Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] for [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As more and more uses were found for computers in business and commerce , as well as in science and engineering , even easier languages were developed for lay use . |
| 2 | Comprehensive quality-assurance procedures for the onsite measurements were developed for this project . |
| 3 | Sensitivity , specificity , and accuracy were calculated for each finding for each age group . |
| 4 | Correlations between pairs of measures across the 40 junctions were calculated for each subject individually , the 30 correlations obtained in each case were then averaged using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver and Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 5 | Using the method recommended by Dunlap , Jones and Bittner ( 1983 ) correlations were calculated for each subject individually across the 24 films used in this study , correlations were then averaged for the 48 subjects using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver & Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 6 | In comparing mean daily prevalence rates of morbidity between vitamin A and placebo groups in the Health Study , separate daily prevalence rates were calculated for each child for each of the intervals between dosing points . |
| 7 | To examine further the association of age and anti-HEV , prevalence rates were calculated for each decade . |
| 8 | Mortalities from cancer ( cancer given as the underlying cause of death ) were calculated for each treatment and were adjusted for age by the direct method . |
| 9 | Crude relapse rates were calculated for each treatment using the method suggested by Kuirata , ( 100×number of relapses detected in 12 months , divided by the number recruited ) and were compared using a χ 2 test . |
| 10 | Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests . |
| 11 | Expected numbers were calculated for each group standardised for age , sex , and time period Observed numbers were treated as data from a Poisson distribution with mean equal to the number expected . |
| 12 | On July 20 the former mayor of East Berlin , Eberhard Krack , and 12 associates were indicted for electoral fraud . |
| 13 | Bearing in mind the threatened penalties to be imposed by the Registrar of Companies for late filing of accounts , meetings were arranged for formal approval of the financial statements by both the directors and members on 28 July 1992 , and I emphasised to my client the need to lodge a copy of the accounts with the Registrar by the end of July . |
| 14 | They threw a party in his honour in the old Hut by the Strathmore Arms , where the revels were halted for one minute 's silence in memory of George 's brother , Guardsman Sidney Fawcett . |
| 15 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 16 | Two courses of ganciclovir were given for serological evidence of cytomegalovirus reactivation after 5 weeks and 4 months . |
| 17 | Three reasons were given for this policy : to check further growth of large built-up areas ; to prevent neighbouring towns from physically coalescing , and to preserve the special character of some historic towns ( Elson 1981 ) . |
| 18 | Four reasons were given for this failure : |
| 19 | Three actions were undertaken for secondary intervention ( dealing with the problem and aiming to restore health ) . |
| 20 | Several methods of pedestrian flow and journey data collection were considered and 10 pre-Christmas shopping days of automated photographic data were gathered for one street in Nottingham city centre in a pilot study to test collection and interpretation procedures . |
| 21 | Sixty one patients ( 27 men and 34 women ) ( mean age : 41.8 years ; range : 17–74 years ) with irritable bowel syndrome were treated for one week with one of the following drugs : |
| 22 | A mean of 20 sections were examined for each subject . |
| 23 | At least 3 specimens were examined for each time point . |
| 24 | A mean number of 10 well orientated crypts were examined for each specimen . |
| 25 | Up to five sections were examined for each subclass because of the scarcity of IgG-producing cells in some specimens . |
| 26 | Newborn mice from transgenic line 6 were examined for HNF-L expression by S1 nuclease protection assay and were shown to express the transgene in brain ( figure 5 ) . |
| 27 | Between January 1988 and December 1990 , 283 patients with symptomatic gall stones were referred for non-operative treatment . |
| 28 | However , many were referred for compulsory admission where they were subsequently not admitted , or admitted informally . |
| 29 | for anatomical reasons it proved impossible to cannulate the portal vein in four patients , two were referred for surgical intervention , and one patient has required further admission for transfusion because of bleeding from portal gastropathy . |
| 30 | Over 44 months 157 patients ( 96 boys ) who had suffered one or more events out of hospital and received mouth to mouth resuscitation were referred for clinical management to our department at the Royal Brompton Hospital . |