Example sentences of "[coord] was [adv] [verb] [prep] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Court held that the acceptance of oral petitions would be legitimate , although this power had never been granted by the Council of the League , was not directly authorised by the mandate agreement , and was strongly objected to by all the mandatory powers . |
| 2 | The potential of pensions to reduce unemployment was beginning to be discussed within the labour movement , and was briefly alluded to by Chamberlain in the Commons debates on the 1925 Bill . |
| 3 | Philip 's father had served in the Irish Guards in the First World War , and was always referred to by his rank . |
| 4 | It was very controversial and was never acted upon by government . |
| 5 | He went for a time to Australia , then jumped ship in Cape Town ( which caused a scandal ) and was subsequently cared for by his uncle Willy , Theunis 's younger son . |
| 6 | The species was first successfully introduced to Britain independently in 1861 by John G. Veicht , an Exeter nursery-man , and the Scottish plant collector Robert Fortune and was much sought after by those coveting the rare and the curious . |
| 7 | Maria attended a play centre at school in the evening and was then looked after by a neighbour . |
| 8 | Dr Ian Macdonald was a senior consultant pathologist at the great London hospital , also a retained Home Office pathologist , and was usually asked for by Scotland Yard if he was available . |