Example sentences of "tests [vb pp] out [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | An adult of 472 gastric emptying tests carried out over a 10 year period was performed to discover the reasons for requests from consultant clinicians , their anticipation of the results of tests , and the influence of the results upon the subsequent management of their patients . |
| 2 | Tests carried out on the prototype car 208 , showed that the car should accelerate to a speed of 30.5 m.p.h. in 17 seconds , against 23 seconds for a bus . |
| 3 | Similarly , Protagon have had tests carried out on the performance significance of being able to adjust string tensions . |
| 4 | Tests carried out on back pain sufferers in the USA showed that 77% of those who tried the inserts said that their pain was considerably reduced after only two weeks of using the product . |
| 5 | The results of tests carried out on patients with non-ulcer dyspepsia illustrate the limited role for tests of gastric emptying in the management of patients with symptoms not attributable to previous surgery . |
| 6 | Tests carried out on mice have been encouraging . |
| 7 | Tests carried out on the Baromix Minor Electric Cement mixers found serious faults , with loose and unsafe wiring . |
| 8 | FEARS that a new doping scandal was about to erupt were firmly quashed yesterday by the Jockey Club , which announced that a series of tests carried out on recent race- course flops had proved negative . |
| 9 | Tests on families living within three miles of the tanker wreck , at Sumburgh , were compared with the results of tests carried out on people living 60 miles away in the north mainland . |
| 10 | The ministry confirmed high levels of dioxin in the milk following tests carried out in March , and said some of the dairy products entered the food chain but there had been no public health risk . |
| 11 | In most instances , however , it is more practicable to base assessments on tests carried out in parallel on carefully selected control products . |
| 12 | In tests carried out in both Britain and the United States it has also been proved that non-smokers have far better memory and recall than smokers . |
| 13 | On the basis of tests carried out in the North Sea by the Laboratory , Bayne believes that organic pollutants may be having a greater impact on marine life than heavy metals such as lead , mercury and cadmium , which had hitherto been widely blamed for most of the damage . |
| 14 | Drivers of light goods vehicles can now have MoT tests carried out in South Tyneside at the council 's Middlefields depot . |
| 15 | TESTS carried out by the Ministry of Agriculture on the flock of 5,000 hens owned by nuns at Our Lady of the Passion Monastery in Northamptonshire , showed that there was no danger to public health , it was claimed yesterday . |
| 16 | Mr Rawley told the court that he had received full details of the scientific tests carried out by the Ministry that morning . |
| 17 | Recipes , for example , were arranged alphabetically in sections , with ingredients , prices , weights , and cooking times all precisely stated , on the basis of tests carried out by the author in her own kitchen . |
| 18 | The tests carried out by Hakkio and Baillie et al. |
| 19 | Microsoft claims FoxPro 2.5 performed at least four times better than its closest rival , Borland 's Paradox 4.0 , in tests carried out by a third party consultant.FoxPro 2.5 will eventually be released for non-Windows DOS , Apple Mac and Unix platforms . |
| 20 | The yield was estimated at between one and two megatonnes , which made it China 's largest-ever nuclear explosion , exceeding by far the yields for tests carried out by other nuclear powers since the 1970s . |
| 21 | Tests carried out by the state health department showed that 28 per cent of children aged between one and four years have concentrations of lead in the blood above Australian safety limits . |
| 22 | The letter calls for a moratorium on irradiated food until ( i ) it can be controlled by means of tests carried out by hygiene and quality enforcement officers , ( ii ) agreement is reached on labelling , ( iii ) its consumption is shown to pose no threat to human health , and ( iv ) a positive need for this kind of food preparation is identified . |
| 23 | Government tests for pesticide contamination in food have been condemned as unreliable , following the release of details of tests carried out by its Food Science Laboratory . |
| 24 | Tests carried out by Australia 's CSIRO research body has shown it to be effective against over 30 pests ranging from beetles to nematodes . |
| 25 | Tests carried out by council officers at Mr Hunt 's home before the motorway was built found noise levels to be similar to those found in a quiet bedroom . |
| 26 | TWO Britons sent home from the Barcelona Olympics after failing drug tests carried out by the Sports Council will not be disciplined by their international federation , who said yesterday it had no jurisdiction in the case of Andrew Davies and Andrew Saxon . |
| 27 | Tests carried out by the Traffic Research Laboratory suggest that the presence of a dummy vehicle cuts average speeds by up to 10 miles per hour , compared with speeds on roads with no visible police presence . |