Example sentences of "were [vb pp] from a [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 The Mantel-Haenszel estimate of the overall odds ratio and its variance were calculated from a set of studies by the Robins-Breslow-Greenland method .
2 During the pilot phase of the Advanced Courses Development Programme suggestions were received from a number of individuals and organisations that consideration should be given to the introduction of a new type of group award within SCOTVEC 's portfolio of advanced courses .
3 Just after Christmas gipsies were evicted from a triangle of land opposite the verge in question between the A120 and Mary Lane North .
4 In all , 1,678 people were interviewed from a cross-section of the taxpaying population including both the self-employed and employees .
5 Domestic wares were produced on the farm from clays available in the immediate vicinity ; funerary wares were manufactured from a variety of local day sources ; and imported wares .
6 To investigate whether the changes in the octamer motif in HPV6/11 prevented the binding of Oct-1 and the cervical-octamer binding protein we had previously defined ( 15 ) , nuclear extracts were prepared from a variety of cell types and used in DNA mobility shift assays .
7 Crystals of MUP were grown from a solution of CdCl 2 in malate buffer ( ) , and crystals of A2U were grown from a solution of polyethylene glycol 3350 in citrate buffer ( P2 1 , a =56.6Å , b =103.5Å , c =62.7Å , β =95.3° ) .
8 Crystals of MUP were grown from a solution of CdCl 2 in malate buffer ( ) , and crystals of A2U were grown from a solution of polyethylene glycol 3350 in citrate buffer ( P2 1 , a =56.6Å , b =103.5Å , c =62.7Å , β =95.3° ) .
9 The responses ( see table ) to an interview on public expenditure cuts were collected from a sample of residents of two wards in Greater Manchester in the winter of 1980–81 .
10 Participants for the programme were selected from a list of families who had raised concerns about the effect the condition was having on their lives .
11 Patients were selected from a group of 496 patients with insulin dependent diabetes who attended our clinic regularly , according to the following criteria : they were aged 18–60 , had insulin dependent diabetes mellitus of at least five years ' duration , had a stable body mass index not exceeding 30 kg/m , a glycated haemoglobin concentration of less than 10% , were not hypertensive ( supine blood pressure less than 160/95 mm Hg and no antihypertensive treatment ) , had persistent microalbuminuria — that is , urinary albumin excretion between 30 and 300 mg/24 h at least twice during the previous six months — were not pregnant or wanting to be pregnant , and had no chronic disease other than diabetes .
12 Patients were selected from a group of 80 who were admitted to Northwick Park Hospital during a five year period for management of active Crohn 's disease with an elemental diet .
13 The panellists were selected from a group of 111 people who had responded to newspaper advertisements .
14 Nearly 500 families were nominated for the award and the Williams were selected from a shortlist of 12 .
15 They were made from a variety of timber , some from sawn splines and with points burned to make them hard .
16 Many specimens are made from mammoth ivory , but some were made from a variety of stones or even from fired clay .
17 Primers were made from a section of mycobacterial specific ( 65 kilodalton gene , TB1 and 2 ) groEL gene which is conserved among known mycobacteria but not specific for M tuberculosis .
18 The dead officers were drawn from a number of battalions , revealing that the coup attempt was not confined solely to rebels within the ‘ Urraca ’ company .
19 McClelland ( 1987 ) , on the other hand , shows how discourses upon the nature of work were condensed from a range of social commentators , and incorporated not only arguments about the underlying system of economic relations , but also those about individuality and morality .
20 First , 114 parliamentary constituencies were sampled from a list of all the constituencies arranged in order of region and in order of broad demographic profile of the constituency within region .
21 This chapter concludes by examining the ways in which the notions of , maturity and masculinity which had Sustained professional links between English and Englishness were challenged from a range of pluralist , marxist , feminist , and other cultural perspectives during the 1970s , which , in the context of a counter assault from the new right , culminated in the symbolic " Cambridge Crisis " of 1981 .
22 They viewed the law as providing a basis for the teacher 's authority to exert discipline within the school , but lamented the fact that the legal limits were derived from a collection of diverse sources , more especially case law or precedent under common law .
23 Sentences were increased from a total of 72 years to 260 years in prison .
24 Although the categorisation of information from referral letters is somewhat arbitrary , the study has the advantage that the items which the two groups of doctors were asked to assess were taken from a sample of actual letters .
25 These 20 patients were taken from a total of 32 diagnosed during the same period ; 12 patients were excluded because of poor compliance with the diet ( seven cases ) or denied consent to the protocol ( five cases ) .
26 A month later , during investigations made by 5 Corps after the repatriations were over ( see Chapter Eleven ) , statements were taken from a number of officers in the Durham Light Infantry and 46 Recce Regiment , describing what they had seen at the time .
27 Figures 2 and 3 were taken from a series of images from a man ( Fig 2 ) and women ( Fig 3 ) volunteer .
28 Comparisons in blood are an inadequate measure of courage or military achievement , but these raiders ' losses were a far greater proportion of their force — 369 from 611 army and naval personnel — than were lost in the World War I blocking of Zeebrugge when 195 men were killed from a force of 1,784 .
29 However , some development was possible in each test mode and views on issues were obtained from a number of liaison groups and second-phase schools .
30 Wild-type heterozygotes ( p un / p run +1Rn ) were obtained from a cross of the mosaic by p un / p un .
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