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"The gates were lowered by the footmen" is not in active voice. An equivalent phrase using the active voice would be "The footmen lowered the gates".

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Yes, "the footmen lowered the gates" is written in active voice because the subject of the sentence (the footmen) is performing the action of lowering the gates.

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