Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extraordinary as the two operations were , they were propelled along by the belief of many players — both principals and walkers-on — — that the ends were just . |
| 2 | These large abscesses were pointed out by the farm manager to Mrs Brough , who photographed them . |
| 3 | On 26 December , 114 Lower Church Street and adjoining properties which had been leased to W. A. Reeves , the furnisher , since the offices were given up by the South Metropolitan Company , were sold to him . |
| 4 | Remarkably , they were given back by the owner without payment . |
| 5 | Often these were the starting points of big demonstrations which were broken up by the police . |
| 6 | The demonstrations were broken up by the security forces and according to unsubstantiated BPP sources some 300 people were killed during the security operation . |
| 7 | But negotiations were broken off by the government on 3 May once the compositors at the Daily Mail refused to set the type for an editorial on ‘ For King and Country ’ . |
| 8 | Although agreement was reached on establishing a UDF newspaper with a maximum 70,000-copy circulation , the talks were broken off by the UDF delegation on Jan. 18 after the BCP had refused to give written guarantees that the other promises would be fulfilled . |
| 9 | As it does , old divisions that were welded over by the fight against communism will reappear . |
| 10 | The arguments were fleshed out by the foreign Minister , Selwyn Lloyd , at a NATO Council meeting in December , where he introduced proposals for what became known as the Grand Design . |
| 11 | The nervous tension of dodging and ducking about a sky crowded with equally dodging and ducking planes , some firing , some looking as if they might fire at any instant , some sheering wildly away to avoid a collision ; and all the time trying to grab a quick shot at a mere point of light : all this brought back the strain of combat , when you were pressed on by the excitement of chasing the enemy , pulled back by the horror of shooting a friend , and periodically shaken with fright by the thought that at any second you might be cut in two . |
| 12 | In the 1970s , Mr Chihana spent seven years in prison as one of thousands of prisoners of conscience who were picked up by the regime but were never charged . |
| 13 | The efforts of the government and the reversal of the alliance with the intellectuals failed to keep out a trickle of French newspapers : contraband books were picked up by the Inquisition all over Spain between 1790 and 1792 . |
| 14 | In early February , in the city of Hamedan , a teenage couple talking in the street were picked up by the ’ revolutionary guards . ’ |
| 15 | These two elements of a manager 's job were picked out by the US organisational psychologists Robert Blake and Jane Mouton as characterising the leadership role , following studies they made in the oil industry soon after World War 11 . |
| 16 | Other such developments were carried out by the Ashworth brothers at Bank Top , Egerton and New Eagley , where estates were provided with schools , libraries and chapels , and each house had its own garden and piped water . |
| 17 | Major petrographical studies on the rocks of various parts of Scotland were carried out by the Petrographer in London . |
| 18 | Commander David Tucker head of the anti-terrorist squad believes both attacks were carried out by the same IRA unit . |
| 19 | The Commission was to have not just the right to initiate and recommend policy to its executive partner , the Council of Ministers , but also the task of ensuring that the provisions of the treaty and policies emanating from the Council of Ministers were carried out by the other institutions and the member states . |
| 20 | he had hard all about the long sorties that were carried out by the Washingtons , so he was quite chuffed that his trip was for only three hours . |
| 21 | It is finally stated in the report that the police believed the rapes were carried out by the same man , who is described quite fully . |
| 22 | There was no limitation on the period of service overseas that a man could agree to undertake , and the crown was relieved of the burden of administration : recruiting , mustering and paying the troops were carried out by the officials of the magnates who made the contracts . |
| 23 | However , as the reader will see , few operations of this type were carried out by the SBS in the Mediterranean after 1943 . |
| 24 | The settlers ' attempts at agriculture were frustrated , except on the southern steppe frontier , by frozen subsoil and the sub-arctic climate , and as they were carried out by the primitive ‘ slash-and-burn ’ method , were highly destructive of the forest environment . |
| 25 | By Brig Scott 's account , " as far as I could see , during the next twenty four hours , all the arrangements in connection with the surrender and evacuation were carried out by the Yugoslavs speedily and efficiently " . |
| 26 | It was designed as a more effective replacement for the Police Complaints Board ( PCB ) which the public appeared to have lost faith in due to the fact that few complaints were ever substantiated , and that all investigations were carried out by the police themselves . |
| 27 | While the Supreme Soviet was not sitting , its functions were carried out by the Praesidium , a committee of Supreme Soviet officials and other members . |
| 28 | The lowliest of railway jobs were carried out by the mountain Indians or the men of slightly mixed blood , the cholos . |
| 29 | Inspections were carried out by the Ceramic Industries Certification Scheme Ltd who are linked with the British Ceramic Research Association . |
| 30 | These experiments were carried out by the method reported by Huijghebaert and Hofmann . |