Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice , however , the Church lost little — the suppression of the ‘ alien priories ’ by Henry V merely saw the conversion of resources to other ecclesiastical establishments , and the disappearance of a small number of decayed religious houses in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries was caused by the transfer of their endowments to other houses or to colleges at universities ( 218 , ii , 163–5 , iii , 157–8 ) . |
| 2 | Sir , — My regiment The Queens Royal Irish Hussars was formed by the amalgamation of The 4th Queens Own Hussars and The 8th Kings Royal Irish Hussars , in 1958 . |
| 3 | However , at last year 's SNP conference , a call to drop the commitment to renationalise the public utilities was made by the convener of publicity , John Swinney , and was supported by a former party leader , Gordon Wilson . |
| 4 | The conflict between male and female anxieties was compounded by the conflict between the disparate values of home and school — two closed systems at variance with each other . |
| 5 | As we have seen , the policy for the polytechnics was outlined by the government in the White Paper , A Plan for Polytechnics and Other Colleges , issued in May 1966 . |
| 6 | The Chinese attitude to history was based on the belief that the rise and fall of dynasties was controlled by the mandate of Heaven . |
| 7 | To the enthusiast , the loss of no less than fourteen locomotive designs was countered by the application of highly distinctive sector liveries , all the more interesting because of the number of attempts made before the final choices were made . |
| 8 | In all other cases the chosen outcome of business clients was adopted by the lawyer . |
| 9 | Separation of vesicles from micelles was performed by the gel filtration method using a 350×10 mm column packed with Sephacryl S-300 gel ( Pharmacia LKB , Uppsala , Sweden ) as reported . |
| 10 | To make matters worse , Piers was standing by the door when she returned , half naked , his T-shirt tied loosely around his waist , chiselling meticulously at the door-frame . |
| 11 | In many cases , therefore , the programme followed by primary schools was determined by the need to prepare a minority of pupils for an examination at 11 . |
| 12 | In accordance with standing order A twelve little C in force at the time , Councillor of m notice of motion on Local Management of Schools was referred by the Council t on twenty third of April 1991 to the Education Committee . |
| 13 | On 24 May 1858 , the foundation stone of New Bradwell and Stantonbury Schools was laid by the Marchioness of Chandos . |
| 14 | For Harlequin , this shift in the production and distribution of books was marked by the Torstar Corporation taking over a 52 per cent share of their company stock in 1975 . |
| 15 | His influence in those areas was complemented by the queen 's possession of the duchy of Lancaster estates in the east midlands and by the marriage of his nephew Richard duke of York to the Mowbray heiress , which gave Rivers a substantial role in the duchy of Norfolk . |
| 16 | His influence in those areas was complemented by the queen 's possession of the duchy of Lancaster estates in the east midlands and by the marriage of his nephew Richard duke of York to the Mowbray heiress , which gave Rivers a substantial role in the duchy of Norfolk . |
| 17 | Modern Spanish nationalism of a type comparable to nascent nationalism in other European countries was created by the fact of resistance to Napoleon . |
| 18 | The first plane load of Desert Rats was met by the Brigade 's Commanding Officer , Brigadier Patrick Cordingly . |
| 19 | The case against the logging companies was brought by the Nucleus for Indigenous Rights , on behalf of a coalition of some 70 Brazilian citizens ' groups waging a campaign against the logging of mahogany . |
| 20 | In 1990 , standard-setting for companies was changed by the establishment of the Financial Reporting Council , the Accounting Standards Board and the Review Panel . |
| 21 | Every attempt by the absolute monarchy to raise the taxational quotas was met by the claim that the quota was a contract alterable only by both consenting parties . |
| 22 | The coalition between moderate leftists and communists was shattered by the trusteeship crisis of January 1946 . |
| 23 | The Board of Directors was appointed by the Ministry of Transport after consultation with , and nominated by the National Ports Council , the Chamber of Shipping of the United Kingdom and Firth of Forth Shipowners Association , the British Shipper 's Council and Forth Ports Estuary Committee , Edinburgh Corporation , Buckhaven and Methil Burntisland and Kirkcaldy Town Councils , representatives of the Organised Labour , plus two Principal Officers of the Authority Management Group . |
| 24 | As a result , in February 1984 , a Draft Treaty of 87 articles was approved by the Parliament , embodying institutional reforms for the EC , to make it more democratic and efficient , and the extension of its role over more areas of the European economy . |
| 25 | The construction of both the Tooting Junction and Sutton lines was undertaken by the Brush Electrical Engineering Co . |
| 26 | The innocence that prevailed at the School concerning sexual matters was symbolised by the fig leaves which had been attached to the plaster casts of male nudes and which eventually the girls removed . |
| 27 | Each of these three DLP factions was damaged by the election results . |
| 28 | Protein concentration of the supernatants was determined by the method of Lowry et al . |
| 29 | A plaque with the names of those who lost their lives was unveiled by the deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire commemorating one of the most tragic days in the history of Winslow . |
| 30 | A plaque with the names of those who lost their lives was unveiled by the deputy lieutenant for Buckinghamshire commemorating one of the most tragic days in the history of Winslow . |