Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [prep] a [num] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Production remains linear over this time suggesting good viability , and all experiments were completed within a two hour incubation period . |
| 2 | The results were publicised during a two day exhibition at Keele University in November 1990 : the event , which included displays of the thematic maps and archival material , was promoted jointly by BGS , the North Staffordshire branch of the Geologists ' Association and the Institution of Geologists . |
| 3 | All 20 patients were placed on a 2200 kcal diet containing 80 g/day of fat . |
| 4 | All injections were given as a 200 µl bolus of neuropeptide Y ( Peninsula , Belmont , CA , USA ) dissolved in sterile 0.9% saline containing 0.1% dog albumin ( Sigma , St Louis , MO , USA ) or the carrier alone as control . |
| 5 | To find out if small bowel bacterial overgrowth contributes to faecal fat and faecal bile acid losses four patients with positive hydrogen breath tests and excessive faecal fat and faecal bile acid losses were treated with a seven day course of oral metronidazole ( 400 mg three times daily ) . |
| 6 | The van doors swung open and as Antinou 's lads eased us out we were treated to a 6 a.m. view of Clapton . |
| 7 | Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers . |
| 8 | We ran the race as if we were competing in a 100 metres , charging full tilt at the bends . |
| 9 | Volunteers were enrolled over a nine month period . |
| 10 | Shorter and his lieutenants were wary of a trap and had watched the forest lodge near Caesar 's Camp for several hours before finally making their rendezvous with Baptist Nunn but , as they entered the building , they were surrounded by a dozen officers who had been lying doggo nearby for many hours . |
| 11 | My brother and I were booked for a 5 day course on Harperig Reservoir , with one instructor and a group of about 10 children . |
| 12 | In St Louis , we were booked in a 11,000 seater hall and I think 180 or so people came . |
| 13 | Peroxidase conjugated sheep anti-mouse immunoglobulins ( Amersham ) were added at a 1/2000 dilution in PBSB-Tween and incubated for 1 hour at room temperature . |
| 14 | After washing in phosphate buffer saline ( PBS ) , aliquots of 1×10 4 cells were added to a six well tissue culture plate ( Gibco ) . |
| 15 | The Wirral FA Premier Cup hopes of The Oak were felled in a 1-0 setback against Archers Social . |
| 16 | The monoclonal antibodies were applied by a three stage indirect immunoperoxidase technique described elsewhere . |
| 17 | A man has died and three other people were injured in a ten car pileup on the M-forty motorway . |
| 18 | Pile-up:Two drivers were injured after a three vehicle pile-up in Burscough , Ormskirk . |
| 19 | The prize winners from the Lillywhites ski evening held for Ski Club of Great Britain members on 14 November , were presented with a two week skiing holiday in California plus £500 spending money from Virgin Holidays . |
| 20 | Other such thematic surveys completed during the year included the DOE-funded Falkirk project , the results of which were presented at a one day seminar for planning officials , where the practical value of the 36 thematic maps produced was demonstrated . |
| 21 | The results were presented at a one day seminar for planning officials , where the practical value of such thematic maps was demonstrated . |
| 22 | Individual films were separated by a 10 second featureless blue field . |
| 23 | Individual films were separated by a three second featureless blue field and were recorded in blocks of four for the purposes of randomization . |
| 24 | The Maidens were living on a fifty-eight foot boat with twelve people aboard , wherever they moved there was somebody else . |
| 25 | grandmother and I think there was an aunt , and I said Ken were living in a three bedroomed semi , oh they wo n't mind for Christmas . |
| 26 | Any interesting marks , blemishes and odd shapes on the photographs were transferred to a 1:2500 Ordnance Survey Pathfinder map with a pencil for further reference . |
| 27 | Individual faecal excretions were collected over a four day period in 500 ml polythene clip top containers . |
| 28 | Individual faecal excretions were collected over a 4 day period after injection of the labelled cells , with particular care being taken not to contaminate the faecal samples with urine . |
| 29 | The data were collected over a 22 year period during which the frequency of diagnosis of endometriosis increased dramatically , with , for example , the reported incidence at time of laparoscopic sterilisation rising from <5% to 18% . |
| 30 | In the Groeger and Chapman study responses were made on a seven point response keypad with the question repeated each time a rating was required . |