Example sentences of "[vb pp] by [noun prp] was [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The damage done by McCarthy was immense . |
| 2 | As the camp magazine critic noted : ‘ The effect of soprano and alto parts an octave lower than written by Handel was peculiar but … the aged Commandant , Graf Schwerin , thanked the men for the music with trembling voice and tears on his cheeks . ’ ) |
| 3 | The solution adopted by Brooke was oblique . |
| 4 | Already by the mid 1970s it appeared , however , that neutralisation under Great Power guarantees as elaborated by Malaysia was acceptable neither to the majority of Southeast Asian states nor to the external powers that count . |
| 5 | The police force inherited by Nicholas was small , corrupt and ill-trained . |
| 6 | Community feeling in the area as monitored by Ahlbrandt was low , with barely more than one half of interviewees accepting the neighbourhood as a good or excellent place to live and two-thirds ( almost 20 per cent below the percentage for Allegheny West ) feeling strongly attached to it . |
| 7 | The image of intellectual and emotional self-control and stability projected by Nizan was fragile . |
| 8 | In 1758 an expedition following a more northerly route than the one taken by Braddock was able to capture Fort Duquesne , which was renamed Pittsburgh by grateful Pennsylvanians who felt that at last a British politician had emerged who understood American needs . |
| 9 | The new Black Basalt developed by Wedgwood was fine-grained , smooth , and richer in hue , and he used it for relief plaques , busts , medallions and cameos , as well as ‘ useful wares ’ for table and fine vases . |
| 10 | In the Littlewoods case in which the court upheld a 12 month restraint allied to protectable business secrets , Lord Denning MR said that the information acquired by Harris was confidential : " It has been acquired at great expense and by great expertise by Littlewoods . |