Example sentences of "[prep] [pron] were [vb pp] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great spate of English translations of Paracelsus also belonged to the 1650s , confirming that the peak of his influence in England connected with what is arguably the unsurpassed golden age of British science and medicine , coinciding with the formative years of such figures as Boyle , Sydenham , and Willis , all of whom were affected by paracelsian influences . |
| 2 | Few of them were caused by melancholy to sit staring slackly into the middle distance . |
| 3 | Many of them were chosen by public meeting and Cropper and Sturge were prominent in encouraging organisation for the convention in the north and the West Country . |
| 4 | In the Intermediate region the numbers were constant-until 1893 , with the exceptions of dips in 1875 — 9 and 1888 — 9 , both of which were caused by special government measures . |
| 5 | That is not , in any way , to take away from the fine documentation of every tournament played in 1991 , many of which were penned by British tennis journalists , who continue to be the most travelled in the world . |
| 6 | In South Wales , the North-East , Lancashire , Cumberland and central Scotland permanent unemployment and steady dereliction became characteristic of once-prosperous mining and industrial areas , most of which were represented by Labour MPs after 1935 . |
| 7 | Under the Donoughmore Constitution of 1931 the Legislative Council was transformed into the State Council , the members of which were elected by universal suffrage . |
| 8 | There are approximately 5,000 such schools , virtually all of which were established by religious foundations . |
| 9 | Silver , lead , copper , iron and mercury were the most important metals which were brought in from the mines some of which were owned by Ragusan merchants — in Bosnia , Serbia and Kosovo . |
| 10 | Encouragement of " unofficial movements " only strengthened TUC hostility to the Communists and this was , of course , reflected at Labour Party conferences and on the Labour National Executive , both of which were dominated by full-time union officials . |