Example sentences of "[coord] was [verb] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The ages of the fetuses and babies are listed in Table I. The maturity of fetuses is given in weeks of gestation since the last menstrual period and was confirmed by antenatal ultrasound assessment and fetal foot length measurements . |
| 2 | It had 21 jets of water , a main basin surrounded by 12 flower vases on pillars , and was edged by semi-circular flower beds . |
| 3 | President Hussein Mohammad Ershad has held effective political power since the military coup of March 1982 , and was elected by universal adult suffrage to the post of President for a five-year term in October 1986 ( see p. 34813 ) , having assumed that office in December 1983 . |
| 4 | Referee Neil Midgley ( Bolton ) , who retires in a fortnight 's time , pulled a calf muscle in the first half and was replaced by senior linesman Graham Bradbury ( York . ) |
| 5 | Hull hit back with a penalty try in the 48th minute when Aussie Scott Gale grubber kicked and was obstructed by second rower Paul Dixon . |
| 6 | Ally McCoist headed Rangers ' crucial second goal after 59 minutes and was met by stunned silence from 25,118 home fans . |
| 7 | She wandered into the waste ground to play and was injured by rusty metal . |
| 8 | The service was revived at the beginning of the 1960s by the injection of government funding and was stimulated by honourable mention from two major inquiries . |
| 9 | The victory at national level was achieved by the three man team of Michael Wilson , Noel Kehoe junior and Gareth Winston and was led by non-playing captain Noel Kehoe senior . |
| 10 | Robertson 's response , drafted during the day , was sent from AFHQ at 1836 hrs that evening , and was received by Eighth Army at 0045 hrs the following morning [ KP 103 ] . |
| 11 | It was a dismal failure , and was followed by restrictive legislation against the unions and by victimization of many union activists . |
| 12 | After about an hour the shelling stopped and was followed by sporadic mortar and machine gun fire , the latter cutting up the ground along the front of the orchard facing the enemy positions . |
| 13 | The incident remained in his mind and was reinforced by another experience he had shortly afterwards . |
| 14 | The system is known as the Autoview Viking vision system and was marketed by British Robotics Systems Ltd. , a company which is no longer trading . |
| 15 | Of the 61 dreams in which colour was reported , it was spontaneously mentioned in only 22 instances , and was elicited by further questioning in the other 39 . |
| 16 | Naphtha at that time represented half of our total costs , and was bought by central purchasing in London . |
| 17 | I have already been given several different figures , and was told by one person I could have 50 × 12″ fish because I have a good filter . |
| 18 | Moreover it was the last mass circulation Liberal daily and was closed by abrupt merger with the Daily Mail — a Conservative paper . |
| 19 | The meeting was organized by the Mining Awareness Group and was addressed by retired geologist Gerry Wilson . |
| 20 | Ductile and brittle deformation occurred at relatively shallow crustal levels ( within 5 to 10km of the surface ) , and was promoted by magmatic heat and expulsion of magmatic fluids from a suite of Miocene synkinematic intrusive rocks . |
| 21 | Macho Jose lined up for the same run at Leganes yesterday — and was wounded by another horn . |
| 22 | Agnes , glad to escape , hurried to open it , and was confronted by Dotty Harmer with Flossie on a lead . |
| 23 | The sale was aimed particularly at small investors in accordance with the government 's commitment to wider share-ownership and was preceded by heavy advertising . |
| 24 | 1992 , 28 , 108 ) and was backed by European Parliament 's environment committee . |
| 25 | This great tower loomed over Rome — as indeed it still does although halved by a later earthquake — dominating the Capitol , the Colosseum , the Quirinal and the route from the Lateran to St Peter 's , and was described by one chronicler as touching the clouds . |
| 26 | [ 1984 ] A.C. 754 , a determined attack on the existence of this power was made by B. & Q. , but was rejected by this House . |
| 27 | The Mandale Harrier , now a regular in England 's World Mountain Races team , went off hard from the start , but was hampered by heavy mist on the highest parts of the Northumberland course and finished 66 seconds outside the record . |
| 28 | This was brought about principally by a sharp fall in emigration by British citizens , but was reinforced by some increase in immigration by both British passport-holders and others . |
| 29 | ‘ He reached the last two but was beaten by one point thanks to strategic play by his opponent , ’ says a colleague . |
| 30 | In bitter scrapping over Douaumont on May 24th , Thaw shot down a Fokker and then went back in the evening for more , but was cornered by three enemy planes . |