Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] on [num] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus , relative risks were calculated on 130 patients . |
| 2 | After two hours , Mitchum , Ford , Leeds and Vicki Evans were indicted on two counts : possession of marijuana and conspiracy to violate the State Narcotics Act . |
| 3 | The arcades were broken on three sides by vaulted gateways , and on the fourth , the principal axis , by a red sandstone mosque . |
| 4 | No breaks in the cold chain were documented at the central storage facility , although vaccines kept at the study site were discarded on two occasions after power failures that lasted several hours . |
| 5 | During the period April to September 1990 ( the last year for which figures are available ) , WHO levels were exceeded on 27 days . |
| 6 | Studies were made on eight cases of FAP and eight control cases , seven with SCRC and one with multiple colonic ademonas . |
| 7 | Between September 1940 and May 1941 , 141 major air raids were made on 21 cities . |
| 8 | Experiments were performed on 11 rats . |
| 9 | The crucial experiments with standardised diets , each time excluding or adding wheat or rye flour over long periods in these children with coeliac disease , were performed on four children in the Wilhelmina Children 's Hospital in Utrecht and in one child in the Juliana Children 's Hospital in The Hague . |
| 10 | Hydrogen breath tests were performed on 33 patients with cystic fibrosis including five patients with cystic fibrosis related liver disease and eight control subjects . |
| 11 | Fifty four studies were performed on 33 patients with Crohn 's disease , the diagnosis having been established by standard clinical , radiological , and/or histological criteria . |
| 12 | Long term ( 8 hours to 3 weeks ) analogue tape recordings of arterial oxygen saturation ( Sao 2 ) ( Nellcor N-200 modified to provide beat to beat data ) , the plethysmographic ( pulse ) waveforms ( to validate Sao 2 ) , breathing movements ( Graseby capsule ) , electrocardiograms , and skin ( transcutaneous ) po 2 with the sensor heated to 43°C ( Kontron 821S ) were performed on 150 patients . |
| 13 | Experiments were performed on seven subjects to determine the accuracy of the method for measuring oesophageal bicarbonate content . |
| 14 | Both small satellite transmitters and regular VHF ( radio ) transmitters were used on four birds , while just one of each type was attached to two additional birds . |
| 15 | The images of 20 towns and cities were measured on 12 dimensions that had emerged as relevant during preliminary work . |
| 16 | Research by the Game Conservancy Council found that 19 endangered plant species were reappearing on six fields in Wiltshire , Hampshire and East Anglia . |
| 17 | The continuous variables knowledge , attitudes , and beliefs about smoking were assessed on five scales . |
| 18 | The children were assessed on two occasions , each separated by a three months interval . |
| 19 | All first year pupils in the schools were included and were assessed on three occasions ( 4538 before teaching ( 1988 ) , 3930 immediately after teaching ( 1989 ) , 3786 at one year follow up ( 1990 ) ) . |
| 20 | Severe reactions were encountered on two occasions to citrus fruits ( high in salicylate ) but further progress was hampered by obstruction at the old anastomosis that had to be refashioned in 1986 . |
| 21 | The new package reduced import tariffs on 562 items ; tariff surcharges were reduced on 365 items and abolished on a further 137 items . |
| 22 | Comparisons were compiled on 29 projects , all of which are either new models or major model changes . |
| 23 | Eric and Marie Hanby , aged 60 and 61 , were acquitted on 11 charges of cruelly ill-treating children over a 24-year period , 1967–1991 . |
| 24 | According to OPCS , 77 patients with liver disease were admitted on 113 occasions between 1 January 1987 and 31 December 1989 . |
| 25 | Flooding disrupted rail services in three areas of Devon and Cornwall where flood warnings were issued on 33 rivers . |
| 26 | Developed by Dr Arnold Wilkins at the Medical Research Council 's Applied Psychology Unit and Cambridge Optical , spectacles fitted with special lenses were tested on 20 schoolchildren who suffered from migraines , and 60 volunteer office staff working on VDUs under fluorescent lighting . |
| 27 | These chamber kilns were constructed on two levels with openings at one end . |
| 28 | Values of 1.5 and 1.8% were recorded on two samples of Rossmore Mudstone which forms a prominent shale member near the top of the Carboniferous succession in Co . |
| 29 | Baseline measurements of blood pressure and oxygen saturation were recorded on two occasions two minutes apart . |
| 30 | Do you remember at the announcement of last year 's results we erm we mentioned that we were concentrating on four themes one 's cost reduction er driving for cash erm , improving our market share and investing for the future . |