Example sentences of "were [verb] [prep] by the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 2 | Declining mine output in Anglesey , opposition by Birmingham consumers , and an improving international copper market prevented the monopoly persisting , but Williams continued to influence the industry strongly till his death , and his activities were looked at by the select committee on the copper trade of 1799 . |
| 3 | They are not kept thoroughly clean , as they were when they were looked after by the local authorities . |
| 4 | In 1986 Abdullah had vigorously suppressed unrest among black Mauritanians who claimed they were discriminated against by the Arab population [ see p. 35234 ] . |
| 5 | It was the special contribution of the ILEA , and in particular of the advisory team headed by Mr Leslie Ryder , that it considered what types of ancillary personnel were called for by the new methods , and their training and enter.relationships . |
| 6 | We have discussed this in more detail in Chapter Three where we saw how the parameters of this debate as set out in these campaigns were seized upon by the Tory Party with little or no response from the Labour Party who seemed unable to cope with the authoritarian drift . |
| 7 | He considered the role of the Council members as delegates to be suggestive of agency , but concluded that agency was defeated by the literal wording of the contracts which were entered into by the third parties in the following terms : |
| 8 | And doubtless when unarmed Republicans were set upon by the same force in Derry in 1968 you , Mr. Tully , were at home swotting up on some useless pop facts . |