Example sentences of "[num] [conj] [verb] be [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | A " procession of silence " for the restoration of constitutional rights , declared illegal by the government on April 1 , had proceeded in Caracas on April 2 and had been dispersed by police using water cannon , tear gas and birdshot . |
| 2 | D. D. Thakur had resigned as governor in March 1991 and had been replaced by Loknath Mishra . |
| 3 | After early victories , the new unionism was in rapid retreat by 1891 and had been routed by , 1892–1893 . |
| 4 | The prime candidate for the job was General Henri Giraud , a courageous soldier who had opposed the armistice in 1940 and had been imprisoned by the Germans before escaping early in 1942 . |
| 5 | ( He retired from AIB in December 1984 and has been succeeded by Don Cooper , another graduate of ETPS and a helicopter specialist . ) |
| 6 | Requisition of grain at the point of a gun during War Communism had proved a novel experience for the peasantry , but by 1922 that had been replaced by slightly more civilized methods . |
| 7 | That structure of international regulation broke down in the 1970s and has been followed by a period of instability where it is uncertain whether US hegemony can be re-established or whether a different mode of regulation under Japanese or European domination will be constructed . |
| 8 | But Craven is already in his eighties and has been plagued by ill-health for some time . |
| 9 | Observers believe the confusion may have arisen because the original KGB ceased to exist as on January 1 and has been replaced by two separate agencies , both of which entered into negotiations to sell the files . |
| 10 | One of the first initiatives of the new regime was British Deaf Awareness Week ( BDA Week ) which was first mounted in the autumn of 1982 and has been organised by Bob Peckford annually ever since . |
| 11 | Suitable for all solid fuels and gas , it meets BS 715 and has been certified by British Gas |
| 12 | But after he collected a CBE he declined to be drawn into detailed discussion about the new BBC show which began with a healthy 13 million viewers three weeks ago , but is now believed to have dropped to around eight million and has been panned by the critics . |
| 13 | This body was established by Harold Wilson in 1974 and has been retained by his successors . |
| 14 | It is approximately 1:1.618 and has been recognized by artists throughout history as being uniquely harmonious . |
| 15 | The village has one general store , an antiques shop , a garage , two public houses and a post office which was opened in 1851 and has been run by the same family since that date . |
| 16 | The dissolution of BCP cells in the armed forces had already been ordered by the former politburo on Jan. 24 and had been accomplished by Feb. 15 , while at the end of January a congress of the Union of Journalists had banned party cells from newspapers and publishing houses . |