Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] by [art] [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We were fascinated by the lither , graceful women , effortlessly balancing judge , beautiful towers of fruit on their heads , which they took daily to the temples for blessing . |
| 2 | Rome had at this time little interest in the lands beyond , which lay mainly in the highland zone and were inhabited by the earlier and less civilized peoples . |
| 3 | Other additional areas that are related to managerial skills , such as publicity , and industrial relations/local authority structure , were listed by a further 15% of authorities , so that this topic in general figured quite highly as one for which a considerable number of authorities perceived a need for external course provision . |
| 4 | Potential inferences which were disconfirmed by a later statement were invariably rejected , and inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed were falsely identified as often as they had been in the neutral condition . |
| 5 | The differences in disease severity during the study were paralleled by a higher mean stool frequency for the placebo group as compared with the cyclosporin group , 2.7 v 1.6 stools/day ( Table II ) . |
| 6 | The northern industrial regions , in contrast , were dominated by the older sectors which had been the basis of earlier expansion . |
| 7 | And he added : ‘ I thanked my team for trying hard after the game , but I had to tell them they were outplayed by a better team . |
| 8 | In the late 1640s , the pre-civil war church was officially proscribed , and its liturgical ceremonies were replaced by the starker services of the Presbyterian Directory of Public Worship . |
| 9 | In December petrol prices were raised by a further 32 per cent , whilst on Jan. 3 , 1991 , Aquino signed an executive order which imposed an additional 9 per cent duty on almost all imports , including oil . |
| 10 | These changes were accompanied by a greater and more sustained increase in energy intake in the steroid group . |
| 11 | And on the Catholic side , older nationalist members were opposed by a younger generation raised in the civil rights movement . |
| 12 | They were run by the Bridgewater Canal Company . |
| 13 | Yet all other bishoprics were surpassed by the greater monasteries — Glastonbury , Ely , Bury St Edmund 's , and St Augustine 's Canterbury . |
| 14 | Several key portfolios in the national working committee ( NWC ) , the ANC 's " shadow cabinet " , were taken by a younger generation of ANC leaders , who were thought to believe that Mandela had assumed too much personal power since his release from prison . |
| 15 | Delegates to the higher assemblies were elected by the lower . |
| 16 | The mourner 's story patterned the life of the deceased so that grudges and shortcomings were obliterated by the larger , traditional design . |
| 17 | Similar parts for the tre nobilissime giovani Dame ( or a similar group at Mantua ) were composed by a younger musician at the Mantuan court , Claudio Monteverdi , whose Terzo Libro de Madrigali ( 1592 ) includes a number of such pieces exploiting their various skills . |
| 18 | The powerful techniques of molecular biology are now being applied to the classical problems of embryonic development that were studied by an older generation of biologists . |
| 19 | On the following day Lithuanians surrounding the parliament were confronted by a further pro-Soviet demonstration , although clashes were avoided . |
| 20 | However , the demonstrators , numbering up to 40,000 , were confronted by a smaller , officially sanctioned demonstration by NSF supporters already in Victory Square . |
| 21 | These feelings of dwindling authority and social discontinuity which focused on the young were informed by the wider political insecurities of this anything-but-carefree era which was plagued by engulfing fears of national decline and incohesion . |
| 22 | Imports of methanol to supplement alcohol supplies were banned by a lower court in December 1989 because of fears of its environmental impact , but this ban was overruled by a federal court in January 1990 . |
| 23 | Lawrence , a child of Water Orton , a suburban lacuna on the outskirts of Birmingham , spent the dreaded '80s as the leader of Felt , a semi-legendary indie pop outfit whose dearth of sales was inversely matched by the affection and wonky respect in which they were held by the choosier pop consumer . |
| 24 | At periods of crisis , lieutenancies were held by the greater English magnates — Edmund of Lancaster in 1295–6 or Henry de Lacy , earl of Lincoln , in 1296–9 and 1303–5 . |
| 25 | Yet this notion was conquered by a stronger urge I could not deny . |
| 26 | Unless this ruling was overturned by a higher court , the state would either have to enact a new electoral law or would be forced to wait until 1994 ( the date upon which Heinz 's term would have been completed ) to elect a successor to Heinz . |
| 27 | The flow of labour was sustained by the greater efficiency in farming . |
| 28 | The ambit of the decision in Lace v Chantler was limited by the further decision of this court , In re Midland Railway Co 's Agreement … |
| 29 | And then the silence of the hillside was rent by a further sound , a high buzzing at first like a gigantic and enraged wasp , and then a roar and a rending of the air , so that Molly felt as though she were standing on the bridge of a warship and some huge Exocet missile was being hurled in her direction . |
| 30 | The attendant 's face was hidden by a papier mâché mask , as worn by all the attendants and waiters . |