Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] by [art] authorities " in BNC.
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| 1 | On May 28 four people were killed when a demonstration in Freetown by students in support of teachers ' demands was broken up by police after a police station had been stoned ; earlier a meeting attempting to establish an independent teachers ' union was also broken up by the authorities . |
| 2 | . Health and safety watchdogs say they 're not convinced the Channel Tunnel has sufficient safety measures in place to protect passengers , and after that incident a few weeks ago , which was er certainly played down by the authorities , I wonder just how safe the Tunnel is . |
| 3 | Whether or not , as some allege , food supplies were deliberately run down by the authorities , by autumn there was plausible reason enough to deploy troops to urban and rural areas to assist in food distribution and ‘ relieve bottlenecks ’ . |
| 4 | Irrigation was cut off by the authorities on Aug. 22 in the Andalucian Guadalquivir valley ( south-western Spain ) , and also in Castille-La Mancha at the beginning of October . |
| 5 | The crowd also demanded the removal of the two remaining statues of Stalin from central Ulan Bator , one of which was taken down by the authorities on Jan. 16 . |
| 6 | The two-fold test was not backed up by the authorities . |