Example sentences of "[n mass] were [vb pp] for the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Data were analysed for the significance of differences by analysis of variance ( ANOVA ) . |
| 2 | Figure 11.13 compares A level results in 1979 ( when data were gathered for the Rampton Report ) with those in 1982 ( when comparable data were collected for the Swann Report ) . |
| 3 | Figure 11.13 compares A level results in 1979 ( when data were gathered for the Rampton Report ) with those in 1982 ( when comparable data were collected for the Swann Report ) . |
| 4 | The HDI data excluded several non-UN countries , and gave a single value for the ex-Soviet Union ( for GNP , separate data were used for the latter ) . |
| 5 | Offspring were tested for the transgene by PCR on tail-derived DNA . |
| 6 | They were soon copied by the French , who developed formations of this kind on a large scale from the 1760s onwards , while light infantry were used for the first time in Europe by the Russians at the siege of Kolberg in 1761 . |
| 7 | Thousands of these small fish were killed for the pearl trade . |
| 8 | However , 14 spring fish were reported for the week with Paul McGivern of Belfast taking a fish of 10 lbs on a Gary Dog fly . |
| 9 | Five target fish were nominated for the second day as the anglers struggled to overcome persistent torrential rain and buffeting winds . |
| 10 | ELEVEN people were treated for the effects of fumes after a truckload of chemicals caught fire yesterday at the M62-A1 junction in West Yorks . |
| 11 | Some 100 000 people were housed for the duration of the war in remote and unpleasant camps in the desert areas of eastern California and Arkansas . |
| 12 | Several new plant species were recorded for the reserve but their most interesting find was of signs of a badger that had dug out a bees nest from the ground . |
| 13 | In 1853 his whole collected works were published for the first time with an introduction in which the editor , George Offor , hailed them as a weapon in the struggle against ‘ the mighty efforts ’ which were then being made ‘ to enthral the country in the Satanic yoke of popery or its dark ill-shapen brother Puseyism ’ . |