Example sentences of "was also [verb] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The perspective Durkheim ( 1858–1917 ) held on women was also shaped by a biological doctrine : women belonged ‘ naturally ’ in the family . |
| 2 | We shall see that in writing this letter Anselm was concerned to safeguard the privileges of Canterbury against the claims of legatine authority ; but he was also inspired by a traditional respect for royal authority , and the common-sense view that in fact nothing could be accomplished without help from the king and his officials . |
| 3 | The Manitoban ratification process was also delayed by a provincial rule which required that any constitutional amendment be subject to public hearings prior to a vote in the legislature . |
| 4 | He maintains he did not want to shoot her , but that he was angry with her and was also agitated by a huge bar bill , and as well as by being put in a particularly smokey corner of the night club . |
| 5 | His theory of public law was also influenced by a particular outlook or political ideology . |
| 6 | The dollar was also devalued by a further 10 per cent in recognition that the Smithsonian Agreement , hailed by Nixon as ‘ the most significant monetary agreement in the history of the modern world ’ ( quoted Gilbert , 1980 , p. 164 ) , was insufficient to restore US competitiveness . |
| 7 | Similarly , the idea that these changes in social and personal life were being partly supplanted by alternative forms of close-knit association was also shared by a wide range of authors . |
| 8 | Pascal , quarter of a century younger , was also tensed by a religious vision ; in his case confirmed by a mystic experience of great emotional intensity . |
| 9 | It was also accompanied by a large expansion of programme output , which nearly doubled between 1962 and 1975 . |
| 10 | This was also accompanied by a reflective quality of thought that seemed to correspond to Parson 's higher categories of aesthetic appraisal , and to McCoy 's ( 1977 ) notion of emotional satisfaction being related to a construct system 's construal of its own adequacy . |
| 11 | This was also controlled by a private club , but we were sometimes given a day 's fishing and generally managed to come home with a few trout . |
| 12 | David was also approached by a second man but was not assaulted . |