Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [vb pp] by a [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cost of installing these features and retiling the remainder of the roof was assisted by a Repairs Grant provided by the local authority . |
| 2 | However , as STEPHEN THORPE reports , this historic match was marred by a spectators ' boycott which kept the overall crowd down to 6500 |
| 3 | The body was tracked by a police helicopter and recovered by the Mersey Inshore Rescue Service , said coroner Roy Barter . |
| 4 | Some of these issues were tested in the case of Moss v. McLachlan in which a group of picketing miners travelling in convoy were stopped by a police cordon on the M1 motorway and requested to turn back . |
| 5 | The discomfort was compounded by a profits downgrading by County NatWest WoodMac . |
| 6 | This designation was not without its local hostility ; the validity of the designation order was challenged by a residents ' protection society and the High Court held in favour of the objectors . |
| 7 | His comments come two days after a Birmingham coroner at an inquest on two men killed when their van was struck by a police car accused force drivers of using TV car stunt tactics |