Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] from [noun sg] of [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Monoclonal anti-pre-S1 and anti-pre-S2 , which were produced by cell line T0606 and 5520 , respectively , were obtained from Institute of Immunology , Tokyo , Japan .
2 The data were obtained from Department of Education and Science statistics for education in the United Kingdom ( 1984 ) that included data on the distribution of full-time teachers in maintained secondary schools at the time of my study as shown in Table 6.1 .
3 On July 4 Gandhi promoted a number of junior ministers ( see pp. 36027-28 for previous portfolios ) ; D. L. Baitha was promoted to Minister of State for Defence Production replacing Chintamani Panigraphi who had been appointed Governor of Manipur a few days earlier [ see above ] ; Mahavir Prasad became Minister of State for Mines ; P. Namgyal became Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs and Chemicals and Petrochemicals ; Sumati Oraon became Minister of State for Environment and Forests ; Radhakrishna Malaviya became Minister of State for Labour and Parliamentary Affairs ; Saroj Khaparde was shifted from Minister of State for Health to Textiles ; Giridhar Gomango was given independent charge of the Communications Ministry ( following the death of the Communications Minister in May — see p. 36657 ) ; and Rafiq Alam became Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare ( independent charge ) , a post which had been vacant since the January appointment of Moti Lal Vora as Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh .
4 Even allowing for the passions of the moment , the story is probably true ; it is thoroughly in keeping with Pétain 's character ( and the 33rd was suffering from lack of discipline when he took it over ) .
5 He was gone from sight of man for eight months .
6 In this method a tape measure was run from tip of tail to nose following the lines of the beast 's back .
7 Michael Forsyth was dismissed by Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher on Sept. 7 as chair of the Scottish Conservative Party and at the same time was promoted from Under-Secretary of State to Minister of State at the Scottish Office .
8 This detection limit was determined from analysis of aluminium standards made from solutions of aluminium nitrate in poly ( ethyl methacrylate ) resin .
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