Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] with a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Phylogenetic trees based on the nucleic acid sequences of introns inserted at the identical position as intron 1 of the LSUrRNA gene from P.wickerhamii were calculated with a maximum parsimony program ( 36 ) , a maximum likelihood and a neighbour joining program ( 35 ) . |
| 2 | Over 100 stocks were listed with a total nominal value of just under £125 billion and a market value slightly in excess of this . |
| 3 | All patients were sedated with a bolous dose of midazolam ( 2–5 mg ) and received 40 mg hyoscine butylbromide ( Buscopan ) intravenously before the procedure . |
| 4 | By the second century B.C. they were experimenting with a volcanic earth found near Vesuvius and named pozzolana after the town of Pozzuoli there . |
| 5 | By now I was talking and singing on automatic pilot whilst my heart and brain were thudding with a heady mixture of adrenalin . |
| 6 | All four patients with complete bile duct transection were treated with a proximal hepaticojejunostomy with Roux-en-Y jejunal loop . |
| 7 | 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 ) . |
| 8 | S. H. We were treated with a considerable amount of respect by the middle class . |
| 9 | Accelerated growth of algae partially poisoned with copper sulphate has been claimed when these were treated with a 30th potency of copper sulphate , but Moss was not able to repeat this work . |
| 10 | The Gabonese patients were treated with a micronised formulation ( though drug concentrations are not presented ) . |
| 11 | They were examined with a semiautomated morphometric technique with high specificity by a single , blinded observer using a digitising board , and anterior , central , and posterior heights were recorded . |
| 12 | The NAAA and the ADC were formed with a dual purpose : to provide legal protection for Arab-Americans against discrimination , and to lobby for a change in America 's policy towards the Arabs and Israel . |
| 13 | The sacs were filled with a modified Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate solution ( pH 7.4 ) containing 0.1 mM PABA-UDCA disulphate or PABA-UDCA . |
| 14 | His ears were filled with a great roaring , a voice only just discernible , but unintelligible , in its midst . |
| 15 | His mouth was set hard and his eyes were filled with a cold rage that was all the more dangerous for its very restraint . |
| 16 | Genuine Blue Horizon cartons contained blue powder , but the fakes were filled with a white substance , he said . |
| 17 | The lumps , he noted , were returning with a slow vengeance and he confirmed that nonetheless I should be able to fulfil the requirements of a demanding panto season with no trouble . |
| 18 | Ursodeoxycholic acid — In a large but uncontrolled study from Bologna , Villanova et al reported recurrence rates in 86 patients who had had 96 episodes of gall stone dissolution ( in 10 , recurrent stones were dissolved with a further course of oral bile acid treatment ) . |
| 19 | It was large and heavy , a weighty double handful , smoothed above by exposure , beneath its dappling of lichen and moss ; but when Cadfael turned it over it showed rough and pale , with some jagged edges that were tipped with a dark crust , not yet dried out . |
| 20 | The last words were suffused with a whining bitterness . |
| 21 | Kai Tak stretched ahead , runway strip in the harbour lit up in blue white and gold , and a second later they had cleared the buildings of the city and were landing with a faint jolt . |
| 22 | First generation computers were designed with a fixed instruction set and store size , and with a fixed complement of transput devices . |
| 23 | For instance , there is a group of bronze-bound wooden vessels whose binding hoops were decorated with a distinctive repoussé ornament and which are found distributed over central southern England ( Arnold 1982a ; Davies 1984 ) . |
| 24 | Only in a few instances were brass or copper depositum plates provided , for it was more usual to outline the initials , date of death and age of the occupant on to the lid with black-headed upholstery nails with the possible addition of a skull and crossbones outlined at the head of the lid , whilst the sides were decorated with a single row of close-set nails all round . |
| 25 | This suggested that the artificial magnets were interfering with a natural magnetic sense . |
| 26 | The wood was added to the aquarium and a few strategically placed plastic plants were added with a few well-rounded , safe , large pebbles . |
| 27 | In early December Lancaster attempted to negotiate with the court by sending Ralph Basset and William de Clinton with proposals for a settlement , but they were met with a firm refusal by Edward , who told Lancaster that he should not attempt to bargain with his king . |
| 28 | As a result they were met with a 45-minute barrage of gunfire . |
| 29 | But my request — at three information points — for a Disabled Visitor 's Guide were met with a Gallic shrug and an emphatic ‘ Non ’ . |
| 30 | His tone was smooth and teasing , but his eyes were glittering with a disturbing light . |