Example sentences of "it was [verb] by the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within two years it was condemned by the Commission of Enquiry into Disturbances appointed by the Labour Government as ‘ out-moded at birth ’ . |
| 2 | Kirner , a former state Education Minister and the leader of the party 's Socialist Left parliamentary faction , was considerably further to the left than her predecessor and , whilst her election was welcomed by the state 's strong trade union movement , it was condemned by the opposition Liberal Party and the business community . |
| 3 | He stared wildly up at her cage roof but though it was buckled by the fall of the tree branch it was still intact and she could not escape . |
| 4 | On 31 May de Gaulle formed his cabinet and on 1 June presented it to the National Assembly , where it was confirmed by the margin of 329 votes to 224 ( with the majority composed of conservatives , centrists , and half the socialist deputies ) . |
| 5 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 6 | Their decision was prompted by fears that the protector might usurp the throne , although Mancini adds that it was supported by the queen 's family , who wanted to prevent power passing to Gloucester . |
| 7 | This was not what English food exporters wanted but , as it kept down the cost of provisioning the sugar plantations , it was supported by the sugar industry in England . |
| 8 | It was compiled by the university 's research support and industrial liaison office and describes projects in about 50 departments . |
| 9 | On 6 December , as soon as was decently possible , it was conveyed in a funeral wagon to St Stephen 's Cathedral , where it was met by the funeral party and blessed by the priest in a chapel on the north side . |
| 10 | It was created by the enclosing of some 3,000 acres of Sherwood Forest in 1707 . |
| 11 | Put hens in his bed and he come in one night and there was a s a man a stray man you ken an effigy of a man like and it was hanging by the neck from a rafter in the house . |
| 12 | It was seen by the father solely as manipulative behaviour aimed at him and his wife . |
| 13 | It was done by the Play Bus man , that 's what you 're thinking |
| 14 | I think it was done by the head or somebody else . |
| 15 | His passenger Anthony Ballard , 17 , of Cradley , West Midlands , scrambled free of the wreckage before it was hit by the train , and escaped with whiplash injuries and shock , said a British transport police spokesman . |
| 16 | It was replaced by the soap Eldorado , which is struggling to get audiences equalling those of Tel 's show at its lowest ebb . |
| 17 | It was ignored by the Treasury . |
| 18 | But it was argued by the trade unions that the exceptional circumstances of such pilot schemes permitted these " fantasies " : It is not probable that any attempt will be made in London or Edinburgh to reduce the women 's prices , so long as the movement has the sympathy of the benevolent public , but when left to compete by themselves with establishments conducted on commercial principles , the temptation to resort to this course might prove irresistible . |
| 19 | It was voiced by the Queen 's Surgeon , Sir Henry Thompson , who described cremation as absolutely necessary for the bodies of those dying of infectious diseases . |
| 20 | The attendance of the remainder at school was discontinued and the house was closed to visitors ; it was visited by the Inspector of Nuisances for the Borough . |
| 21 | It was sustained by the isolation of the rural village , by the strong kinship links between the village inhabitants and by the need for cooperation in times of family crisis . |
| 22 | It was spearheaded by the rambling and cycling organizations and the movement as a whole included many thousands drawn from the older industrial areas or from the south of England with its new and expanding service and supply trades . |
| 23 | It was calculated by the Department of the Environment that in England , some 58% of properties would experience an increase in rates , 37% a decrease in rates and a further 5% little or no change . |
| 24 | it was for the er cat scanner and it was run by the Co-Op it was , it was just |
| 25 | Some years ago , IBM bought into the videodisk business only to withdraw after it was tweaked by the press for backing a recording that purported to explain healthful massage but actually featured the kind of body rubbing one would n't show to anyone young enough to be dramatically influenced , Woody Allen 's romantic inclinations notwithstanding . |
| 26 | She could see his face quite clearly , as it was lit by the gas street lamp just a few feet behind him . |
| 27 | Nothing turns on the procedure adopted in this case and it suffices to say that when , on 8 April 1992 , the matter came before Mr. Simon Goldblatt Q.C. , sitting as a deputy High Court judge , the application for an order under the Act of 1975 was made by those who are the defendants in the United States action and it was opposed by the Treasury Solicitor , although purists might perhaps have expected that any opposition would have been made by or on behalf of the Attorney-General , the objection being one taken on behalf of the Crown . |
| 28 | The Taoiseach , Albert Reynolds , strongly supported the scheme to attract money back into the country , while it was opposed by the Finance Minister , Bertie Ahern , and most of the Labour Party Ministers in the Coalition Government . |
| 29 | But it was opposed by the Senate 's Environment Committee , industry , local authority refuse collection agencies and environmentalists . |
| 30 | Now , when this very similar application came up before , it was opposed by the county highway authority erm , had no objection , county conservation er , recommended refusal . |