Example sentences of "[was/were] carry [adv prt] by a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Data recording and assessment of results were carried out by a member of the unit who did not participate in endoscopic treatment or looked after the patients .
2 In Belfast , the first three of these ( in the inner-city areas ) were carried out by an outsider to Northern Ireland ( myself ) who as a consequence was not assigned a role in relation to local ethnic categories .
3 Most of the work for this momentous event was carried out by a sub-committee for which no records exist .
4 The most important recent investigation was carried out by a Committee of Enquiry chaired by Lord Elton .
5 ‘ The fact that such specific parts were targeted , useless to anyone else , seems to indicate that this dastardly deed was carried out by a steam preservation ‘ colleague ’ with a view to fitting to a similar GWR-designed loco — quite sickening if so .
6 Once the ‘ mummy ’ had been removed from its grave , a proper examination was carried out by a Dr W.V. Pettigrew :
7 The attack was carried out by a unit composed of fighters from the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine — General Command and the Syrian Social Nationalist Party — the Higher Council .
8 Airey Neave 's exercise was carried out by a combination of promises and flattery , and was brilliantly masterminded .
9 The task of smuggling and distributing illegal literature and co-ordinating local cells and committees was carried out by a network of itinerant activists .
10 A widespread opposition to the tour is expected because the late Indian Prime Minister Rajiv Ghandi 's assassination was carried out by a Sri Lankan Tamil .
11 The fountain-head and settling tank of the aqueduct were also rebuilt ; two fragmentary inscriptions would suggest that the work was carried out by a detachment of Legio XX , possibly the same detachment that was responsible for the granaries .
12 What may well prove to be India 's last round-up of wild elephants was carried out by a tribe who have specialized in elephant catching and training for centuries .
13 The transplant was carried out by a team of surgeons headed by Kai-Chah Tan .
14 Research for the book was carried out by a team from Oxford .
15 The First World War gave organized public relations in Britain an opportunity to be used on a national scale and official publicity was carried out by a number of organizations .
16 At the time of this incident the incident was carried out by a group of officers who were called the operational support unit .
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