Example sentences of "[det] were [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if there were a sea change , and they became the majority that meat eaters are at present , and if this were fuelled by the arguments of Regan or Singer , then surely it would be reasonable to expect a knock-on effect in the other contentious areas . |
| 2 | Although the banking sector continued to be the largest purchaser of these Treasury bills , some were purchased by the M4 private sector ( i.e. the UK private sector excluding banks and building societies ) ( see Table 6.4 ) . |
| 3 | These were built by the United Electric Car Company of Preston , and were luxurious in comparison with the rest of the fleet , with their basket seats . |
| 4 | The members of the Legislative Commission of 1767 received from the areas which elected them both instructions and statements of grievances : digests of these were studied by the empress and had considerable influence on her later activities , notably on the reform of provincial administration in 1775 . |
| 5 | These were enumerated by the European Court in its judgment in the CILFIT case in the following terms : |
| 6 | Morning and afternoon sessions were mainly taken up with the business of the Union and these were highlighted by the clarity of reporting and the general agreement of delegates to the proposals put forward . |
| 7 | These were accepted by the judges as signs of his madness , and in the end Boldwood was sent to prison for life . |
| 8 | In addition to the subject working groups , the Secretary of State set up a Task Group on Testing and Assessment ( TGAT ) , which reported in early 1988 with recommendations for assessment arrangements for the national curriculum ; by and large , these were accepted by the Secretary of State . |
| 9 | These were met by the disciplined , well-trained armies of the Phoenix King , many of whom were veterans of the wars with the Dwarfs . |
| 10 | Some say these were sent by the Witch King to plague him . |
| 11 | The majority of these were made by the London firm which , after various legal problems and takeovers , became Edison-Bell . |
| 12 | This resulted in the construction of churches that could not possibly have been supported by such a small population — there were fifteen in the town centre alone — and these were maintained by the bull priests for secret ritual and ceremonial services on 13 November , the ‘ festal day ’ . |
| 13 | The changes in the warmth and dampness of the soil , the falling of the sunlight patches , the altering movement of the beans in the light wind , the direction and strength of the air currents along the ground all these were perceived by the rabbit awake . |
| 14 | These were erected by the Company and run under the same conditions as Wolverton School . |
| 15 | Over a quarter of these were handled by the Big Four , who dominated the top end of the market , being responsible for over 50% of searches for the $100 000 + positions . |
| 16 | These were distinguished by the sophistication of their planning , in which a balance was struck between the grand , public and convenient , private rooms . |
| 17 | These were influenced by the Sarum use and the breviary of Cardinal Quignon , but the differences from Roman Catholic practice were considerable . |
| 18 | None of these were received by the nine children isolated by the events . |
| 19 | Not all off these were powered by the Twyver . |
| 20 | These were used by the computer operator to write programs for his or her particular purpose . |
| 21 | Since in North Rhine-Westphalia the SPD won 38 constituency seats , it was entitled to 24 additional members and these were supplied by the first 24 available candidates on its list . |
| 22 | The parishes disposed ( in theory at least ) of quite substantial sums intended for charitable uses , and these were supplemented by the monasteries . |
| 23 | The vast majority are paid ‘ premium ’ payments and in 1972 these were codified by the AWB into a wages structure whereby skilled and supervisory workers receive plus rates laid down by the Board . |
| 24 | These were resolved by the formal recognition that the structure was no longer one of layers or levels , but a curriculum/year-group matrix , requiring close collaboration between the parties and the involvement of all of them in policy discussions . |
| 25 | These were overtaken by the Government 's plans to deregulate the British securities market , announced in 1983 , which were to lead to Big Bang . |
| 26 | These were summarized by the Academic Board in January 1987 as follows : |
| 27 | He did this without ever losing sight of the contrasts he made between steps of each sequence because these were controlled by the particular rhythm , tempo and quality of the music . |
| 28 | These were complemented by the Dower and Hobhouse Reports of 1945 and 1947 , recommending the creation of national parks . |
| 29 | These were intensified by the fact that he had been accused of believing that the world would continue to exist for eternity . |
| 30 | These were described by the parents later as inadequate and often inaccurate . |