Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [prep] a [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was clearly important when it is recalled that Matadial , when cross-examined about the discrepancy between the January statement and her evidence , gave the explanation that the earlier version was due to a mistake by the police . |
| 2 | The MATIF secured a higher contract volume and more liquid market in the initial phase of this competition , but it is not clear whether this was due to more appropriate contract terms , or a larger underlying cash market , or whether it was due to a commitment by French banks to support their own derivatives market , perhaps with official support . |
| 3 | The House will know that , on Friday , my action in the case of the deportation of a Zairean national was subject to a judgment by the Court of Appeal . |
| 4 | I consider also that the decision in question was flawed to a degree by undue weight being given to the question of a disorderly collapse . ’ |
| 5 | Compare the statement that he was present for a play by Brecht . |
| 6 | The government 's proposed budget for 1992 was outlined as was traditional in a speech by Queen Beatrix to parliament in The Hague on Sept. 17 . |
| 7 | The case was concerned with a claim by the Secretary of State for an injunction restraining Hoffmann-La Roche from charging prices for certain drugs in excess of those specified in an Order , approved by both Houses of Parliament , made following an enquiry and report by the Monopolies Commission in which the Commission concluded that the prices charged by Hoffmann-La Roche were excessive . |