Example sentences of "was [vb pp] by [noun] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 The reaction was stopped by addition of 800μl of 0.25M NaOH and the absorbance at 410nm ( A 410 ) was measured .
2 The reaction was stopped by addition of 10% fetal calf serum in DMEM , cells were pelleted by centrifugation ( 300 g/ 10 min ) and resuspended in serum free medium .
3 Samples were incubated for 10 minutes at 37°C before the reaction was stopped by removal of substrate and dilution by addition of 1.5 ml of 1:1 ( vol:vol ) H 2 O:Dowex-50W ( 200–400 , 8% cross linked , Na + -form ) .
4 A DEAF mute who was stopped by police for erratic driving told a court yesterday that he 'd been ‘ chatting ’ to his passenger in sign language .
5 A MOTORCYCLIST on a stolen bike was stopped by police for not wearing a crash helmet , Colwyn Bay magistrates heard yesterday .
6 Mikel Marku , a 62-year-old lawyer from Péc , was stopped by police on the evening of 31 October 1991 while driving a friend 's car .
7 Yesterday magistrates heard Mr Siddle was stopped by police at 11.30pm on Christmas Day as he drove his Toyota Celica along Whinfield Road , Darlington .
8 Yesterday magistrates heard Mr Siddle was stopped by police at 11.30pm on Christmas Day as he drove his Toyota Celica along Whinfield Road , Darlington .
9 He said he was to get £30,000 to £40,000 for his role , and added : ‘ I went down the A82 via Fort William before I was stopped by police at Doune . ’
10 The charge relates to an incident in February when he was stopped by police near Middle Barton .
11 Amphetamine powder was found in a car containing five youths including Wilson , the driver , who was stopped by police in Middlesbrough last May .
12 Kevin John Porter , 28 , was stopped by police in Commercial Street , Darlington , last summer after drinking with a friend who asked him to fill up the car .
13 As the Waaagh roamed freely over the Worlds Edge Mountains it was joined by multitudes of Goblins including the Night Goblin tribes of Red Eye Mountain and many Forest Goblin tribes from the Great Forest .
14 THE copy of the confidential Department of Trade and Industry report into the House of Fraser takeover which was passed to the Observer newspaper was leaked by officers of the Metropolitan Police fraud squad , it was alleged yesterday .
15 Aethelbald was rebuked by Boniface for his failure to take a lawful wife and more especially for his violation of nuns and virgins .
16 Konrad Adenauer , West Germany 's Chancellor , suspected that Korea was intended by Stalin as a ruse , to draw attention to the Far East whilst he launched into violent action in Europe .
17 Their planting of small bombs , so that they can monitor security procedures , is followed by police and Army blundering , which was intended by Winner as a dig at Services mentality .
18 " Unity " was redefined by Pollitt at the Second Left Book Club rally on 16 January 1938 .
19 The monument was erected by friends of Camus after his death .
20 Probe size and labelling was checked by electrophoresis in urea polyacrylamide denaturing gels .
21 It is a principle of limited government based on the ideas that what was required was ‘ a properly equilibrated political system in which power was checked by power in such a way that neither the violent urges of kings , nor the arbitrariness of legislatures could impinge directly upon the individual ’ .
22 The accident on the westbound carriageway was witnessed by members of the Faslane protest camp who had been demonstrating against the convoy .
23 Among them is Senator Orlando Mercado , who was hounded and jailed as a broadcaster , and Senator Wigberto Tanada , whose family was persecuted by Marcos through much of his rule .
24 Scott quotes the case of a man who was persecuted by visions during a period of sickness and depression ; one of these visions was ‘ the apparition of a gentleman-usher , dressed as if to wait on a Lord Lieutenant of Ireland … arrayed in court dress , with bag and sword , tamboured waistcoat and chapeaubras ’ who ‘ glided beside me like the ghost of Beau Nash …
25 Nevertheless , he was reinstated by envoys of Charlemagne and Pope Leo in 809 .
26 Jacek Kozlowski , director of the government press office under Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki 's government until its replacement in December 1991 [ see pp. 38685-86 ] , was reinstated by Suchocka on Aug. 4 .
27 Jacek Kozlowski , director of the government press office under Prime Minister Jan Krzysztof Bielecki 's government until its replacement in December 1991 [ see pp. 38685-86 ] , was reinstated by Suchocka on Aug. 4 .
28 On Oct. 22 Mohorita was recalled by deputies from the Federal Assembly Presidium , although the reason cited was that he had breached protocol by chewing gum during a speech to the Assembly on Sept. 13 by France 's President Mitterrand .
29 This budget was withdrawn by Waigel on Aug. 9 , however , in response to the pace of unification negotiations , and he promised that a new budget would be presented to the Bundestag soon after unification had occurred .
30 THE Class 47 Locomotive Society came a step nearer today to preserving 47401 , the pioneer ‘ Generator ’ engine of the class when it was withdrawn by BR from the petroleum fleet at Immingham depot , writes PETER HILL .
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