Example sentences of "of [pron] was [verb] by [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In England , the obligation to own arms and to train in the use of them was shared by all male adults , as the Assize of Arms of 1181 and the Statute of Winchester of 1285 made clear . |
| 2 | The special session had been called to discuss a far-reaching LDP-sponsored electoral reform package , the success of which was seen by many commentators to be crucial to Kaifu 's chances of retaining the party leadership ( and , therefore , the premiership ) when his current term expired in October 1991 . |
| 3 | Thorpe J. was faced with having to choose between accepting one or other of two courses of action — leaving W. where she was or transferring her to London — each of which was supported by responsible medical opinion . |
| 4 | The cisterns stretched away into the distance , a huge lake of fresh water inside a cavern , the roof of which was supported by massive stone pillars in some places and by walls of sheer rock in others . |
| 5 | Charity led the way into a sitting-room full of antique furniture the effect of which was spoiled by Nazi posters and emblems of the Hitler cult covering the walls . |
| 6 | The onset of drought in the 1970s simply compounded and brought to a head a situation that was almost inevitable from its inception , the root of which was fuelled by European interests to counteract competition from soya bean imports from the USA . |
| 7 | The most influential view is that expressed by a report for the OECD , which sees the intensifying economic difficulties of these years as resulting from ‘ an unusual bunching of unfortunate disturbances unlikely to be repeated on the same scale , the impact of which was compounded by some avoidable errors in economic policy ’ ( McCracken , 1977 , p. 14 ) . |
| 8 | We have thus focused our study on five clones , the level of expression of which was analyzed by Northern blot in various tissues . |
| 9 | First presented to the Senate in February 1986 , the government 's revised programme divided the code into three parts , the first of which was passed by both houses on May 17 , 1990 . |
| 10 | The growing resentment against foreigners erupted in the summer of 1992 in prolonged periods of violence , much of which was condoned by ordinary residents , on the streets of several large towns . |
| 11 | His praise of her was damned by that last false innuendo . |
| 12 | As early as 1923 , a young friend of mine was killed by this scum , dying of blood-poisoning as a result of wounds in the testicles inflicted by a rusty hat-pin . ’ |
| 13 | Much of it was erected by small speculators with limited means , who came themselves from the working class . |
| 14 | Part of it was overheard by one of the village ladies waiting just outside the telephone box . |