Example sentences of "were [verb] by [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they died , many kung fu systems were developed by their students , and over the next few hundred years more branches of these styles , barely recognizable from the original forms , came into being . |
| 2 | We were continually answering questions and giving away pre-decimal coins , badges and keyrings to young children , who were fascinated by our finds . |
| 3 | Finally , two officers were mauled by their own subject . |
| 4 | The results of these labours over a period of fifty years were many papers and five influential books , the last two of which were completed by his son . |
| 5 | Her arms were placed by her sides , and the back of her head lay flat on the table . |
| 6 | The actual decision was given on the basis that applying s5 of the Partnership Act in the first case and the general law of agency in the second , the firms were liable on the undertakings because they were given by their partner/employee acting within the usual course of his business as a qualified solicitor . |
| 7 | Some pupils , especially girls in rural areas , were withdrawn by their parents who considered it a Waste of money' to send girls to school . |
| 8 | All 22 pupils , aged between 6 and 13 , were withdrawn by their social workers and are now being questioned by specially trained police . |
| 9 | These were compounded by my recollections of a series of visits to Moorfields Eye Hospital and at least one incarceration there when I was about four . |
| 10 | The IMF 's own financial problems were highlighted by its Interim Committee which , after a meeting on Sept. 20-21 , expressed concern over delays in US contributions worth US$12,000 million . |
| 11 | The opportunities they offered to die engravers were limited by their small format and two-dimensionality , which caused difficulties and led to the adoption of some of the conventions that , as we have seen , can sometimes make their interpretation difficult . |
| 12 | But they were limited by their technology . |
| 13 | A fuller account of these debates will be given in chapter 6 , but the core of the dispute , as far as research methods were concerned , centred on whether sociological data was best collected by the use of surveys and questionnaires , which were regarded by their supporters as scientific and so more reliable , or by fieldwork involving participant observation . |
| 14 | From the Merovingians to the Habsburgs , European dynasties regarded themselves , and were regarded by their subjects , as enjoying a unique mandate from ‘ on high ’ . |
| 15 | Whether or not these jobs were available only for a short period of time , they were regarded by their holders as temporary . |
| 16 | By coincidence , all three of these works by great Russian masters were revised by their composers , years after they were first performed . |
| 17 | Until 30 June 1993 , UK suppliers must continue to obtain commercial evidence that supplies treated as outside the scope of UK VAT ( previously zero-rated ) were received by their EC customers for business purposes . |
| 18 | In Jerusalem the remains were received by her sister , Princess Louis of Battenberg , the mother of Mountbatten , and buried in the Russian church on the Mount of Olives . |
| 19 | Whilst not doubting that the slaves were treated by their conquerors and masters as akin to live-stock rather than like human beings , it strains credulity to say that , in the decades after emancipation in 1865 , the stock somehow remained ‘ pure ’ . |
| 20 | If our tea and lunch breaks could be structured on the lines of the ancient Egyptians I am sure that by 10.30am each day there would be a smile on the face of each and every member of staff ; and if we could ensure that all our members were treated by their employers in the same way , our membership figures would double instantly . |
| 21 | DAMON HILL 'S hopes of a place in the top two of the Canadian Grand Prix were wrecked by his own Canon Williams team when they bungled a crucial pit stop . |
| 22 | Paul Cézanne STILL LIFE WITH APPLIES ( 1877 ) Cézanne 's still lifes were revered by his contemporaries for their daring painting techniques . |
| 23 | They were joined by their former Troop commander , Captain G.C.S. Montanaro ( Royal Engineers ) . |
| 24 | To celebrate their Diamond Jubilee the 5th Bangor Brownies were joined by their original Tawny Owl for a service at Wesley Centenary methodist Church in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Last week they were joined by their respective husbands both called Jackie . |
| 26 | Before our presentation we were joined by our regional marketing officials . |
| 27 | The day began with lively classes given by Jean Parmiter and Joan Gatfield ; these classes were followed by a tasty Ploughman 's lunch when members were joined by our President , Lady Braithwaite and her husband , Sir Franklin . |
| 28 | Mourners at the funeral of a young soldier murdered in Northern Ireland were joined by his fiancée Debbie Turley from Lidney in the Forest of Dean . |
| 29 | The Professor , he tells us , was some time in making his appearance , but suddenly the noise and bustle of conversation were stopped by his entrance . |
| 30 | This time the words were stopped by his mouth . |