Example sentences of "[subord] [pron] be [vb pp] by [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Admiralty had dispatched two battlecruisers — Invincible and Inflexible — to the south Atlantic , where they were joined by six light cruisers . |
| 2 | Nobody I had spoken to in the train , or on the ferry , had ever visited Moila , which must support , so I was told by one slow-spoken Highlander , no more than thirty folk in all . |
| 3 | ‘ So I was told by one of the instructors at the camp . ’ |
| 4 | As there are only 20 Liberal Democrats in the House — although we are supported by 23 per cent . |
| 5 | Although they are followed by two relative clauses ( lines 24 and 25 ) , they are not as closely linked syntactically as the earlier examples cited above . |
| 6 | Multi-disciplinary team again — although it 's led by one particular agency , there are inputs from a whole range of agencies . |
| 7 | If something is increased by fifty percent it is multiplied by one point five . |
| 8 | If they are attacked by one of their main enemies , trigger fish , the column breaks and they form circles , pincers outwards , like pioneer wagon trains crossing the prairies of the American Wild West , defending themselves against attack by Indians . |
| 9 | After a week in the classroom , those of us who were regarded as having mastered the principles were allowed to run a very simple and short program on the London University computer , provided it was passed by one of our instructors . |
| 10 | He was the most successful of the moor 's highwaymen , practising for 42 years until he was spotted by one of his victims in a London street . |
| 11 | If it is written by one person there can be no objection to an occasional " I " , and if by several persons to the use of an occasional " we " . |
| 12 | Especially if it 's written by one of them . |
| 13 | Inghams , for example , is offering a two-bedroom apartment with a huge living room overlooking the Matterhorn in the four star Hotel Ambassador in Zermatt in mid March for just over £300 for a week each , if it 's occupied by six people . |
| 14 | On the basis of this analogy we may call a ring current a magnetic dipole , or more precisely we should say that sufficiently far away from a ring current the magnetic field appears as if it was created by two closely spaced magnetic charges ( which of course do not exist ) . |
| 15 | If it were 20 per cent greater , there would be no less dissatisfaction and unfulfilled demand at the margin ; if it were 20 per cent less — I do not mean if it were reduced by 20 per cent but if it were now 20 per cent less than it actually is , nobody would be the wiser . |
| 16 | We do not need such unthinkable experiments because we are surrounded by thousands of only slightly less dramatic examples of the lack of a fixed relationship between tissue damage and pain . |
| 17 | The fatalism is pervasive because it is shared by two opposing camps — frowning European idealists and smiling national realists . |
| 18 | The reason I did this , because some sixteen months ago , like over a year ago we brought it and lost it , it was n't a victory for anybody or er or er a real loss for anyone because it was lost by one vote . |
| 19 | There had been no further news of Alfred since he was seen by one of the hotel staff in Lady Street at eight that morning . |
| 20 | England were put in and saw half their wickets fall for 96 in half their overs before they were rescued by 71 from Lamb and 50 from Jack Richards , with the spinners chipping in as well . |
| 21 | The doctors have recently agreed not to buy women 's eggs anymore after they were exposed by two feminist journalists whom they threatened to take to court for libel . |
| 22 | And last night refugees , including casualties and children , were feared trapped in the blazing building after it was hit by three mortar bombs . |
| 23 | REFUGEES including children were trapped in a blazing Sarajevo hotel last night after it was hit by three mortar bombs . |
| 24 | A Glasgow man is being treated for gunshot wounds to his leg after he was attacked by three men in the Saracen area of the city late last night . |
| 25 | Doreen Ditchburn , an eighty-three year old widow , was walking home when she was robbed by two attackers and pushed to the ground , breaking her leg . |
| 26 | We were even more amazed when we were joined by two handsome Polish officers . |
| 27 | He and his 13 year old friend Andre Leota were playing when they were assaulted by three men . |
| 28 | If not quite ‘ that elderly British pair ’ as they were described by one TV station , they were older than the other writers and this sometimes had its benefits . |
| 29 | Where an odour has multi-sources this problem is exacerbated especially when it is created by two or more chemicals coming together neither of which individually amount to a nuisance . |
| 30 | The bomb had a lengthy fuse attached to it , and when it was discovered by one of the schoolboys , the fuse was burnt almost up to the bomb . |