Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although criminal proceedings were brought in the Alexander Howden case , no prosecutions have followed the PCW affair where $50 million was siphoned away from Lloyds ' investors , and related underwriting losses were estimated at 230 million . |
| 2 | Indictments on fraud charges were brought in the United States ( i ) on July 1 against Sheikh Khalid bin Mahfouz , chief operating officer of the National Commercial Bank of Saudi Arabia ; ( ii ) on July 29 against Clark Clifford ( US Defence Secretary in 1968-69 ) and Robert Altman ; and ( iii ) on Sept. 17 against William Batastini , Ghaith Pharaon , Tariq Jamil and Swaleh Naqvi [ see also pp. 38569 ; 38737 ] . |
| 3 | The case was brought in the name of Professor Harry Keen , director of clincial services ( medicine ) at Guy 's hospital , London . |
| 4 | 1,1,1 was brought in the Montreal Protocol negotiations later than tetra , but here , too , the UK government wants an early phaseout — by 1 January 1996 if possible . |
| 5 | However , what is slightly more problematic than the end of the prosecution is why it was brought in the first place . |
| 6 | Thus was ushered in the era of management in the development game . |