Example sentences of "were carried [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Furthermore , no alteration of the protein pattern in the electrophoresis was observed when the competitions were carried out with the mutated oligonucleotides ( results not shown ) , demonstrating that the binding of the proteins to the oligonucleotide was specific .
2 Subsequent measurements were carried out with the 76-m Lovell telescope at frequencies between 408MHz and 1,660 MHz .
3 Until post-war reconstruction began in the 1950s and early 1960s , most building projects were carried out in the traditional manner , with an architect designing the building and managing the contract , a quantity surveyor preparing bills of quantities , valuations and a final account , and a general contractor who actually constructed the building .
4 Surveys carried out by the optical profession show that after an initial drop , 12.43 million sight tests were carried out in the financial year ending 1991 .
5 The Commission was to have not just the right to initiate and recommend policy to its executive partner , the Council of Ministers , but also the task of ensuring that the provisions of the treaty and policies emanating from the Council of Ministers were carried out by the other institutions and the member states .
6 Inspections were carried out by the Ceramic Industries Certification Scheme Ltd who are linked with the British Ceramic Research Association .
7 The settlers ' attempts at agriculture were frustrated , except on the southern steppe frontier , by frozen subsoil and the sub-arctic climate , and as they were carried out by the primitive ‘ slash-and-burn ’ method , were highly destructive of the forest environment .
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