Example sentences of "were carried [adv prt] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By chance , they were carried out by two of the VGA 's female managers , chief executive Siobhan Hamilton-Phillips and executive director Susan Bloch . |
| 2 | As all these procedures were carried out by two endoscopists ( IRS and SGB ) we do not consider that this led to significant bias . |
| 3 | And in 1942 the first major bombings of German cities were carried out by allied air flotillas , and as the Luftwaffe lost control of the skies many Germans began to experience with dread the sort of terror-bombing which their own airforce had inflicted on numerous European cities since 1939 and which the allies were now returning with immeasurably greater force and concentration . |
| 4 | All the changes of typeface and style were carried out by complex codes — each unique to the typesetter 's manufacturer — and these took months to learn . |
| 5 | Inspections were carried out by outside groups for the first time , and changes , such as putting windows into dark cells , took place . |
| 6 | His voyage is based on similar ones which , he believes , were carried out by Chinese in the third century BC , and which made possible the great civilisations of Central and South America . |
| 7 | Strong men fainted and were carried off by weak men … |
| 8 | And we walked down clubbing right and left , and we cleared the streets and those that fell to the floor were carried off by those who had hidden behind when we went past . |