Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] by [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The trees were developed by Spanish engineer Antonio Ibanez , who claims to have interested an Italian multinational plus the French and more than one Arab government in his invention . |
| 2 | Of course we were fascinated by revolting food , and liked inventing horror meals . |
| 3 | Recurrence rates were calculated by lifetable analysis ( LTA ) and compared by the log rank test . |
| 4 | Age adjusted rates were calculated by direct standardisation with the total sample as the standard . |
| 5 | Age standardised incidence figures were calculated by direct standardisation , using as reference the world standard population . |
| 6 | Last week the trolley ladies involved in the ‘ ciggie sale ’ were reprimanded by embarrassed hospital officials . |
| 7 | These were emphasized by strategic tree planting or the placement of some other strong vertical element at the pinch point , thus reinforcing the narrowness of the road by creating a gateway . |
| 8 | The jury at the trial heard that House 's sessions with the two girls were arranged by nineteen year old Natalie Meadows who introduced them to prostitution . |
| 9 | Some American officials at the banquet were dumbfounded by this testament . |
| 10 | Any suggestions for improvements in communications or any critical findings it may have contained were negated by institutional neglect and the ‘ silence ’ which Arendt ( 1958 ) argues is a primary tool of authority operated to effect ! |
| 11 | Relative contributions of reduced glomerular filtration rate , increased tubular reabsorption , and increased bone resorption to the total component of hypercalcaemia were calcualted by urinary calcium excretion estimations by the method of Nordin . |
| 12 | GERMAN moves to shoot down 40,000 British jobs were halted by Prime Minister John Major yesterday . |
| 13 | While there Mozart attempted to arrange a concert , though his plans were delayed by one week . |
| 14 | These details were given by Financial Secretary to the Treasury Stephen Dorrell in a written reply to a Parliamentary Question , and are effective from 23 November 1992 . |
| 15 | The Ethiopian government 's military problems were compounded by Soviet reluctance to sustain military support . |
| 16 | Problems were compounded by severe food shortages , with the introduction of bread rationing at a level of 250g per person per day . |
| 17 | These latter losses were limited by additional reinsurance covers effected earlier in the year which provided protection for losses above $10m . |
| 18 | In the fighting which followed all the Iraqi units were repulsed by allied ground and air forces . |
| 19 | And so , as predicted , two buckets of pigs blood were poured over the two of them and they were received by hysterical laughter . |
| 20 | To impose upon a man who , through natural causes , has been made ill to a certain extent , very grave injuries such as were sustained by this plaintiff and which reduces his capacity to bear natural ill health , is in my judgment more likely to increase than reduce damages . |
| 21 | Twenty patients with chronic pancreatitis and signs of biliary obstruction were treated by endoscopic placement of self expandable metal mesh stents , and followed up prospectively . |
| 22 | Between June 1989 and January 1991 , 20 patients with CP ( mean age : 45 ( 27–61 ) years , four women , 16 men ) , and with signs of persistent biliary obstruction associated with CBD stricture were treated by endoscopic placement of self expandable metallic stents ( Wallstent , Schneider SA , Bülach , Switzerland ) . |
| 23 | During a period of 24 months 693 consecutive patients with symptomatic gall bladder stones ( 526 men ; mean age 50 years , range 18–89 ) were treated by extracorporeal shock wave lithotripsy with a Piezolith 2300 . |
| 24 | These eight were treated by restorative proctocolectomy . |
| 25 | Those assigned to long term sclerotherapy who presented with oesophageal variceal rebleeding were treated by further sclerotherapy as detailed above . |
| 26 | All sections were examined by one observer ( RN ) who had no knowledge of the clinical features or the histological diagnosis ( magnification ×1000 ) . |
| 27 | Before the first insemination all women were examined by one doctor . |
| 28 | All transformed cell lines were examined by Southern blot hybridisation . |
| 29 | Sections were examined by light microscopy for bacterial , protozoal , fungal , and viral enteric pathogens . |
| 30 | At least three stools were cultured for faecal pathogens and mycobacteria ; concentrated specimens were examined by direct microscopy for ova , cysts , and parasites , and smears were stained by a modified Ziehl Neelsen method with concentration for cryptosporidium . |