Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] by [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many northern cities , including New Delhi , were paralysed by rioting students and in many instances curfews were imposed and the Army called in to restore order . |
| 2 | The solid emptying half life and percentage retentions at 60 minutes were calculated by exponential interpolation with as many surrounding points as appropriate . |
| 3 | The training programmes that were available were arranged by government departments and took various forms : basic courses over nine or ten evenings ; one-day conferences on government information regarding grants , subsidies , etc. ; conferences on plant protection and disease control , field studies and some practical courses . |
| 4 | IT 'S strange but true : the earliest ancestors of the video camcorder are to be found in holes deep below ground which were inhabited by cave dwellers long before the dawn of recorded history . |
| 5 | Later , in Victorian times , birds of prey were persecuted by game keepers , by taxidermists and by egg collectors . |
| 6 | These were checked by strain gauge measurements and by making high speed films of selected golfers during the swing . |
| 7 | Crystal cleanliness and crystallinity were checked by Auger electron spectroscopy and low energy electron diffraction , respectively . |
| 8 | Shrimp cultivation , an important source of foreign exchange , was washed away and vast quantities of fuel stored at the oil refinery in Chittagong were contaminated by sea water . |
| 9 | Under the leadership of General Torrijos they attempted a landing in Spain in 1831 , but were crushed by government forces . |
| 10 | Yesterday 's crucial talks were guarded by riot police with armoured trucks and water cannon , following fears of a major demonstration by French fishermen who are also seething over the level of imports flooding the EC . |
| 11 | Other reports were given by secretary Robert Broderick , treasurer Michael Saltmarsh , Pilgrim 's group leader Patricia Saltmarsh and Diane Loosemoore who appealed for more helpers for the Junior Church . |
| 12 | It had , after all , been built at a time when the rooms were heated by coal fires tended by an army of minions and when a score of carefully composed hand-written minutes by the Department 's legendary eccentrics were adequate to control events which now required three divisions and a couple of under secretaries . |
| 13 | ‘ Thanks to these people 's scaremongering , we were plagued by death threats , ’ says Blackie . |
| 14 | By 1980 the river stank , the beaches nearby were covered at times by blobs of grease , fat and oils , and thousands of sea birds were poisoned by lead compounds released from a chemical works . |
| 15 | Barry Skinner , 19 and Debbie Conroy , 17 , were poisoned by carbon monoxide after they turned on the engine to keep warm . |
| 16 | I hope that the true and forceful points that my hon. Friend made were heard by Opposition Members and that they will take note of the success of British industry . |
| 17 | The translations were undertaken by mathematics education specialists in Wales : an adviser , an advisory teacher and a retired teacher . |
| 18 | In late January Mandela revealed that the ANC had demanded the removal and replacement of certain police officers , whose names had been submitted to de Klerk , and who were regarded by township communities as having orchestrated violence . |
| 19 | Basic infantry tactics were taught by guest instructors invited to join the Squadron from the Royal Scots ( The Royal Regiment ) , the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers , and the Queen 's Lancashire Regiment . |
| 20 | When the patients were examined by treatment group 17 ( 10% ) patients in general practice were taking insulin , 105 ( 61% ) were taking oral hypoglycaemics , and 49 ( 29% ) were being treated by diet alone . |
| 21 | The slides were examined by fluorescence microscopy without the need for signal amplification . |
| 22 | Slides were examined by fluorescence microscope . |
| 23 | The particles were analyzed by SDS-PAGE ( as above ) or were examined by electron microscopy . |
| 24 | Eighteen diabetic patients ( ages 22–70 ) with upper gastrointestinal tract symptoms , mostly anorexia and vomiting , were referred by consultant physicians ( 16 patients ) and studied using the semisolid test meal . |
| 25 | Over six months , 48 children aged 1–4 years were referred by health visitors , clinical psychologists and GPs to one of three groups . |
| 26 | The last four of these sub-deltas were formed by levee breaches in 1839 , 1860 , 1874 and 1891 . |
| 27 | They were joined by air experts who claimed that the disaster could have been avoided . |
| 28 | Aggressive price promotions , such as Star Buys and Multisavas were joined by Link Savas , offering substantial savings when two complementary products are purchased together . |
| 29 | National Trust members Jerry Hall , Susan Hampshire , Angela Thorne and Gavin Campbell were joined by Trust staff in a tribute to the charity 's President , HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother , for her official birthday parade in June . |
| 30 | Later Gundovald and Mummolus were joined by dux Desiderius , Bladast , Waddo and bishop Sagittarius of Gap . |