Example sentences of "were originally [vb pp] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Scotland Yard and Thames Valley police were originally instructed by Palace officials to ‘ take no action ’ over the tape . |
| 2 | Infants were originally barred by the Parliamentary Elections Act 1695 but some nevertheless sat without challenge in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries . |
| 3 | Many imperial measurements such as the furlong and the acre were originally calculated by the 5 and a half acre rod that 's used to guide the oxen . |
| 4 | Most of the modems were originally developed by Intelligent Model for Forval , and the company now has a full line of high-speed modems and communications products . |
| 5 | Some of the earliest techniques of dating were originally developed by the Swedish archaeologist Oscar Montelius ( 1843–1921 ) in the late 19th century . |
| 6 | Individual classes were originally developed by different specialists and are now kept up to date by individual cataloguers as new topics are added to the collections . |
| 7 | The designs punched on the central roundels of the thin gold discs known as bracteates , several hundred of which have been recovered from Scandinavia , began by reproducing the image of a Roman Emperor and were originally inspired by the medallions presented by the Romans to native leaders who had rendered meritorious service . |
| 8 | These were originally standardised by the American Society of Mechanical Engineers . |
| 9 | But , of course , all Shakespeare 's plays were originally played by men and boys only . |
| 10 | Most of the colleges were originally established by religious foundations to train teachers for schools , but they now offer a wide variety of other courses , mainly at degree level . |
| 11 | It was Newton himself , again , who , during his priority dispute with Leibniz , encouraged the notion that the conclusions presented in a classical geometrical garb in the Principia were originally derived by him through his fluxional calculus — one more ‘ fable ’ . |
| 12 | Up to 12 locations in the UK were originally considered by Fortex . |
| 13 | They were originally approached by a client and , on the client 's behalf , they then approached the other banks that participated in the exercise ( as well as a number that refused to ) . |
| 14 | Elsewhere in this region places like Arundel , Burpham and Pevensey , which were originally surrounded by tidal marshes , are now left stranded in areas of rich meadow pasture . |
| 15 | These charities were originally administered by the Church or trustees appointed by the old vestry meetings , but with the Local Government Act of 1894 , they passed into the hands of the new parish councils , or such as still existed , for in 1893 , we find the local vicar complaining that most of the charities were dead and buried , and that Thomas Towers promised to give twenty shillings each Christmas Day , very kind of him no doubt , but unfortunately he left no provision for anybody to give it after he was dead , so that in his case he and benefaction are both dead and buried . |
| 16 | The king and his judges were already acting on the assumption that all ecclesiastical endowments within the realm were originally held by and from the crown , to which they should therefore revert if and when a church failed of its purpose . |
| 17 | All of these were originally produced by Frenchmen for Frenchmen . |
| 18 | On the other hand , it is also possible that some abortions that were originally induced by primitive or illegal means will be finally treated by medical personnel and reported as spontaneous abortion . |
| 19 | These limits were originally set by phonographic performance Limited , representing the record companies , and the Musicians ' Union , to safeguard the viability of commercial recordings . ) |