Example sentences of "was most [adv] [verb] by " in BNC.

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1 Corinth , then , not Sparta , was most nearly affected by the rapprochement between Athens and Megara in 460 and , consistently with this , it was Corinth rather than Sparta who fought Athens hardest in the war which now broke out , the First Peloponnesian War , of 460–446 .
2 This vision was most dramatically evoked by John Bailey at a conference of the English Association in 1917 :
3 This view was most effectively expressed by writers such as G.H. Mead ( 1934 ) and L.S. Vygotsky ( trans. 1962 , 1978 ) over 50 years ago .
4 The contradictory nature of the party leadership 's stance on cultural matters between 1928 and 1934 was most strikingly illustrated by Barbusse 's editorial control of the journal Monde .
5 The idea that the appearance of amour courtois in late eleventh-century Aquitaine was one of the great moments in the history of mankind was most powerfully expressed by C. S. Lewis in The Allegory of Love .
6 Romero 's murder , into which there has still been no official investigation , was most probably instigated by Roberto D'Aubuisson , leader of the ARENA Party .
7 But the social tact of the Masai was most impressively demonstrated by the fact that they rarely asked for anything .
8 This realpolitik was most vividly demonstrated by the Ford purchase , an act an automotive Harold Macmillan might have condemned as selling the family silver .
9 The project was most ably supervised by the Schools Council Curriculum Officer , Maurice Plaskow .
10 But the concept of the fiduciary duty said to be owed by the GLC to its rate payers was most widely emphasized by their Lordships .
11 This vital factor was most clearly recognised by policy-makers in the mid-1980s .
12 The decay of the Roman empire was most clearly revealed by the decline of towns and increasing ruralization .
13 could not have been happier , both personally and in creating an atmosphere conducive to his work … the domestic ideal that is evident in his writings ( the family being his favourite subject of study and lecturing ) was most clearly represented by his own home life … his wife created for him the respectable and quiet familial existence which he considered the best guarantee of morality and of life .
14 In the immediate aftermath of the revolution this point of view was most clearly articulated by Russian anarchist writers .
15 This was most clearly shown by Paul Dirac 's formulation of the general principles of quantum theory , of which we shall give some account in the following chapter .
16 The ‘ right of silence ’ and the concomitant immunity from making incriminating disclosures was most helpfully discussed by Neill L.J .
17 It was the more sophisticated who developed a consciousness of human dignity which was most deeply offended by the crudity and brutality of the Russian factory order .
18 The disintegration of an older order , at once exhilarating and disturbing , was most famously expressed by the poet John Donne .
19 The argument against having a special regime of rules to regulate the activities of government which are not peculiarly governmental was most famously put by the eminent Victorian jurist , A. V. Dicey .
20 This was most graphically illustrated by what has become known as the Cleveland Controversy , where there was a very rapid increase in referrals of cases of suspected child abuse in the summer of 1987 .
21 The comparison between the canals and railways was most graphically drawn by Mr W.F. Martin of the Mountsorrel Granite Company , one of the companies that could conceivably have benefited much from an improved canal , when giving evidence to the Royal Commission of 1906 .
22 Adam and Mrs Macmillan , and Mr and Mrs Michael Rapinet were among others enjoying this excellent dance , which , Lord Craigmyle said , was ‘ Fun for everyone and funds for pilgrims ’ ! the Slaughter House Seven played during dinner ; and after the auction , which was most efficiently conducted by the Chairman of the OMV Mr Stephen Macklow-Smith , Mr Dick Ritchie of Continental Airlines , who had donated the top prize which was a trip for two to Houston , Texas for a week , said a few words .
23 Thee were plenty of amusements for the young guests , including a palmist who proved very popular ; also a tombola , which was most efficiently run by Mr and Mrs John Pearce , helped by four of their five children .
24 This contraction was most severely felt by the few employees in the smaller workshops .
25 Close comparison of BBC and ITN footage shows that the BBC film has in shot the man who was most severely beaten by the police , but that the film has been cut at precisely the point when the policeman begins to set about him with his truncheon .
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