defence made after the legal ruling was the defence of duress , which was rejected by the jury and with which the Court of Appeal was not concerned . |
| 9 | The United Kingdom 's right of diplomatic protection of the Company may have influenced this argument , which was rejected by the Court . |
| 10 | Other Scout and Guide movements were established at Leicester , Newcastle-upon-Tyne , Liverpool , Coventry and in Glasgow which produced the first deaf Senior Scout in George Scott who took part in a Grand Rally of Senior Scouts at Ibrox Park which was inspected by the Duke of Windsor in 1931 . |
| 11 | Subsequently , in the early part of 1987 , the UK government unilaterally imposed quotas on Eastern bloc imports which was followed by the implementation of a minimum price restriction by the EC . |
| 12 | This welcome volume , edited as was Volume II by Sheriff Irvine Smith , completes the project of the Stair Society of publishing a selection of the Justiciary Cases 1624–50 , the inception of which was signalised by the publication in 1953 of the first volume under the editorship of Sheriff Stair A. Gillon . |
| 13 | Reducing the emphasis on ‘ selling him up ’ and making it more possible for creditors ' claims to be met out of a debtor 's future income was one of the main objectives of the Insolvency Law Review Committee chaired by Sir Kenneth Cork which was appointed by the Government in 1977 and reported in 1982 . |
| 14 | That would involve giving the word ‘ reliability ’ the meaning of achieving the result in the printout which was intended by the owner of the computer . |
| 15 | The pamphlet ’ Choice and Responsibility ’ , which was supported by the Minister of State , spelt it out . |
| 16 | The FRED retains the proposal made in the Discussion Paper , which was supported by the majority of respondents , that convertible debt should be accounted for entirely as a liability until such time as it is actually converted , in preference to methods which seek to reflect the dual nature of convertible debt as part liability and part equity . |
| 17 | Most L1 + cells at this site were this taken to represent granulocytes , which was supported by the fact that the CD68 + L1 - cells showed a much stronger reaction for acid phosphatase than those expressing L1 in all ethanol fixed specimens examined . |
| 18 | In all , 255 young trees were planted , a huge task which was completed by the garden team at Nymans in ten days and which has already gone a good way towards restoring the diversity of colours , shapes and textures of conifers in their prime . |
| 19 | It was this summons which was dismissed by the master , from whose decision this appeal is brought . |
| 20 | The structure which was destroyed by the construction of the town wall contained a row of some ten rooms ; the walls were about 1 m ( 3¼ ft ) thick , and the structure had been roofed with limestone slates . |
| 21 | However this submission , which was accepted by the Court of Appeal , appears to me , with all respect , to be misconceived . |
| 22 | The Trustees made a recommendation to that effect to the Bedfordshire LEA in 1930 which was accepted by the county 's Adult Education Subcommittee as the scheme ‘ had been conducted on sound lines , was distinctly encouraging , that the particular tutor-organiser was exactly the right person required ’ . |
| 23 | On the contrary , he concluded that the two non-Green Belt sites referred to ‘ have the potential to offset the shortfall in the land supply which identified and which was accepted by the District Council ’ . |
| 24 | He had in that capacity been supplied with a copy of Scott 's report , which was regarded by the government , and particularly by the Foreign Office , as strictly confidential . |
| 25 | Virtually every senior Army officer had served in East Timor , which was regarded by the Army command as providing a valuable opportunity for combat experience . |
| 26 | France decided not to rely upon either the Americans or the perfidious British — a reaction which was strengthened by the return to power of Charles de Gaulle ( May 1958 ) . |
| 27 | Both Bauthumleys then were closely involved in the emergence of Nonconformity in Leicester , a process which was hastened by the action of the forces attempting to achieve its eradication . |
| 28 | Ten hours and two platforms later it seemed that at least a few members of the Simonova 's crew were still suffering from the emotional impact of the brooding menace which was represented by the presence of each platform in the docking bay . |
| 29 | The great drive for respectability , which was led by the trade papers and various film industry organizations , really took over the whole publicity campaign and again became almost a defining characteristic of British and especially American cinema . |
| 30 | Vouchers were issued on the payment of a fifty cent fee , which was kept by the headman , but blank vouchers were sometimes sold to thieves for three rupees or so . |