Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Which is where everything starts to fuck up , because the moment we turn our attention to Herr Mayer he tells us that the money he used to pay the Iranians was put up by the son of a well-known local citizen . ’ |
| 2 | Northampton 's return to challenging for top honours was brought about by a complete overhaul of the club 's structure both on and off the field . |
| 3 | What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries . |
| 4 | Chris Stocks was set up by a friend when The Sun newspaper asked readers to send in photographs of Chris Evans lookalikes . |
| 5 | Sequencing of DNA fragments subcloned into M13 vectors was carried out by the method of Sanger et al ( 25 ) , using a modified T7 DNA polymerase ( Sequenase , United States Biochemical Corporation ) . |
| 6 | A bill to legalize the marriage of Jews and Christians was thrown out by the Hungarian Diet in 1883 . |
| 7 | The task of smuggling and distributing illegal literature and co-ordinating local cells and committees was carried out by a network of itinerant activists . |
| 8 | Joseph 's lodge was at the north of the camp , and one of his wives was cut down by a bullet while carrying her daughter to safety . |
| 9 | The roll of eleven names was called out by the coroner 's officer . |
| 10 | The National Council for Vocational Qualifications was set up by the Government . |
| 11 | From the first example you should have found This method of setting out sets was thought out by a mathematician named Venn , who gave his name to the " Venn diagram " . |
| 12 | It may be , then , that the idea of the circular tombs was brought in by the immigrants who arrived in Crete from Anatolia at the beginning of the bronze age . |
| 13 | The top prices , however , were paid for two seven-month-old daughters of Rothrock Tradition Leadman , from Canadian consignors Cormdale Farms in Ontario — Allstar Leadman Marcie , out of A Valianat Mars SWD Marcie , with a projected CGI of 1071 points was snapped up by a German buyer for 7500gns , and Genesis Leadman Dora , out of Nowerland Chief Doris , with a projected CGI of 1131 points , was sold to Eire . |
| 14 | The histological examination of carcinomas and polyps was carried out by the Pathology Department of the Dudley Road Hospital . |
| 15 | The Research programme on Environmental Issues was set up by the ESRC Environment and Planning Committee with the aim of increasing the intellectual and practical contributions of the social sciences to the understanding and amelioration of environmental problems . |
| 16 | The most comprehensive study of US media coverage of the riots was carried out by the famous Kerner Commission ( Kerner , 1968 ) , which examined the style and content of television and newspaper reports for 1967 . |
| 17 | The assessment of the suitability of the college to undertake CNAA degrees was carried out by the Council , and board members would be kept informed of the Council 's views when relevant : ‘ it frequently becomes unnecessary for a subject board to consider any matters other than those directly related to the operation of a particular course of study . ’ |
| 18 | .. of warriors was swallowed up by the earth , and the island of Atlantis in like manner was swallowed up by the sea and vanished . ’ |
| 19 | In 1910 , when a delegacy for women students was set up , control of the home students was taken over by the university and Bertha Johnson became the first woman to hold a senior university appointment in Oxford as principal of the Society of Oxford Home Students . |
| 20 | Four months after this article was written the unit focusing on girls and young women was closed down by the management of the national organization , and we all lost our jobs . |
| 21 | Our concern about police investigations was sparked off by the realisation that the trial is not an adequate tool for testing their reliability , which in turn disqualifies the trial as a verifying test . |
| 22 | The jangling of his chains and bells was swallowed up by the blackness . |
| 23 | It has been this policy of screening tenants over the decades before the main sale of council houses was pushed through by the Government that has resulted in the buying of houses largely on the best estates , and has helped to reinforce the emergence of the ghetto in many areas of Britain . |
| 24 | A prosecution appeal against the overturning of North 's convictions was turned down by the Circuit Court of Appeals on Nov. 27 . |
| 25 | GILL Rowlands , the ‘ trade union rights Commissioner ’ , whose expensive Warrington office to hear complaints against trade unions was set up by the government five years ago , says 1991-92 was ‘ an encouraging year ’ . |