Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv prt] [verb] [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Assays were carried out using a radiolabelled restriction fragment containing the anti- met- box construct ( 00186 ) .
2 Planned comparisons of means of incremental areas were carried out using the multivariate general linear hypothesis to determine the substances that caused a significant increase in PYY and enteroglucagon concentrations from basal .
3 Experiments were carried out to determine the best formula to use for scoring the possible transitions in a text of 372 words derived from the Malhotra corpus ( Malhotra , 1975 ) , a corpus traditionally considered to be syntactically difficult to process .
4 Nationalisation saw the basic pattern retained , although the Scottish elements of the London Midland & Scottish and the London & North Eastern Railways were hived off to form a Scottish Region , and the North East based on York also became a separate region .
5 Faded blue velvet curtains , worn in places and with dust lying along the folds , were pushed back to allow the last of the light to enter the room .
6 ‘ During the week beginning 22 February , those peripherals necessary for us to test the new system were connected up using the new channel cables and spare channel adaptors on some device control units . ’
7 School parties were bused in to see the existing power stations in action .
8 It seems unlikely , especially in the light of the papal prohibition , that monks would have had either the inclination or the experience to have practised mos teutonicus , and it has been suggested that butchers were called in to perform the grisly deeds .
9 After 5 min of stable oxygen saturation ( pulse oximetry ) , patients were crossed over to receive the other treatment .
10 These men were brought up to do the clerical work of the household , to give the king advice , and eventually to become bishops and perform the duties of royal servants as well as of episcopal pastors in their bishoprics .
11 After two or three fairly neutral coloured inks had been used for the printing — say , brown for the foreground and blue for the sky and more distant scenery — the finishing was by hand , and washes of great subtlety and precision were laid on to give the desired effects .
12 ‘ Crowds would block a street simply to see Archer leave a hotel and take a cab ; when he married in January 1883 , special trains were laid on to bring the cheering crowds to Newmarket and Cambridge .
13 During this time several charities were set up to help the poor .
14 The societies had been created in 1964 out of the committees which were set up to organise the 1963 commemorations of the bicentenary of the birth of Wolfe Tone , the leader of the United Irishmen and martyr of the 1798 Rising .
15 Three new Stock Exchange money brokers ( SEMBs ) joined the original six SEMBs to lend stocks and finance to GEMMs , and six inter-dealer brokers ( IDBs ) were set up to maintain an anonymous transactions service between GEMMs .
16 On Thursday we were taken out to see a revolutionary opera , and it was quite an experience , especially as we were sitting in the 2nd row of the stalls , within ear-splitting distance of the gongs and drums which play a large part in the orchestral accompaniment .
17 Research grants were worked out using the national research ratings published by the University Funding Council last year .
18 The Arches were subsequently cleared of infestation and the public were allowed in to view the prehistoric relics .
19 And there you see again in early B R days , er the er the station master 's house , and er er and the station itself , over here , the goods shed over there , the various track works coming across , the er line up to round here , and as I say the various sidings that were put in to accommodate the additional er colliery and other traffic .
20 Concurrently two commissions were sent out to conduct a searching investigation into the condition of the southern forests ; the articles of their inquiry followed the usual pattern of those of the Forest Eyre .
21 A hundred tapes and more than 800 workbooks were sent out to cover the 300-plus employees in company-owned stores .
22 Ukrainian sources claimed that ninety-two wagons of grain were collected from starving Ukrainian gubernii , of which thirty-six were sent off to feed the hungry in the Volga-Ural area .
23 In May the SAS were sent in to storm the Iranian Embassy in London which had been taken over by armed gunmen .
24 When the colleges merged , it would obviously have been ludicrous to run two applied physics courses , and therefore the staff on one of the courses were kept on to teach a physical science course which was
25 Only once the verdicts were read out did the tormented families get a clue about why Allitt attacked defenceless babies , becoming Britain 's worst woman serial killer this century .
26 The introduction of computer support could have had significantly different effects on the service providers and on the users , and the Needs Analysis was carried out using a different questionnaire for each generic group .
27 The radioallergosorbent test ( RAST ) was carried out to detect the circulating cow 's milk specific IgE antibodies , and also the serum total IgE values were measured before starting the challenge .
28 This study was carried out to examine the two decade trends in the incidence and death from pancreatitis , and to evaluate the relations between the occurrence of pancreatitis and alcohol consumption , liver cirrhosis , and gall stone disease in Finland .
29 He remained in this post until 1860 , when he was replaced by Marshal Vaillant and the Ministry of State was hived off to become a separate office .
30 Doc D was drafted in to co-present a twice-weekly medical slot with Christine .
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