Example sentences of "[n mass] were [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One computer printout format included incidences of errors and diagnostic information as well as right or wrong codings , but it proved time-consuming for teachers to use and expensive to produce and post , so generally only the simpler right or wrong data were sent to the schools . |
| 2 | The data were fitted to the equation , in which c.p.m . |
| 3 | For Behaviouralists , the path to knowledge was via the collection of observable data ; regularities within the data were to lead to the framing and testing of hypotheses , from which theories would be constructed . |
| 4 | The absorbance versus temperature data were converted to the first derivative and the melting temperature was defined as the temperature at which the derivative curve attained its maximum value . |
| 5 | Some of the larger aircraft were transferred to the parking area at Amman airport , for a long time the only point from which Iraq could be entered from abroad , as foreign airlines were hesitant about using traditional air corridors which ran close to a war zone . |
| 6 | Quite a lot of fish were returned to the water and I think we took over seventy in that couple of hours in the afternoon . |
| 7 | After analysis of variance , differences between means were subjected to the least significant difference ( LSD ) test . |
| 8 | More and more people were looking to the drains , rather than to providence . |
| 9 | People came running with lanterns and torches , and soon hundreds of people were hurrying to the house . |
| 10 | During the same period over 303,200 people were admitted to the party , which had some 2,155,000 members . |
| 11 | Only seventy people were known to the Inland Revenue to keep more than £6,000 net . |
| 12 | Lots of people were returning to the hut , but lots were going on to the Ober Gabelhorn . |
| 13 | In two Labour-supporting wards , people were directed to the wrong polling station , and in one , polling cards were sent out late . |
| 14 | It was a sign of the dawning self-consciousness of the age that more and more people were turning to the vernacular to express their deepest thoughts and feelings . |
| 15 | No one was hurt in the rush hour blast but a few people were taken to the Royal Free Hospital , Hampstead , suffering from shock . |
| 16 | In that way people were bidden to the funeral . |
| 17 | The staff were pared to the bone and in order to open the house to paying visitors the stable block was turned into a tea room and gift shop . |
| 18 | Catches were well documented at the time and proceeds from sales were distributed to the poor of Doncaster . |
| 19 | Fifteen MPs were appointed to the Committee , and Hall was elected chairman at its first meeting on 30th May . |
| 20 | However , it was given its name before many of today 's really aggressive species were introduced to the hobby , and it is not that violent a fish ! |
| 21 | On 31st March 1991 , dividends of £121,000 were paid to the preference shareholders . |