Example sentences of "[was/were] brought in by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Also blamed are other Arabs — Lebanese , Sudanese , Yemenis and Jordanians — who were brought in by the Iraqis to help police Kuwait . |
| 2 | Some , but only some , members of the resistance distinguish between the Palestinians who were brought in by the Iraqis to do a bit of their dirty work , and Kuwait 's large and long-established Palestinian population . |
| 3 | These radios and other stores were brought in by the small steamer Kuru , which was fitted with a device in her stack to prevent the tell-tale streamer of fumes ; these she released in occasional puffs . |
| 4 | Perhaps it was brought in by a refugee from the persecution of the Catholic church about that time , when thousands of British communicants , including the bishops of York and Carlisle , perished . |
| 5 | Whenever the chest was brought in by the Levites to the King 's officials and they saw that there was a large amount of money , the royal secretary and the officer of the chief priest came and emptied the chest and carried it back to its place . |
| 6 | Free banking was brought in by the big banks to fight off the challenge of building societies , who were offering high-interest accounts . |
| 7 | The drawing was identified as a Rembrandt by Christie 's Old Master drawings expert , Hugo Chapman , when it was brought in by the owner for valuation . |
| 8 | It may be , then , that the idea of the circular tombs was brought in by the immigrants who arrived in Crete from Anatolia at the beginning of the bronze age . |
| 9 | In 1572 he was brought in by the musician , Alfonso Ferrabosco [ q.v. ] , to design the tournament staged to greet the French embassy in June of that year . |
| 10 | The whindust was brought in by the dumpers . |
| 11 | Medical practice booklets four years ago or it 's five years now I guess , five years ago erm er it 's almost five , legislation was brought in by the then Health Secretary Ken Clarke now our dear Chancellor . |