Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly , at the adjourned hearing before Theobalds J. on 3 October a nolle prosequi was duly entered by direction of the D.P.P. |
| 2 | There was an outbreak of infection with this organism in Liverpool in 1976 , which was thankfully controlled by dint of exhaustive contact-tracing , and there have only been sporadic single cases since then , mostly imported from abroad . |
| 3 | William , though himself without a helmet , fought like a lion to avenge his uncle 's death but was eventually overborne by weight of numbers as well as by another sword thrust from behind — and carried off into captivity . |
| 4 | Progress towards political reform under Nguyen Van Linh ( then secretary-general of the CPV ) " s programme of renovation ( doi moi ) was effectively halted by apprehension within the higher echelons of the CPV over the momentous events taking place in the Soviet Union and eastern Europe during 1989-91 . |
| 5 | Bishop Ralph de Luffa began a complete rebuilding in 1091 , but it was badly damaged by fire in 1114 . |
| 6 | A car was badly damaged by fire in West Witton , Wensleydale . |
| 7 | A car was badly damaged by fire in West Witton , Wensleydale . |
| 8 | A car on the Melsonby to Aldbrough St John road , near Richmond , was badly damaged by fire after petrol leaked from a loose pipe and ignited the engine , setting fire to the car . |
| 9 | A car on the Melsonby to Aldbrough St John road , near Richmond , was badly damaged by fire after petrol leaked from a loose pipe and ignited the hot engine , setting fire to the car . |
| 10 | He was especially troubled by pain in his kidneys , which he believed was due to kidney stones ‘ occasioned by unsuitable diet in my youth ’ . |
| 11 | The withdrawal of investment from UK manufacturing ( Table 5.1 ) was especially marked by comparison with other sectors in the UK and with UK investment in manufacturing overseas . |
| 12 | Robert , gasping for breath in his arms , wondered whether Mr Malik 's request for him to give an account of himself was entirely motivated by concern for his staff . |
| 13 | Not until the late sixteenth century , under the warlords Oda Nobunaga and Toyotomi Hideyoshi , was the country unified under a single military hegemony , and this was only achieved by building on a series of successful military alliances . |
| 14 | It was much influenced by evidence on the poor quality of the men employed in the merchant service provided by British consuls in all parts of the world . |
| 15 | The moral gulf between the households was soon judged by Nana to be impassable . |
| 16 | That the White Revolution was massively acclaimed by referendum in 1973 did not commend it any the more to the clergy . |
| 17 | Add to the beast 's problems that it was already enfeebled by lack of nutrition , and one can see that its chances of survival were really pretty low . |
| 18 | The issue of the franchise did not , however , make up the sum total of what was generally understood by democracy at that revolutionary moment . |
| 19 | The Central Nacional de Informaciones ( CNI — the state secret police ) , was formally dissolved by decree of the junta at the end of February 1990 , its agents returning to their military units and its property passing to the Army . |
| 20 | Kenneth Renton , of Wentworth Investment Services , was yesterday arrested by City of London police at Heathrow Airport after being out of contact since last Friday . |
| 21 | Alexei was always taken by surprise by the Yek talent for blunt speaking , ‘ That being the case , ’ he said , ‘ I am surprised you have given your consent to your daughter 's betrothal to me . ’ |
| 22 | The administration was always discomposed by evidence of Masai unfaithfulness , reacting to it with pained surprise if not outright disbelief . |
| 23 | He had barely a scratch upon him , he was hardly blown by comparison with these , and he stood off while they breathed , and at the last lighted down from his tired horse , to meet with the most valiant on equal terms . |
| 24 | Since we had found that the analysis was hardly affected by adjustment for sexual risk factors we performed a non-adjusted analysis on the entire group of 181 women . |
| 25 | Although ventilation of the mines ( by huge steam-driven fans ) and haulage ( the raising and lowering of the cage or lift in the deep mines , and much of the transport underground ) had long been mechanized , work at the actual coal-face was still done by hand in many collieries ; and pit-ponies still dragged the small four-wheeled drams — the tubs or trams from the working places to link up with the mechanized ‘ journeys ’ . |
| 26 | The specificity of the antibodies was further confirmed by immunoprecipitation of integrin chains from cell lysates after l-lactoperoxidase cell surface labelling with the indicated antibodies . |
| 27 | Fraction DSC 0.3 containing the bulk of TFIIA activity was further purified by chromatography over a Mono Q FPLC column . |
| 28 | It is difficult to decide whether the audience or the speaker was more degraded by participation in these ‘ homage-giving ’ events . |
| 29 | Kaffa and its ships swarmed with rats ; plague was quickly disseminated by sea to many Mediterranean ports . |
| 30 | It had been redecorated in Baroque style in the eighteenth century , but its Medieval character had been retained until it was wantonly destroyed by order of the Germans in the Second World War . |