Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The earliest Interactive Multimedia Terminals ( IMTs ) were developed using videodisc technology and , even today , videodisc continues to dominate all current applications . |
| 2 | The local case studies were developed using data from the Register of Sasines and other documentary sources , together with semi-structured interviews with consumers and producers of private sector housing . |
| 3 | The concepts were developed to conceptualize problems which arose in therapeutic work — problems such as the resistance of patients to being well at all , and not merely to particular interpretations offered to them by Freud in his role as analyst . |
| 4 | To counter this effect , a number of NLP systems were developed to extract information about terrorist incident from a test suite of 100 previously unseen news articles . |
| 5 | Equilibrium ballvalves were developed to overcome problems of water hammer caused by ballvalves shutting off too quickly . |
| 6 | These guidelines were developed to assist centres increase their use of three common alternative routes to accreditation — accreditation of prior learning ( APL ) , credit transfer and assessment on demand . |
| 7 | For each subgroup a Wilcoxon signed rank test was used to compare before and after treatment concentrations of gastric juice ascorbic acid and total vitamin C , plasma total vitamin C , and the ratio of gastric juice to plasma vitamin C. The estimated median within subject before to after treatment differences and their approximate 95% confidence intervals were calculated using Minitab procedure WINT . |
| 8 | In a confidential report , county personnel officer John Bonham wrote last month : ‘ The contents of the letters were calculated to cause concern and distress to the individual addressees . ’ |
| 9 | The number of plants required and the relative costs for each method were calculated to detect 10% , 20% and 50% differences in LAI . |
| 10 | Short summer courses were arranged to prepare teachers for a return to the service . |
| 11 | Of these , almost 20% were arranged to provide support for staff development activities organised by the centre or the Region . |
| 12 | A glance to the left gives glimpses of the spacious Georgian squares and terraces of the eighteenth century , when the North Loch and surrounding swamps were drained to allow construction of the New Town . |
| 13 | Only when all four episodes were completed did Verity Lambert express doubts . |
| 14 | In addition , the references of the available primary studies , review articles , and editorials were checked to identify references not found in the Medline searches . |
| 15 | The chassis and car body were stripped to bare metal , mudguards re-made , and woodwork repaired . |
| 16 | Two centuries later , a second dilapidation occurred , when the roof leads were stripped to make coinage for military upkeep . |
| 17 | On it were placed chafing dishes full of glowing charcoal , spices and herbs . |
| 18 | The same firms were given operating licences under very lax conditions by the same agency . |
| 19 | Crocker 's branch managers were given demanding lending targets and were forced to grab any prospect that appeared to meet them . |
| 20 | After 10 minutes of infusion , the manometric catheter was removed , two sips of tap water were given to clear acid from the oesophagus , and 22 hours of pH monitoring were started . |
| 21 | All the resources of the great firm of Stevenson 's now were squandered to keep John and Nora from joining them . |
| 22 | Angry neighbours said they had repeatedly alerted officers and council officials after Jason Harry , six , and his sister Natalia , five , were heard screaming week after week . |
| 23 | Various initiatives were undertaken to promote solicitors ' services to the wider public . |
| 24 | Tests of correlation were undertaken using Spearman 's rank correlation test ( two-tailed ) . |
| 25 | The 14-strong cast got a rousing response from primary schools who were treated to free seats at yesterday 's dress rehearsal . |
| 26 | Accordingly , the conditions were amended to allow haulage operations to start at 5 am and continue until 9 pm at the Oundle Road operating centre ; Sundays and bank holidays remained inviolate . |
| 27 | Across the country local committees were formed to co-ordinate activity . |
| 28 | The best known in the West is probably shakudo , which is a copper alloy with a deep black patina , but other copper alloys were patinated to produce colours ranging from shades of grey and brown through to green . |
| 29 | The main causes were broken retaining chains , out of position guards , tubes sealed altogether , and impact damage caused by the guard hitting tractor wheels , lift arms or the implement . |
| 30 | The hatches were painted Go Fasta Red with Skull White Crosses and some yellow detail was added to provide a strong contrast to the blue areas . |