Example sentences of "[noun] had been taken by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ludendorff has widely been given sole credit for the great German victory at Tannenberg , but before he and Hindenburg had even arrived at their new post imaginative steps had been taken by Colonel Max Hoffmann , Deputy Chief of Operations of the Eighth Army , which made that victory possible . |
| 2 | They said that the incident had taken place in Belfast and that the photograph had been taken by a night camera . |
| 3 | The Far Eastern Economic Review of April 9 reported that although the decision to cancel Netherlands aid had been taken by President Suharto , it was widely supported by the government and bureaucracy . |
| 4 | From 1066 to 1558 France had been the country that England would fight if she was going to fight anyone , but for over a hundred years that role of the perpetual enemy had been taken by Spain or — in the minds of a few people — by the Netherlands . |
| 5 | Somebody said the girl had been taken by Chiricahuas on a raid and held four or five weeks before a patrol out of Fort Thomas surprised their rancheria and found her . |
| 6 | Results announced on Oct. 6 showed that 35 seats had been taken by outspoken critics of the government , described by the Washington Post as " drawn from a diverse group of Islamists , secular liberals and traditional politicians " , 15 of whom were said to be from districts which traditionally had supported the ruling family . |
| 7 | His attention had been taken by another notice outside the Town Hall . |
| 8 | ‘ When I was there I was given a copy of a US Senate foreign relations report which alleged that a large number of British POWs from the Second World War had disappeared in Soviet hands , and that a number of United Nations troops had been taken by the Soviets from the Chinese during the Korean War and never returned . |
| 9 | In 1984 , when his successful playing career still had a few years to run , and his gambler 's mantle had been taken by the rugged striker Alan Brazil , Macari moved into management with Swindon Town . |
| 10 | It 's a kind of review of the year 's work and a lot of trouble had been taken by everyone . |
| 11 | With Methodists , however , the talk of reunion bore fruit not only at home but abroad where English divisions had been taken by emigrants . |
| 12 | Although no final decisions had been taken by March 1990 , the plans under discussion included the closure of several European bases and the possible halving of the 305,000 US troops currently stationed in Western Europe by 1994 [ see below for defence budget proposals ] . |
| 13 | Completely the wrong approach had been taken by the Government . |
| 14 | ‘ I could not understand why , if Allingham had been taken by a seizure , he had not tried to open the door , turn the key and call for help . |
| 15 | A communiqué issued after the Feb. 25 meeting said that the decision to dismantle the Treaty 's military organization had been taken by " member states … acting as sovereign states with equal rights " . |
| 16 | A number of measures had been taken by the defendants to cover their tracks from the outside world . |
| 17 | Police had been taken by surprise as fifteen thousand travellers converged on the area . |
| 18 | Cheshire Fire Brigade who set up an emergency operation centre on site said the cloud had been taken by the prevailing wind east of Northwich . |
| 19 | A course of ampicillin and metronidazole had been taken by this subject within four weeks of endoscopy . |
| 20 | For his heart had been taken by the sight of Neva , as hers with him , and he had followed her . |
| 21 | It was liquid-fuelled with a relatively slow reaction time ( 10 to 15 minutes ) ; and it was to be launched , like the Thors , from unprotected platforms ; but since the original decision had been taken by Sandys to develop Blue Streak , the range and accuracy of Russian missiles had greatly improved . |
| 22 | But the man said he ‘ understood ’ a decision had been taken by the leadership of the UDA/ UFF to raid the homes of RUC officers in loyalist areas and ‘ subject their wives and children to similar treatment . ’ |
| 23 | Both crises arose from discontent over the financing of the war , but it is perhaps a measure of the king 's failing powers that whereas in 1340–1 the lead in attacking his ministers had been taken by the king himself , the initiative now rested with a group of lay nobles , chief amongst whom , if some of the chroniclers are to be believed , was the young Earl of Pembroke . |
| 24 | He was all ready to be wheeled into theatre at Oxford 's John Radcliffe Hospital for an artery replacement in his heart when he was told this afternoon that the operation was off.The intensive care unit bed he would use to recover from after surgery had been taken by another , more urgent case . |
| 25 | The advocate depute submitted that at the trial the view had been taken by the advocate depute and counsel for the defence that there was sufficient evidence to support the view that the two appellants were acting in concert . |
| 26 | Distraught with grief and shock , rejected by her own mother and father , Melissa had been taken by the warm-hearted Craigs into their own home ; the small matter of illegitimacy had been discreetly dealt with by a statutory change of name and a wedding-ring , and the bereaved parents had found consolation for the loss of their only child in caring for his son . |
| 27 | A sudden and debilitating attack of the sweating sickness had rendered her unfit for travel , with the result that Anne had accompanied the royal family into sanctuary and her mother had been taken by litter to Norfolk House in London 's Strand . |