Example sentences of "was taken by [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was taken by a number of experts as showing that earlier estimates had been purposely conservative and that ultimately there will turn out to be far more oil in the North Sea than currently estimated . |
| 2 | In Australia , with no research body equivalent to the BLR&DD or the CLR , the onus for the establishment of the national clearinghouse was taken by a single library , Caulfield Institute of Technology ( now Chisholm Institute of Technology ) . |
| 3 | This approach was taken by a team of American researchers at the Yale Clinic of Child Development , led by Arnold Gesell in the 1930s and 1940s . |
| 4 | When I left , my place was taken by a dog : ‘ He took me over completely , and came everywhere but to Church with me , and saw me back to the hotel at night . |
| 5 | When an American rang the busy news-desk of City Radio 's ‘ Good Morning ’ show , the call was taken by a girl trainee who later tearfully admitted she had not thought to query the claim that the speaker was the Press Counsellor from the American embassy with a genuine news-bulletin . |
| 6 | After the evening when he introduced Atkins , he remained in the background and his place as the latter 's companion was taken by a swarthy newcomer . |
| 7 | Category one was won by Airlie Anderson with a storming 144 , second place was taken by a nearly fit Neil Cooper with D. Jones coming in third . |
| 8 | The amazing picture was taken by a Mirror reader seconds before the plane crashed . |
| 9 | Several other methods came to light and died through being impractical until a major step was taken by a Dublin photographer John Joly in 1893 . |
| 10 | So a markedly internationalist stance was taken by a Californian court in 1973 in the much-cited case of Volkswagenwerk A.G . |
| 11 | I was taken by a teacher , Miss Miller , through the silent corridors of the large school , to the long , wide schoolroom . |
| 12 | Several other methods came to light and died through being impractical until a manor step was taken by a Dublin photographer John Joly in 1893 . |
| 13 | Lili was taken by a fit of mirth and lay with a cushion pressed to her nose . |
| 14 | The koalas faded and their place was taken by a studio discussion about threatened habitats and imperilled creatures . |
| 15 | I was taken by a Turkish friend to visit a cliff section in Upper Cretaceous sediments near Sile on the Black Sea coast . |
| 16 | Money was exchanged , the two contestants shook hands , and their place in the ring was taken by a second pair of fighters : a Rajput with a handlebar moustache , and a small but fierce-looking Muslim who sported a bushy black beard . |
| 17 | She hardly noticed as Luke 's place on the dais was taken by a small , fat man who was looking very warm and uncomfortable in his business suit . |
| 18 | The decision to conduct debate on the war in closed session was taken by a majority vote on Feb. 13 on the proposal of the UK . |
| 19 | The other seat was taken by a member of the Revolutionary Front of the Left ( FRI ) . |
| 20 | Subsequently the stomach was laid out on a glass plate and a tissue specimen , 4 mm in diameter , was taken by a punch press from the anterior wall on the greater curvature . |
| 21 | Suddenly then though her attention was taken by a red squirrel which darted from nowhere and , effortlessly it seemed , bounced over the grass and then , as if jerked up on a string , shot up a tree . |
| 22 | This home video was taken by a passer-by and shows how quickly the flames engulfed the building . |
| 23 | This series of photographs was taken by a security camera at the Leeds Building Society . |
| 24 | The snapshot of the lifestyles of the province 's youngsters was taken by a survey for The Early Times newspaper , involving 200,000 young readers with an average age of 13 nationwide . |
| 25 | The black and white film was taken by a shop security camera just 20 minutes before two bombs ripped through the town 's packed shopping centre on March 20 . |
| 26 | Fifth place in the top-earners league was taken by an unnamed director of Palmerston Holdings , the property company , who boosted his £20,000 basic pay to £911,608 with a bonus linked to growth in net assets . |
| 27 | The singers included two members of the Wendling family , Dorothea and Elisabeth , whom Mozart knew well ; Idomeneus was sung by the 66-year-old Raaff , whose voice and acting ability were causing severe problems , while the role of Idamantes was taken by an even worse castrato , Vincenzo dal Prato . |
| 28 | On James 's death , his place was taken by an individual named Simeon , who is identified as a cousin of Jesus . |
| 29 | The salute was taken by the Mayor of Blackpool . |
| 30 | The decision to use the army was taken by the Health Secretary , Mr Kenneth Clarke , despite the fact that ambulance staff are still offering emergency cover . |