Example sentences of "[verb] [be] invented by " in BNC.

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1 The easy and stylish way to put up shelves in bedrooms , bathrooms and kitchens has been invented by UK manufacturer Cliffhanger .
2 The easy and stylish way to put up shelves in bedrooms , bathrooms and kitchens has been invented by UK manufacturer Cliffhanger .
3 Since ballooning was invented by the Montgolfier brothers more than two hundred years ago the sport has changed .
4 With its onomatopoeic qualities , redolent of a snake in the grass , the name could have been invented by Dickens .
5 Its characters live their absurd lives in a décor that might have been invented by Osbert Lancaster or Sir John Betjeman at their best .
6 Indeed it is impossible for us to imagine a social system operated by human beings which was not ordered by language ; human culture , as we know it , could not have been invented by a society of deaf mutes .
7 Such an accusation is hardly likely to have been invented by his enemies if he had not performed miracles .
8 Modern biblical scholars concur that among the most historically plausible incidents in the Gospels , among the incidents least likely to have been invented by later writers and editors , is Jesus 's baptism in the Jordan by John .
9 It seems to have been invented by Exekias , and there are a few late black figure and early red-figure examples , but Euphronios is the first to make it a regular vehicle for major work .
10 Visual signalling is thought to have been invented by Captain Bolton , of the 12th Regiment , British Army , and Captain Colomb in 1861 .
11 One of these was the Argyll , said to have been invented by the 4th Duke of Argyll , who died in 1770 .
12 The main theme is , however , in the bass — the so-called ‘ royal theme ’ , said to have been invented by Frederick the Great of Prussia .
13 The companies successfully argued that many elements of the Macintosh screen , which uses movable symbols rather than typed commands , were not original or that they had been invented by Xerox Corporation or International Business Machines .
14 In GEC 's Patent , the employer had obtained patent protection for a cockpit display unit which had been invented by an employee for use in military aircraft .
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