Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longitudinal sonograms of the gall bladder were recorded on film . |
| 2 | In 1540 , however , although he strongly opposed them in the House of Lords , the Six Articles of Religion were passed by parliament , including those on transubstantiation and celibacy of the clergy . |
| 3 | But Jesus ' sufferings were experienced on behalf of humankind , not because Jesus was unrealistic about himself . |
| 4 | Her words were followed by applause to indicate that everyone agreed . |
| 5 | The last words were met with silence . |
| 6 | All words were printed in uppercase and the end of each sentence was indicated with a full stop ; but no other punctuation was used . |
| 7 | My bitterness was real , but I had not spoken wildly ; the words were uttered with calculation . |
| 8 | The same procedure was adopted as for the immediate recall part of the experiment but words were used from set B. However , before the subject was allowed to recall the words an arbitrary three digit number , provided below the word list for each trial , was given to the subject and the subject asked to repeat the number and count backwards by threes as fast as they could for thirty seconds . |
| 9 | Wexford 's last words were drowned in thunder . |
| 10 | The words were going into Charity 's brain but she was n't really registering them , her focus was so concentrated on the rhythm of the CPR . |
| 11 | Holly 's head was doubled on his chest , and his words were spoken without sound , and Chernayev talked on from the side of his mouth , oblivious to the loss of his audience . |
| 12 | Such a method was proposed by Jussieu in 1789 , and first in France and then elsewhere it was steadily adopted , and was improved as more characteristics were taken into account . |
| 13 | Both aspects were seen in case no 2 . |
| 14 | The revelation comes as an oil industry survey claims 84 per cent of forecourts were hit by crime last year . |
| 15 | The Guidelines were introduced as part of the recent launch of the International Hotels Environment Initiative ( IHEI ) in the presence of HRH The Prince of Wales and attended by hotel representatives from 11 of the leading hotel chains of the world , between them controlling over 11 million rooms . |
| 16 | Metal polish , on the other hand , often contains ammonia which can burn skin and petroleum distillates which are highly poisonous if swallowed ; aspirin — one of the most widely used painkillers — can damage the stomach lining and is dangerous for people with stomach ulcers and kidney problems ; and more cases of salmonella food poisoning were caused by beef in the UK during 1984 than by any other single meat . |
| 17 | Complexes were formed between protein and DNA in the presence of the corepressor , SAM ( 1mM ) at 37°C for 15min before electrophoresis in 10% ( w/v ) polyacrylamide gels containing 0.1mM SAM . |
| 18 | The radiolabelled DNA promoter fragments were incubated with various concentrations of reconstituted holoenzymes at 37°C for 30 min to reach equilibrium between the free species and open complexes ; preformed complexes were challenged with heparin and separated on a 4% native polyacrylamide gel ( Fig. 1 ) . |
| 19 | The complexes were separated by agarose gel electrophoresis , the position of the complexes was identified by autoradiography , cut out , treated with piperidine and separated by acrylamide gel electrophoresis as described ( 18 ) . |
| 20 | Complexes were separated by agarose gel electrophoresis . |
| 21 | Altogether 471 tonsillectomies were performed for glue ear , all but nine of which were performed with other operations such as adenoidectomy . |
| 22 | Death and renewal were accepted as part of an ever-continuing cycle . |
| 23 | Silver caps were bonded with copper rivets by heating the two while held together under pressure . |
| 24 | All cars of this batch were withdrawn from service with the reorganization of services in the summer of 1927 . |
| 25 | Those on the infected side were threatened with death either way , it seems . |
| 26 | The trestle tables down each side were stained with wine and strewn with the stale remains of various meals . |
| 27 | Lipid vesicles were sized by photon correlation spectroscopy as described by Barenholz et al using a Malvern Autosizer II C. The mean diameter of the vesicles was 605 ( 15 ) . |
| 28 | Unilamellar vesicles were prepared by sonication as described by Barrow and Lentz in a nitrogen atmosphere using a Heat Systems Cup Horn Sonicator ( Heat Systems Ultrasonics Inc , NY , USA ) at an output setting of 4 , for 55 minutes at 25–35°C . |
| 29 | In April 1989 , hundreds of Liverpool fans were crushed to death on the terraces of Sheffield 's Hillsborough Stadium before the FA Cup semi-final between Liverpool and Nottingham Forest . |
| 30 | In 1921 , for example , the boys section at Bradford Park Avenue was closed down for three months after the referee had been pelted with rubbish , and in the early 1920s the fierce North London rivalries between Arsenal and Spurs flared into open street battles in which some of the more zealous fans were armed with iron bars and knives . |