Example sentences of "which was [verb] [adv prt] by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well of course we protested and went on the March for Life and Peace , which was turned back by the military . |
| 2 | A judge in New York on July 11 ruled that the US airline Pan American World Airways ( Pan Am ) was guilty of " wilful misconduct " in its security procedures for baggage on its flight PA103 in December 1988 which was blown up by a bomb over Lockerbie , Scotland , killing 270 people [ see pp. 36409-10 ] . |
| 3 | The former Cabinet minister joined the pro-Tory Daily Mail in urging an early decision on membership of the European Exchange Rate Mechanism , something which was ruled out by a senior Cabinet source as jumping ‘ from the puddle into the pond ’ . |
| 4 | Another consequence of this pattern is that ( c ) and ( g ) are now side by side — a configuration which was ruled out by every group . |
| 5 | This involved a Parent Chat Sheet , part of which was filled in by the parent or written by a member of staff for the parent during the chat . |
| 6 | As a result of the decision , which was handed down by a judge in Newcastle , the holders of all Ministry Licences could successfully contest the termination date of existing agreements . |
| 7 | An alternative explanation is that the figure indicates the existence of an important fertility bull cult at Stamford which was brought over by the Myceneans . |
| 8 | The best known of the earlier endeavours is probably Project Sappho , which was carried out by the Science Policy Review Unit ( SPRU ) based at the University of Sussex . |
| 9 | I remember the amounts because for several years , it was my Saturday job to go to St. Martin 's Church Vestry to collect the money which was paid out by the Parish Clerk , Mr. Daniel Sutton , who before retirement had been Headmaster of the Church School . |
| 10 | Scotland showed superior power in the scrum but could not capitalise on their possession , and Western Samoa , who scored three tries to one , produced flowing play which was backed up by a strong play in the lineouts . |
| 11 | However , Marine Harvest , the former Unilever subsidiary which was bought over by the US MariFarms Inc Group last year , has remained in the US market although only a small proportion of its 10,000 tonnes production from Scotland is sent there . |
| 12 | The Christian Faith spells out in detail the kind of overall understanding of Christian theology which was opened up by the conception of the nature of religion presented in the Addresses . |
| 13 | The recycling scheme is run by the non-profit making Save-a-Cup Recycling Company which was set up by a group of plastic cup manufacturers and a number of companies in the UK vending and foodservice industries just over a year ago . |
| 14 | In the same year in the UK the Review Committee on Education for Information Use , which was set up by the British Library Research and Development Department ( BLR&DD ) in 1974 , was recommending that : |
| 15 | The first meeting takes place this week and I am asked to make a presentation to the Committee which was set up by the minister of finance . ’ |
| 16 | The Working Party on Internal Migration in Britain , which was set up by the Institute of British Geographers in l988 , aims at the better understanding of the patterns , causes and implications of migration in Britain . |
| 17 | The new draft allowed permanent government officials to hold Cabinet posts concurrently ; gave the NLA , which was set up by the military , the power to nominate senators ; and gave senators , along with MPs , the right to screen candidates for the premiership , and to launch no confidence motions against the government . |
| 18 | Staffing allotment will be 654 for England , 225 for Wales , 385 for Scotland and 86 for the joint UK Nature Conservation Committee , which was set up by the Department of Environment to provide a central voice for the NCC . |
| 19 | The pale yellow flowers of the traveller 's joy entwined in the hedgerows brought no happiness to David Waterlane stuck behind a convoy of cars on the Midhurst Road which was held up by a huge lorry with a sign saying ‘ Horses ’ on the back . |
| 20 | The question in the second stage , which was ushered in by the work of Baur , was raised by the manifest differences in style and content between the synoptic gospels and the gospel of John . |
| 21 | In Virginia , dependence on a one-crop export trade led to trouble : the price of tobacco continued to fall after Charles 's restoration , and thus was the main reason for Bacon 's rebellion in 1675 , which was put down by the government of the colony before royal troops arrived from England . |
| 22 | Despite the humour , which was lapped up by an appreciative crowd , it was a sad spectacle and one that must have left her regretting her comments , when asked about her chances at Wimbledon . |
| 23 | Most obviously , its rising trade-union support ensured that it was to become the party of the working class , a process which was speeded up by the split within the Liberal Party during the First World War . |
| 24 | Under the programme , which was drawn up by the EC Commission , Albania was to be given 50,000 tonnes of EC wheat ; further donations amounting to 100,000 tonnes of wheat were to be canvassed from other Western countries . |
| 25 | A PUBLIC inquiry is to investigate Armagh area plan which was drawn up by the DoE . |
| 26 | Sadly , Il Filarete died before completing his masterwork which was taken up by the Milanese Guiniforte Solari . |
| 27 | A founder in 1913 of the Anglo-Hellenic League , he wrote numerous articles supporting Greek territorial claims and upholding Venizelos in his feud with King Constantine I. With R. W. Seton-Watson [ q.v. ] , a colleague at King 's , Burrows formulated in the autumn of 1915 the unsuccessful scheme , which was taken up by the Foreign Office , to lure Greece into the war of 1914–18 on the side of the entente through the offer of Cyprus . |
| 28 | Instead of answering his own question , Rafiq let out a high-pitched wail , which was taken up by the rest of the men . |
| 29 | In a report from Leningrad , Pravda revealed that the city 's first secretary , Mr Anatoly Gerasimov , had been relieved of his post , which was taken over by the Leningrad regional boss , Mr Boris Gidaspov , combining the two jobs . |
| 30 | In a report from Leningrad , Pravda revealed that the city 's first secretary , Mr Anatoly Gerasimov , had been relieved of his post , which was taken over by the Leningrad regional boss , Mr Boris Gidaspov , combining the two jobs . |