Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] from a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Absolute quantities of tissue type plasminogen activator antigen in the samples were calculated from an eight point standard curve of tissue type plasminogen activator ( Biopool , Sweden , 0–4 ng/ ml ) . |
| 2 | His swollen upper lip felt enormous and stiff , as though he were recovering from a dental injection . |
| 3 | On three occasions , 1976 , 1980 and 1984 , data were gathered from a random sample of young people who left school in those years . |
| 4 | The Tomlins family were returning from a week-long holiday in England and Wales . |
| 5 | He and his wife were returning from a short break in Venice ( ’ no problems with public transport or with the plane ’ ) and arrived at King 's Cross station . |
| 6 | He did not elaborate on the usual roles played by a king 's sons , who in fact were expected from an early age to join in their father 's business , as envoys and generals , counsellors as long as they remained in their father 's household , and rulers of sub-kingdoms as and when regna were available . |
| 7 | Cattle were rescued from an adjoining building . |
| 8 | The decision to head for Etive had been a late one , after we were repelled from a planned attack on Ardgour 's Garbh Bheinn by a combination of midges and a deer stalking manager . |
| 9 | It is likely that if five other tokens were considered from a different section of text gathered in a comparable social context the score would turn out to be very different say 80 per cent . |
| 10 | And there was widespread concern when two outstanding Cairngorms experts , Dr Adam Watson and W Drennan Watson , were omitted from a working party on the future of the Cairngorms . |
| 11 | Undergraduates on Christmas vacation were the biggest group of helpers , but their colleagues were attracted from a wide catchment of background and experience . |
| 12 | About 400 people were evacuated from a Royal Air Force base at Stanmore , north London , on June 21 after a patrol discovered a bomb , which later exploded . |
| 13 | Three experimental diets were prepared from a standard formula plus pure oleic , linoleic , or eicosapentaenoic acid ( 2% by weight ) . |
| 14 | To this end , three experimental diets were prepared from a standard rodent diet supplemented with pure oleic , linoleic , or eicosapentaenoic acid . |
| 15 | The experimental diets were prepared from a standard formula that included the following semisynthetic components ( wt/wt ) : 20% casein , 1% methionine , 32% corn starch , 15% sucrose , 5% methyl-cellulose , 12% fat emulsion ( Calogen , Scientific Hospital Supplies , Liverpool , UK ; consisting of 50% water , 11% linoleic acid , 28% oleic acid , and 9% saturated fatty acids ) , 3% balanced salt mixture , 0.1% α-tocopherol ( Roig Farma , Barcelona , Spain ) , and a 10% supplement including vitamins , inerals , and dextrin ( Seravit , Scientific Hospital Supplies ) . |
| 16 | For this purpose , three special diets were prepared from a standard diet that was supplemented with oleic or linoleic acid or eicosapentaenoic acid . |
| 17 | Nuclei were prepared from an NF-L expressing ( SKNSH ) and non-expressing ( HeLa and K562 ) human cell lines and subjected to limited DNaseI digestion . |
| 18 | It was only through my presence of mind that we were saved from a frightful scandal . ’ |
| 19 | Data were collected from a single crystal on beam line X-31 at the EMBL outstation at Hamburg using the image plate scanner and were processed using MOSFLM ( Imperial College , London ) and the CCP4 program suite ( Daresbury , UK ) . |
| 20 | Although these cases were selected from a large number in which interferon alfa was given , they suggest that the drug can dangerously aggravate liver disease and that caution is needed in treating cirrhotic patients . |
| 21 | Patients were selected from a computerised database of 222 patients with chronic ulcerative colitis attending Leigh Infirmary . |
| 22 | Various works of contemporary Irish silver which were selected from an open submission competition include pieces by Kevin O'Dwyer , Peter Donovan and Brian Clarke . |
| 23 | One hundred and nine adult asymptomatic cases without any abdominal complaints ( 68 women , with a mean age of 45.6 years ) , who agreed to participate in this study , were selected from an original group of 120 controls ; 11 subjects refused to participate in the investigation . |
| 24 | The bosses were made from a single billet of soft iron ( Härke and Salter 1984 ) and fixed to the face of the shield by means of 4 to 5 rivets whose flat round heads are occasionally tinned . |
| 25 | The cubes were made from a single piece of metal . |
| 26 | A hundred years ago the Cotswolds were transformed from a run-down rural backwater into a world-renowned centre for arts and crafts . |
| 27 | Vaccines were transported from a central distribution point to 53 general practices and six health clinics in the former Central Birmingham Health District . |
| 28 | A Fire Service spokesman said : ‘ We were told from a reliable source the youths were still likely to be in the building so we conducted a thorough search . |
| 29 | There was a constant flow of MPs to see them , and I began to realise that these were drawn from a wide cross-section of the Party . |
| 30 | He had a gift for friendship , and a wide range of acquaintances , but his close friends were few and in his later years were drawn from a small circle who shared his interest in the lives and books of medieval scholars . |