Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 6 January 1992 the Standards of Work Based Competence for the hospitality and catering industry were agreed by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications . |
| 2 | Thus within the new boundaries old hostilities between anglican and nonconformist , publican and temperance reformer , and even manufacturer and sections of skilled labour were buried by an overriding concern to forge unity against the municipal politics of the labour group . |
| 3 | Letters under the privy seal were prepared by the thousand , and instructions were sent to the chief commissioners in each shire . |
| 4 | The differences in disease severity during the study were paralleled by a higher mean stool frequency for the placebo group as compared with the cyclosporin group , 2.7 v 1.6 stools/day ( Table II ) . |
| 5 | MORE than 40 sweeping law changes aimed at banishing the penalty-ridden , slow-coach version of rugby football were adopted by the International Rugby Board yesterday . |
| 6 | Following the explosion at Vic two key ETA members of its Barcelona cell were killed by the civil guard in a raid on a house at Llica de Munt , 30 km from Barcelona , on May 30 . |
| 7 | Height and weight were measured by the same observer ( AT ) in all patients at the time of study . |
| 8 | He went to exceedingly great lengths to keep his name out of the public eye , but , as with Lawrence , an extreme desire for secrecy and public contempt for ambition were accompanied by a morbid fascination with the power of the will . |
| 9 | Moves to establish a UN police force in the north to reduce the chances of confrontation were rejected by the Iraqi government on May 9 . |
| 10 | Using these specimens , chemical types of amyloid protein were identified by the avidin-biotin complex ( ABC ) method using anti-AA and anti-Β 2 -microglobulin ( 1:500 , Dako ) , and anti-prealbumin ( 1:500 , Dako ) antibodies . |
| 11 | In January last year details of the workload and the resources available to meet that workload were collected by the British Orthopaedic Association directly from consultant orthopaedic and trauma surgeons working in the 19 general hospitals in the 12 health districts in inner London . |
| 12 | Despite a divisive debate Roman 's programme and a revised party statute were adopted by a large majority . |
| 13 | In the 1960s , however , interest in the large-scale problems of astronomy and cosmology was revived by a great increase in the number and range of astronomical observations brought about by the application of modern technology . |
| 14 | Plasmid DNA for ethidium bromide-CsCl equilibrium density gradient centrifugation and for rapid small scale isolation was prepared by the alkaline lysis method . |
| 15 | The government 's growing sense of isolation was heightened by the damaging outcome of the Turkish War of 1877–78 . |
| 16 | Changez and Jamila sat apart , and although I tried to catch them looking at each other , I can guarantee that not a single surreptitious glance was exchanged by the future bed-mates . |
| 17 | Mercury poisoning was confirmed by a urinary mercury concentration of 105 µg/l ( normal <10 µg/l , toxic concentration >100 µg/l ) 12 weeks after the last exposure to the ethnic remedies . |
| 18 | The Association was founded by the deaf themselves in 1890 , on the appearance of the Report of the Royal Commission on the Deaf , Blind , etc. , which published suggestions altogether unsuited to the social , moral , intellectual , and spiritual welfare of the deaf , and it is the only association of its kind in existence in the United Kingdom . |
| 19 | Any chance of further progress with the Fair Deal was dashed by a dramatic combination of events , at home and abroad , in 1950 . |
| 20 | Although the deal was supported by the federal leadership of all three of the country 's major political parties and by Quebec 's Liberal Premier Robert Bourassa , many supporters of the separatist Parti Québecois opposed the package . |
| 21 | Due to the greater degree of nationalisation which had taken place throughout Western Europe since the end of the war , it was discovered , in 1960 , that approximately forty per cent of the labour force was employed by the various governments . |
| 22 | In the case of the Gulf , cover for America 's use of force was provided by the United Nations , and this was useful . |
| 23 | Money was exchanged , the two contestants shook hands , and their place in the ring was taken by a second pair of fighters : a Rajput with a handlebar moustache , and a small but fierce-looking Muslim who sported a bushy black beard . |
| 24 | A motion to withdraw support from the Coalition was moved by a senior Essex backbencher . |
| 25 | In Hesse in January 1991 the CDU-FDP coalition was replaced by an SPD-Green coalition [ see pp. 37966 ; 38156 ] ; in the Rhineland-Palatinate in April the CDU was excluded from government and an SPD-FDP coalition was formed [ see pp. 38155-56 ; 38199 ] , and in Hamburg in June the SPD obtained an absolute majority of city-council seats [ see p. 38297 ] . |
| 26 | Suddenly their random bleating was joined by the rhythmic thud of drumming hooves . |
| 27 | As in the seventeenth century , the development of political consciousness was inhibited by the low cultural level of provincial noblemen , and by the differences in outlook between noblemen of different regions and different degrees of wealth . |
| 28 | The interest due was paid by the Dutch government who had reserved an annual budget of DFl.3 million to cover the costs of the project . |
| 29 | His bedroom was lit by a bare electric lightbulb , there was an ebony crucifix above his single bed , and the window looked out upon a brick wall . |
| 30 | This recommendation was supported by the Criminal Law Revision Committee , which noted that the policy behind the law is the protection of young girls . |