Example sentences of "was [vb pp] out by [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said that if I was turfed out by the trade union vote I would see Neil Kinnock and we would then both issue a statement afterwards , ’ he said . |
| 2 | It was pointed out by a number of respondents that some lenders already include requirements of this kind in their instructions to solicitors . |
| 3 | Moreover , despite his comment on the Cistercians , Richard was a notably generous benefactor to them , as was pointed out by the chronicler from the Cistercian house at Coggeshall in Essex . |
| 4 | However , as was pointed out by the Court of Appeal in Coward v Comex Houlder Diving Ltd ( 1988 ) ( reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-322 ) the conventional percentage does not necessarily apply where the wife had been earning a considerable sum herself prior to her husband 's death or presumably where she had a substantial private income : see also Davies v Hawes ( 1990 ) reported in Kemp & Kemp , Section M , para27-323 . |
| 5 | That these were not just accidents which inevitably happen in modern travel and industry , was pointed out by the director general of the British Safety Council , James Tye : |
| 6 | The old rebellion was squeezed out by the pressure of survival , and the ‘ young ones ’ conformed to create a new world , not out of spiritual charity , but out of silicon chips . |
| 7 | He was a radical and five times the Mayor of Bedford , remaining on the council until 1892 , when he was voted out by the Conservatives ( who expressed personal regret ) . |
| 8 | Most of the work for this momentous event was carried out by a sub-committee for which no records exist . |
| 9 | The most important recent investigation was carried out by a Committee of Enquiry chaired by Lord Elton . |
| 10 | ‘ The fact that such specific parts were targeted , useless to anyone else , seems to indicate that this dastardly deed was carried out by a steam preservation ‘ colleague ’ with a view to fitting to a similar GWR-designed loco — quite sickening if so . |
| 11 | Once the ‘ mummy ’ had been removed from its grave , a proper examination was carried out by a Dr W.V. Pettigrew : |
| 12 | The attack was carried out by a unit composed of fighters from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party — the Higher Council . |
| 13 | Airey Neave 's exercise was carried out by a combination of promises and flattery , and was brilliantly masterminded . |
| 14 | The task of smuggling and distributing illegal literature and co-ordinating local cells and committees was carried out by a network of itinerant activists . |
| 15 | A widespread opposition to the tour is expected because the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi 's assassination was carried out by a Sri Lankan Tamil . |
| 16 | The fountain-head and settling tank of the aqueduct were also rebuilt ; two fragmentary inscriptions would suggest that the work was carried out by a detachment of Legio XX , possibly the same detachment that was responsible for the granaries . |
| 17 | What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries . |
| 18 | The transplant was carried out by a team of surgeons headed by Kai-Chah Tan . |
| 19 | Research for the book was carried out by a team from Oxford . |
| 20 | The First World War gave organized public relations in Britain an opportunity to be used on a national scale and official publicity was carried out by a number of organizations . |
| 21 | At the time of this incident the incident was carried out by a group of officers who were called the operational support unit . |
| 22 | This may be guided by the subsequent text pages which describe the intervention that was carried out by the Smiths . |
| 23 | The histological examination of carcinomas and polyps was carried out by the Pathology Department of the Dudley Road Hospital . |
| 24 | When the marriage of Henry and Constance was solemnised on 27th January 1186 , the ceremony was carried out by the Patriarch of Aquileia , who also crowned Henry as King of Italy . |
| 25 | Before rebuilding , an archaeological excavation was carried out by the Clwyd-Powys Archaeological Trust which established by radio-carbon dating that the site had been used as a burial ground for about one thousand years before Melangell 's time . |
| 26 | After 1847 the printing was carried out by the firm of Harrison , who operated inside the building . |
| 27 | Prior to this it was carried out by the Directorship-general of Fine Arts , Academies and Libraries , part of the Ministry of Education . |
| 28 | In the past a private sector proposal had to demonstrate that funding costs would be less than if it was carried out by the Government . |
| 29 | At the Apollo 17 site an experiment was carried out by the astronauts which gave the seismic wave speeds down to a few kilometres depth in the vicinity of the site . |
| 30 | The assessment of the suitability of the college to undertake CNAA degrees was carried out by the Council , and board members would be kept informed of the Council 's views when relevant : ‘ it frequently becomes unnecessary for a subject board to consider any matters other than those directly related to the operation of a particular course of study . ’ |