Example sentences of "[prep] be [vb pp] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Minister for Local Government , Rural Development and Special Education , Maulana Abdul Sattar Khan Niazi , resigned on March 4 after being criticized by Prime Minister Mian Muhammad Nawaz Sharif for not supporting the government 's policies over the Gulf war . |
| 2 | NRA officials placed booms across the river at Barnard Castle and a tributary further upstream after being alerted by Northumbrian Water . |
| 3 | K.W.S. , at No. 10 with Rock Your Baby , missed a big party in their honour after being mobbed by hysterical fans . |
| 4 | After being mobbed by local rugby fans Botha said : ‘ We have come here to prove that we are all equal and our rugby is unified . ’ |
| 5 | Nine pupils and two teachers were treated in hospital after being overcome by noxious fumes in a classroom at Lancaster Boys ' School , Leicester . |
| 6 | The Villa boss , who has his own obsession to win the title after being sacked by United for failing to land the coveted prize , took his Villa players out for a post-Christmas celebration . |
| 7 | But such is the pressure on professional boxers to prove their absolute fitness that the British Boxing Board of Control last month ordered Hodkinson to undertake full medical tests , and he was cleared only after being examined by four ophthalmic surgeons . |
| 8 | Former Ulster dancing champion Yasmin ( 23 ) is seen in the advert strutting through Belfast city centre — dancing in a green catsuit after being energised by giant Finn McCool . |
| 9 | In two separate instances , at least four persons were reported to have been killed Peshawar and Karachi after being hit by stray bullets as a result of aerial firing by trigger happy individuals . |
| 10 | Dornier , the German company which built ROSAT , is trying to cover how it failed after being hit by high-energy particles from a solar flare . |
| 11 | THE sight of Martin Bell falling injured after being hit by Serbian mortar fire reminds us of the risks reporters take to bring us the news . |
| 12 | The amendments shall enter into force after being ratified by all Member States in accordance with their respective constitutional requirements . ’ |
| 13 | Both needed to replace material ‘ unusable ’ after being seen by millions of viewers on their TV shows . |
| 14 | He was paralysed after being shot by armed robbers in his home country of Nigeria . |
| 15 | He was flown here after being injured by armed robbers . |
| 16 | The 25-year-old man was arrested after being named by tribal elders , shocked by the brutal killings at the Nine Mile Reef beauty spot 12 days ago . |
| 17 | ‘ After being approached by several manufacturing companies it became obvious that the manufacturing aspect to our business could be handled by others , leaving us free to concentrate on our core business the design , specification and installation side . ’ |
| 18 | And he has now made it to the finals of our fun competition to find the Most Miserable Man on Merseyside after being nominated by step-daughter Christine Johnson and wife , Margaret . |
| 19 | EVIL Tom Courtney was thrown down a flight of stairs after being confronted by angry fellow prisoners , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 20 | For decades after their War of Independence , the Israelis claimed that most of the Arab Palestinians had left of their own free will after being urged by Arab radio stations to leave their homes and take sanctuary in neighbouring states until the Arab armies had conquered the upstart new Israeli nation . |
| 21 | Majority shareholder Bill Kenyon , who quit as chairman after being targeted by angry fans , has sold the group his controlling interest . |
| 22 | Former Test opener Graeme Wood , 35 , has retired from first-class cricket after being dropped by Western Australia . |
| 23 | Greuze paintings bought in after being notified by French authorities |
| 24 | England centre-half Wright and costly keeper James will doubtless be on the receiving of their manager 's tongue today — after being humiliated by two unknown strikers the wrong side of thirty . |
| 25 | One hundred and four of the 114 staff at Hills Zinc Die Casting ‘ signed-up ’ for the scheme after being briefed by Royal Scottish sales staff . |
| 26 | About half of the papers are rejected after being read by two editors without being sent for external peer review . |
| 27 | The need for the recommendation of a high-ranking scholar provided a control on the quality of the intake-as long , of course , as the scholar were reasonably honest-while the quantity could be controlled by altering a number of factors , for example , the period at which the regular investiture took place , the number of ceremonial occasions on which special investitures might occur or the number of students the holder of any given office might invest as Interesting , though extremely belated , attempts to control both the quality and the quantity of are represented by two decrees of the year 1715 , by which time the system had very nearly completely broken down . |
| 28 | Erm that we consideration of be given by independent Technical Advisor on environmental damage . |
| 29 | When the Single European Act first came into force , they took exception to a number of Commission proposals put forward as single market measures under Article 100A of the EEC Treaty , and thus capable of being adopted by qualified majority in the Council . |
| 30 | The dotted lines show the expected mean level of the variables , and the levels at which there is a 5% and 1% probability of being exceeded by one or more bins somewhere within the whole periodogram . |