Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] [verb] [adv prt] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Mayor and Corporation flapped about like mud skippers and some were swirled round by the eddies and then flung on to sprawling tree roots where they hung about like wet washing . |
| 2 | Although as the largest parliamentary party the CEDA might have expected to dominate government after the November 1933 election , this was ruled out by the President of the Republic , Alcalá Zamora , on grounds of the CEDA 's non-republicanism . |
| 3 | This was made up by the Head Girl mixing together oxide of zinc , glycerine , rosewater , a touch of yellow ochre and methylated spirits , the latter helping to dry it on the legs . |
| 4 | This was borne out by the very subjective observation that no used fertiliser bags were noted anywhere in the Auvergne uplands whereas such discarded litter is commonplace in the Welsh uplands ( unless French farmers are innately tidier ! ) . |
| 5 | This was borne out by the tests on ‘ bootiful ’ Norfolk turkeys which needed an hour at half microwave power to cook right through without drying the breast meat . |
| 6 | This was bought out by the private cleaning firm BET , which then had to compete with other firms for the contracts to clean schools . |
| 7 | This was brought about by the award of a number of complimentary contracts in the UK and overseas . |
| 8 | Although this was brought about by the Gulf War and the subsequent world recession , it is certainly now exacerbated by an unrestrained and reckless war of attrition in which dollars are hauled over the top of the grain of a few inches of market share . |
| 9 | This was taken up by the Economic Section of the Cabinet ( under Meade ) which devised the Economic Survey : the expected level of output for the following year was predicted on the basis of the estimated changes over the present year in individual sectors of the economy . |
| 10 | Soon another change came as wrights and blacksmiths began to work locally and this was speeded up by the coming of industry attracted by the water power of the Water of Leith . |
| 11 | This was backed up by the famous John Peel Festive Fifty which was embarrassingly dominated by the band . |
| 12 | For years this was carried out by the " vanners " ; men effecting a separation on special vanning shovels using a method perhaps best described as somewhat akin to panning for gold . |
| 13 | This was set up by the Fair Trade Foundation which you were asking about , . |
| 14 | The common law rule on this was laid down by the Court of Appeal in Cresswell v. Sirl but this rule has been replaced , so far as the protection of livestock against dogs is concerned , by section 9 of the Animals Act . |
| 15 | One of the most controversial areas of GLC activity ( and this was picked up by the Tories in a party political broadcast as early as 1984 ) , was the Gay Teenage Group which had been set up by gay young men in 1976 . |
| 16 | The prospect of Prime Minister John Major calling an early general election ( due by mid-1992 ) in June 1991 was ruled out by the poor performance of the ruling Conservative Party in parliamentary by-elections in two Welsh constituencies on April 4 and May 16 , and in local elections in England and Wales on May 2 . |
| 17 | These were thrown down by the Persian invaders in 480 , and shattered remains preserved for us in terraces and foundations of the fifth century . |
| 18 | These were sold off by the French . |
| 19 | It is said — and I have never been able to verify this figure — 70% , and not all were shot down by the fighters , although the majority of aircraft were . |
| 20 | The most determined resistance of all was put up by the Koryaks and Chukchis of the north-east , who faced a fierce and explicitly genocidal Russian campaign up to the 1750s . |
| 21 | Morgan v. Palmer , 2 B. & C. 729 , Steele v. Williams , 8 Ex. 625 and Hooper v. Exeter Corporation , 56 L.J.Q.B. 457 were founded on by the claimant and Slater v. Burnley Corporation by the respondent . |
| 22 | In the early 1970s the local firm that had been producing soap since 1943 was closed down by the action of its major shareholder , who also owned an import agency . |
| 23 | A consultative document in 1986 was followed up by the White Paper Promoting Better Health ( DHSS 1987 ) . |
| 24 | That was borne out by the census that was taken in April , in rather warmer weather . |
| 25 | However , the Pope 's account of the role of the papacy went a great deal farther than that : Christian unity , he said , must be founded on the faith in Christ that was handed on by the Apostles ; what this faith is must be determined by the Roman Catholic Church . |