Example sentences of "[been] adopt by a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arminianism had also been adopted by a small group of clerics within the Jacobean church who , as well as questioning the doctrinal basis of Calvinism , had sought to reintroduce into church worship certain decorational features and ceremonies most commonly associated with Catholicism . |
| 2 | He had apparently been adopted by a wealthy industrialist . |
| 3 | It 's been adopted by a large number of Authorities , of which is gon na be one of them I hope . |
| 4 | Fed up , with no reliable way of getting around London except on his motorbike , Robert Cave came up with this novel concept , which has now been adopted by a leading mini-cab and courier company . |
| 5 | Nonetheless the rebels immediately announced their rejection of the new Constitution on the grounds that it had been adopted by a National Assembly which the MNR considered invalid . |