Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] by [noun pl] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His conviction rested on two confessions Gilmour alleges were respectively beaten out of him and concocted by police officers . |
| 2 | On Feb. 7 the Goldstone Commission of Inquiry into the Prevention of Violence and Intimidation , established in October 1991 and chaired by Appeals Court Judge Richard Goldstone , published an interim report on an investigation into the killing of 19 people by Inkatha supporters at Mooi River , near Durban , in December 1991 . |
| 3 | The problem arises because it is thought that the positional errors and attribute uncertainties which are characteristic of all spatial databases , may be propagated and amplified by GIS operations and thus adversely affect some or all applications . |
| 4 | As the dozens of guests arrived at Macbeth 's restaurant in Tampa , they were greeted and arrested by customs agents . |
| 5 | Based at Bexhill-on-Sea and headed by directors David Gould and John Foyle , Botes Unifoyle will handle the total book purchasing and distribution for all its overseas library and school customers . |
| 6 | One of his biographers , Justin O'Brien , says Gide 's awakening to social consciousness began here , when he saw the people of the Congo exploited , beaten , and killed by whites intent on quick profits ( Portrait , 321 ) . |
| 7 | When interviewed by complaints department officers he made similar allegations about fabrication of admissions . |
| 8 | When interviewed by police Hardy had said he had been watching the disturbances but denied throwing missiles . |
| 9 | When interviewed by detectives Manning , who has no previous convictions for sexual or violent offences , confessed , and said : ‘ I was told to rape them . |
| 10 | By the latter part of Henry VIII 's reign the quantity of trade , as measured by customs payments , had shrunk catastrophically , to an average of just over £2,000 annually in 1535–40 and to about £663 annually in 1541–45 . |