Example sentences of "were carried [adv prt] in the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The reforms of Joseph II ( 1780–90 ) , which were carried through in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment , included a secularisation of education and the recognition of the rights of the Slav subjects of the Empire to instruct in their own language . |
2 | The great majority of thefts were carried out in the villages . |
3 | These experiments were carried out in the presence of heparin which is known to rapidly and completely dissociate the CRP-DNA binary complex . |
4 | All these measures were carried out in the name of cost improvements cost-cutting would be a more appropriate name . |
5 | Our case studies of casual working were carried out in the hotels and catering industry where a large proportion of the casual labour force is to be found . |
6 | But most cattle thefts were carried out in the interior of the Low Country , Kurunagala , and in the districts bordering these two areas , where they were organized by wealthy and powerful men . |
7 | Working up trials were carried out in the Solent area and we soon found that various modifications were necessary . |
8 | One possible reason for the difference between Chapman 's and our results is that their experiments were all performed in the presence of 5 mM glutamine ( M Chapman , personal communication ) where our experiments were carried out in the absence of glutamine . |
9 | Before the building of the pierheads and bridges commenced , tests were carried out in the Solway Firth . |