Example sentences of "was [verb] [conj] [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | To do away with the evils of this system , as well as to guard against dangers of fraud and forgery , a Land Registry was established by the Land Transfer Act 1875 , which was amended and extended by the Land Transfer Act 1897 , both Acts being repealed and replaced by the Land Registration Acts 1925–1988 . |
| 2 | In the ensuing power struggle over the right to dictate the newspaper 's political position , the newspaper 's editor was dismissed and replaced by the Communist Party 's own adherents . |
| 3 | The application is made to the judge if the judgment or order was given or made by the judge and , if not , to the district judge ( Ord 37 , r 2 ) . |
| 4 | In view of the number of changes in education , a fundamental strategic review of the Association 's role in this area was undertaken and approved by the Council in December 1992 . |
| 5 | The Imperial Dry Dock was completed and opened by the arrival on 30th September of S.S. Silverton , a vessel owned by Chapman & Willan Ltd , of Newcastle . |
| 6 | First of all the radar signal was received and retransmitted by the Viking Lander sitting on the Martian surface . |
| 7 | An " infiltrator " from Jordan was wounded and captured by the IDF on April 18 . |
| 8 | In R v Ford Motor Company [ 1974 ] 1 WLR 1200 , the Court of Appeal had to determine whether the trade description " new " was a false one where a car , damaged in the care of forwarding agents , was repaired and supplied by the dealer as a " new car " . |
| 9 | I stopped to take a photograph of one estancia that I knew belonged to a Scottish family who had lived there for five generations : even from two miles away I could hear the rhythmic clattering of the tin roof as it was lifted and dropped by the gales . |
| 10 | With the growth in numbers in asylums , however , and the take-over by medical men rather than educators , the early conviction that education could lead to improvement and a return to the community was eroded and replaced by the more pessimistic approach reflected in the oppressive institutions of this century . |
| 11 | This survey was designed and supervised by the Library 's Research Officer , , in collaboration with , Planning and Services Officer , whose responsibilities at the time of the Survey included matters relating to conservation . |
| 12 | This kennel was owned and run by the famed German breeder Frau Marion Bruns . |
| 13 | The trial period was organised and funded by the Association of Community Enterprise in the Highlands and Islands with Ross and Cromarty Enterprise but the Library is now investigating whether the arrangement can be made permanent . |
| 14 | The celebrations turned violent as property belonging to people connected with the former regime was attacked and looted by the crowds , and rioting broke out in which 27 people were killed . |
| 15 | Thus , while legal ownership was permitted and protected by the law , it was subject to an overall social orientation . |
| 16 | When Leigh Fermor passed this way and was quizzed and befriended by the fair-haired girl Vasilio with the lamb slung round her neck , it was still a living community . |
| 17 | I realize with hindsight that the dread word was preceded and calmed by the word ‘ notion ’ . |
| 18 | It was distorted and blackened by the heat , but Charles knew immediately what it was . |
| 19 | There it was collected and served by the Imperial 's own staff to the rest of the guests . ’ |
| 20 | Winchelsey 's pre-eminent objective had been to ensure that clerical taxation by the crown — conceded in principle at the Third Lateran Council in 1179 — was subject to clerical consent and was collected and managed by the clergy , a necessary corollary to their freedom of consent . |
| 21 | The document was accepted and ratified by the landlord , as one can see from paragraph 6 of the reply which states : |
| 22 | There was a greater disposition all round to put sinister interpretations on what was said and done by the other side . |
| 23 | On December 21 , 1876 , a memorandum of agreement was made and signed by the appellant and respondent in the following terms : |
| 24 | A petition in the Company 's favour was presented and accepted by the House of Commons . |
| 25 | The sentence this parrot is dead was written and recognised by the handwriting recogniser . |
| 26 | The STA headquarters were in Glasgow ( which thus acquired a degree of leadership in the union ) , but the union journal the Scottish Typographical Circular was written and produced by the Edinburgh branch until the 1900s . |
| 27 | It was also obvious that the importance of the emotional links between these children and their respective birth fathers was missed or under-estimated by the social workers making the placement . |
| 28 | If Hiring did invade England , he perhaps occupied the north , like Swegen in 1013 and Harald of Norway in 1066 , and was betrayed and killed by the Northumbrians when Æthelred 's forces appeared on the scene . |
| 29 | After instruction , blood pressure was measured and recorded by the patient daily for one month and then three times/week for the remainder of the study . |
| 30 | Comfortable , colourful and cluttered , everything in the house was used and enjoyed by the Berkeleys , their family and friends . |