Example sentences of "[noun sg] were [verb] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Relative percentages of each transcript were estimated with reference to srRNA . |
| 2 | I am told that certainly parts of this guidance were cited in argument to the justices and it is apparent from the report of the guardian ad litem that sections were quoted from it . |
| 3 | The following memorandum was presented by Vial , and read by the secretary : ‘ When the Members of the Veterinary College were occupied by objects to which I was in no wise competent I was absolutely silent — but now that it is a question to chuse [ sic ] a convenient situation for the establishment of the College , I think it a duty incumbent on me to give my advice on this important point . |
| 4 | Individual responses in a class test were compared with responses to the same items presented in an interview : many were found to differ . |
| 5 | Corporate overheads in the first half were cut from $8m to $7.7m , and total operating income rose from $13.3m to £16.2m . |
| 6 | The 114 deputies who had supported the independence move were understood in August to be facing possible criminal charges , together with all those who had struck in their support . |
| 7 | To attract more businesses , the maximum fees for company registration were cut from £50,000 to £5,000 and a 10 p.c. rebate on employers ' national insurance contributions was introduced . |
| 8 | Since the Court of Appeal judgment in the Sonia Sutcliffe case , when damages of £600,000 awarded to the wife of the Yorkshire Ripper against Private Eye were reduced by consent to £60,000 , judges have been encouraged to give general guidance to juries . |
| 9 | Internally-set values based on the product were replaced by attention to the whole of the ‘ marketing mix ’ : product , price , place and promotion . |
| 10 | He and Tasker were chosen by Bonington to be members of the 1982 British Everest Expedition , and shortly before he left Leysin he wrote for the Parents ' Association Newsletter an account of his schooldays , affectionately remembered : |
| 11 | Losses per share were cut from 137.01p to 83.1p , but there is again no dividend and the shares dipped 0.5p to 7p. — PA |
| 12 | Virtually all the boys in the sample were known by name to at least three others in the group and , in the majority of cases , to considerably more . |
| 13 | Policemen of twenty to twenty-five years ' service were harassed from pillar to post in the hunt for improved returns of charges and summonses . |
| 14 | Our observations of the maser emission were made from January to June 1992 with the Nobeyana 45-m telescope . |
| 15 | All specimens of sufficient volume were screened for antibodies to p24 , gp120 , and the HIV-1 MN V3 neutralisation epitope . |
| 16 | In an earlier section of this chapter , a great range of activities which individuals carry out in maintaining a safe environment were mentioned in relation to preventing accidents in the home , at work , at play and while travelling . |
| 17 | Cells expressing L1 within each grid and in the corresponding epithelial layer were counted in relation to the CD68 marker . |
| 18 | After a champagne toast , more than 20 skiers from all over Europe taking part in a Klammer ski clinic were taken by coach to the golf course where Herr Klammer , still in ski boots , was given a set of clubs . |
| 19 | The upshot of this was that the forgery allegation was abandoned and wholly new lines of defence were added by amendment to Mr. Steed 's counterclaim for rectification . |
| 20 | Insights that a modern chemist might attribute to serendipity were ascribed by Boyle to ‘ pregnant hints ’ received from a greater chemist than he . |
| 21 | Around 650 responses of this kind were received in time to be included in the analysis . |
| 22 | The substantial differences in seroprevalence of toxoplasma IgG between women born in different countries suggest that women from countries with high prevalence of toxoplasmosis were infected before immigration to Britain . |
| 23 | The ‘ Vyborg Manifesto ’ elicited little response and those who took part were debarred from election to the next Duma . |
| 24 | If this book were written in proportion to the number of species in the group the rest of it would have to be devoted to the insects . |
| 25 | They are adjusted so that if the project were completed on time to specification the contractor would realize a reasonable profit . |
| 26 | In other words , it would appear that the wings and fringe were sent to regiments to be fitted by regimental tailors , thus giving scope for some unofficial embellishments — hardly unheard of in the British Army , in all periods . |
| 27 | Lyell saw each biogeographical province as a ‘ centre of creation ’ where new species typical of that province were created from time to time , spreading out from the centre to occupy as much territory as they could . |
| 28 | When the first 120 miles of the East India Railway were opened from Calcutta to Raniganj in 1855 , the ceremony took place at Burdwan station , a long classical structure 66 miles from Calcutta . |
| 29 | Exports worth up to £0.5m. a year in the late seventeenth century were taken from India to England , often for re-export to the rest of the world , and this trade determined the flow of dividends . |
| 30 | Fines of Ecu10m imposed by the European Court in 1986 for alleged competition infringements on poly-propylene were reduced on appeal to Ecu9m , but are still being appealed against . |