Example sentences of "were [vb pp] from a [noun sg] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A short report in the Financial Times for 19/20 December 1992 states that women who were sacked from a mushroom farm after refusing new contracts that they alleged had made cuts in their pay , had been given permission by the Court of Appeal on 18 December 1992 to carry out a leaflet campaign to persuade shoppers not to buy the farm 's produce . |
| 2 | Sixty five patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( n= 57 ) or osteoarthritis ( n=7 ) and taking NSAIDs for a period of greater than three months ( mean 4.5 ( SD 3.1 ) years ) were recruted from a rheumatology clinic to undergo a screening upper gastrointestinal endoscopy before entry into a therapeutic trial that had been approved by the hospital ethics committee . |
| 3 | The row began after father and baby were evicted from a council bed and breakfast — on the grounds Steve made himself homeless in the first place . |
| 4 | The animals were saved from an elephant cull and are now part of a conservation project on a 25,000-acre wildlife estate in central Zimbabwe . |
| 5 | The majority were made from a wood compound at a factory in Germany . |
| 6 | The coal trains were drawn from a railway connection to the rear of Fleetwood Depot by a neat steeple-cab locomotive , now preserved at the National Tramway Museum ( see p. 110 ) . |
| 7 | PCR products ( 0.2-1 mg ) were excised from an agarose gel , purified by the Geneclean ( BIO101 ) procedure and eluted into 7 ml of water . |
| 8 | Unfortunately when the last one needed replacing in 1960 there was no tree felled and seasoned , so two Norwegian red fir poles were brought from a Hull timber yard . |
| 9 | Six window frames worth £600 were stolen from a construction site at Station Lane , Chester-le-Street . |
| 10 | In the Templemore area , two Velux windows were stolen from a building site at College Glen at the weekend , while a substantial quantity of cigarettes were stolen from a variety store at Spencer Road in the Waterside on Thursday night/Friday morning . |
| 11 | A ten thousand pound reward is being offered for the recovery of six rare birds which were stolen from a bird sanctuary . |
| 12 | Drugs alert : Police forces throughout the North-East have s een put on alert after dangerous drugs were stolen from a Teesside chemist 's shop . |
| 13 | In the Templemore area , two Velux windows were stolen from a building site at College Glen at the weekend , while a substantial quantity of cigarettes were stolen from a variety store at Spencer Road in the Waterside on Thursday night/Friday morning . |
| 14 | A radio/cassette player and a jack were stolen from a Ford Escort in Avon Road , Chelmsford . |
| 15 | Twelve blue and red striped football shirts worth £120 were stolen from a washing line in The Broadway , Darlington , on Sunday afternoon . |
| 16 | During early 1990 $297m worth of securities were stolen from a City messenger and whilst a general alert went out should any unusual presentations for payment be made at maturity to minimise the risk of loss , it is nevertheless true that this kind of occurrence causes a certain difficulty due to the fact that invariably the instruments in question are bearer instruments . |
| 17 | Twelve fishing rods were stolen from a garage on North Terrace , Ferryhill , on Wednesday and on the same day power and hand tools were stolen from a transit van parked on Ruby Avenue , Chilton . |
| 18 | SHOPPERS have been warned not to buy rabbit meat in Latvian markets after 42 animals infected with lethal bugs were stolen from a research centre . |
| 19 | A number of human-hamster somatic cell hybrid subclones were derived from a parent clone R342A4 ( 23 ) which contains chromosome 10 as its sole human genetic component . |
| 20 | The mechanicals were taken from a race car , the Dino 206P , which competed in the European hillclimb championship ( a prestigious series in the 60s ) but the bodywork , despite its motor show boldness , previewed a road car application . |
| 21 | Recently , all the seed heads of the surviving colonies of pasque flowers were taken from a nature reserve . |
| 22 | They were taken from a restaurant area , not the high security shop . |
| 23 | The alleged remarks by doctors to patients quoted above were taken from an Action Campaign survey highlighting ‘ bad ’ treatment . |
| 24 | In the suffocating heat of a dozen television arc lamps , messages of support for Civic Forum and the students ' cause were read from a canning factory in the provinces and from other industrial plants . |
| 25 | Sixty five patients with rheumatoid arthritis ( n= 57 ) or osteoarthritis ( n=7 ) on NSAIDs for >3 months ( mean ( SD ) : 4.7 ( 3.1 ) years ) were recruited from a rheumatology clinic to undergo screening upper gastrointestinal endoscopy before entry into a therapeutic trial , approved by the hospital ethics committee . |