Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | After Zarathustra 's death his religion was taken up by the old priestly class known as the Magi and eventually became the faith of the Achaemenid dynasty . |
| 2 | A family planning association was set up by the Government in 1972 , and the Government 's First Five Year Plan proposed the promotion of several different types of birth control . |
| 3 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 4 | They remained in occupation until 16 October 1979 , immediately after the coup against Romero , when the factory warehouse was burnt down by the company and the women dislodged by armed members of the Treasury Police . |
| 5 | The Mujaheddin claimed that the murder was carried out by the Iranian embassy in Switzerland on the orders of the then Iranian President Khamenei . |
| 6 | This precise and disheartening indictment was drawn up by the late Dr Enid Starkie , Reader Emeritus in French Literature at the University of Oxford , and Flaubert 's most exhaustive British biographer . |
| 7 | When the marriage of Henry and Constance was solemnised on 27th January 1186 , the ceremony was carried out by the Patriarch of Aquileia , who also crowned Henry as King of Italy . |
| 8 | Such a practice was frowned on by the church , and instructions were given to the warden of the building that if any young woman allowed a man to stay overnight then she was to be reported to the Mother Superior . |
| 9 | Fourteen Mafia bosses have been arrested by Sicilian detectives after a woman 's Mafia Godfather lover was gunned down by the organisation . |
| 10 | This view is not new ; in fact it was put forward by Durkheim and other nineteenth-century writers , but it was often disregarded after the study of crime was taken over by the new discipline of criminology in the early twentieth century . |
| 11 | However the disparity between the three jurisdictions became marked in the course of the present century , and a reorganization was brought about by the Administration of Justice Act 1970 . |
| 12 | A working party to tackle the under representation of ethnic minorities at management level in the hospitality industry was set up by the Commission for Racial Equality . |
| 13 | The idea of the wedding was taken up by the early Church as an illustration of the glory of the coming of God 's kingdom at the end of time . |
| 14 | It was only at the end of McKerrows long tenure in 1940 that the Review was taken over by the Oxford Press . |
| 15 | The whindust was brought in by the dumpers . |
| 16 | ‘ But remember , First Pilot , how the eight twelves ’ attack on our vehicle was beaten off by the Doctor 's skills . |
| 17 | The pillar of gas and sand was pulled out by the wind , darkening the sand under its shadow and forming a curtain of haze under its base like you see under a heavy cloud sometimes as it starts to get rid of its rain . |
| 18 | I think it would be true to say that my two brothers and sister and I were products of the Anglican parochial system , at a time when almost all charitable work was carried on by the churches . |
| 19 | After Young 's death his work was carried on by the French Egyptologist Jean-Francois Champollion ( 1790–1832 ) . |
| 20 | Work was carried out by the Scottish Conservation Projects Trust , working on behalf of Sustrans , the cycling charity which campaigns for ‘ sustainable transport in our cities ’ . |
| 21 | Allied to the recommendations contained in the Seabrook Report extensive work was carried out by the Legal Aid and Fees Committee for the substantial extension of standard fees . |
| 22 | The repair work was carried out by the substitute , Neil Murray , who had replaced Gough . |
| 23 | A free coach was laid on by the Sun bringing fans from London . |
| 24 | The proposal was written out by the deputy head in a great hurry over one weekend and was supported by the inspector for the school . |
| 25 | A barrier designed to stop vehicles gaining access to Orford Ness and damaging flood defences and wildlife habitat was put up by the National Rivers Authority last year and is controlled by the FCO . |
| 26 | As promised by Palmerston during the previous session , a Select Committee was set up by the House of Commons on 28th April , 1856 to consider ‘ the best means of providing Accommodation for the various Public Departments in the Neighbourhood of Downing Street ’ . |
| 27 | Suffice to say that it became evident fairly soon that the existing monetary techniques of regulation were not sufficiently effective , and in 1957 a committee was set up by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to inquire into the working of the monetary and credit system in the UK . |
| 28 | Following the commission 's recommendations , the Health Targets and Implementation Committee was set up by the state and federal health ministers to develop national goals and targets . |
| 29 | A special committee was set up by the Supreme Council to register deserters in order to try to ensure their legal protection . |
| 30 | The one on Parson 's Green was brought down by the ARP boys and packed tidily away , and then we were granted an AA gun , all to ourselves . |