Example sentences of "[pron] were [vb pp] by a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the discovery of better-preserved material it became apparent that the graptolites consisted of rows of tiny cups which were interconnected by a common canal — they were colonial animals . |
| 2 | Potential inferences which were disconfirmed by a later statement were invariably rejected , and inferences which were neither confirmed nor disconfirmed were falsely identified as often as they had been in the neutral condition . |
| 3 | The nose and beard also seemed to imply , to produce , to secrete constantly a certain kind of mind which had nothing to do with the intelligence diffused throughout the books , books that I knew so intimately , and which were permeated by a gentle and God-like wisdom . ’ |
| 4 | The subsequent development of state contributory systems of income maintenance , although to some extent building on the systems of mutual support developed by some trade unions and friendly societies , which were informed by a collective ideology and em-bodied the concept of the right to support , has also been constrained by the desire to maintain male work incentives . |
| 5 | Craft villages were very different in character from their predecessors of a century or two before , and the new settlements which were dominated by a single workplace and where even the houses and public buildings were owned by the ironmaster , millowner or colliery company had no antecedents in an earlier age . |
| 6 | SERIOUS problems in Strathclyde Region 's testing of Asian and black children for special schools which were high-lighted by a Scottish Office report have been independently verified , the Commission for Racial Equality has said . |
| 7 | The families of five young people who were killed by a reckless driver say they 're outraged over a decision to reduce his prison sentence . |
| 8 | It was an experiment in participatory research to pursue , uproot and interpret certain facts by non-specialised research workers who were motivated by a personal involvement in the land-related issues of their home areas , in an attempt to improve the structure of their society . |
| 9 | Phased out by 1980 , they used to bridge the gap between the maintained and independent sectors , being grammar schools which took fee-paying pupils but also provided free places for able children from poorer homes who were financed by a direct grant from the government . |
| 10 | You have probably experienced smiling at someone you know closely followed by embarrassment , surprise and rejection when they did not recognise you , and instead of receiving the expected smile in return you were met by a blank stare . |
| 11 | I had never learnt any Science — or History — because at school we were taught by a savage creature of uncertain temper , who had favourites , of whom I was terrified , so I learnt nothing . |
| 12 | We 'd only gone a short distance from the trees when suddenly we were hit by a blinding flash . |
| 13 | Together with colleagues from North America , we were challenged by a Native Canadian theologian to share our faith in ways which affirm our common humanity and do not destroy other cultures . |
| 14 | When we stopped for a picnic lunch we were pestered by a cheeky jackdaw which squabbled with seagulls for its share in the scraps of our sandwiches . |
| 15 | ‘ We were alerted by a 999 call from the pilot station at the mouth of the Tees , ’ said a spokesman . |
| 16 | Here we were joined by a small group of French Commandos , no doubt with the same views in mind ; something to drink and eye up the local crumpet ! |
| 17 | So I did n't really meet Tessa until I went on holiday to America and we were introduced by a mutual friend . |
| 18 | Also , we were informed by a local that it had avgas . |
| 19 | As we stepped through the portal , we left the late Mughal haveli behind and entered a very different world : inside we were confronted by a gleaming pink boudoir that could have been the dressing-room of a 1950s Hollywood film star . |
| 20 | ‘ … but we were betrayed by a British Secret Service agent posing as a Fenian officer . |
| 21 | At the German border we were helped by a German trucker who got us the required stamps . |
| 22 | Before that , I recognised the building under the trees , de luxe bedroom suites now , but still the same structure , on the left-hand side of the drive , just before the sweep around to the hotel steps : ‘ The stables which formed part of the rectangle of low buildings out of which that archway to the henyard led , had long been disused but somebody swept them now and then , dusted the curved metal hay racks , wiped manger and woodwork and shone the brass tethering rings so brightly than whenever we pushed a door open and looked into the dusky twilight we were welcomed by a small round gleam of light . ’ |
| 23 | Here we were boarded by a local party who were to assist mooring . |
| 24 | We were lambasted by a bellicose Labour Party and an impressive SDP in the shape of David Owen . |
| 25 | They were replaced by a chilling mental picture of Edmund as she had last seen him . |
| 26 | They were replaced by a local bourgeoisie and petit bourgeoisie associated with the ascendant manufacturing and commercial sectors , while rural labour gave way to industrial labour . |
| 27 | They were followed by a port-wine jelly and a cold soup . |
| 28 | They were examined by a single pathologist ( SD ) who was unaware of the patients ' clinical details . |
| 29 | And , as the second and third generation of Arab-Americans began to look back across the Atlantic , they were joined by a new wave of immigrants from the Middle East , many of them Lebanese , Palestinians and Iraqis displaced by the political upheavals in the region . |
| 30 | In time they were joined by a certain Valentino , an elderly man with spectacles and a purple birthmark , who unlocked a shed beside the pool , turned taps and wheels , and announced , in his role as the Ketterings ’ regular pool attendant , ‘ Va bene adesso . ’ |