Example sentences of "[was/were] carried [adv prt] [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some tests were carried out to examine the accuracy of definition of the field of view of the radiometer . |
| 2 | The first experimental investigations of the linguistic units involved in sentence perception were carried out using the click paradigm . |
| 3 | These analyses were carried out using the SPSS package at Manchester Business School . |
| 4 | Transformations were carried out using the CaCl 2 /heat shock method [ 20 ] . |
| 5 | Gastric emptying studies were carried out using the 15% dextrose test meal for 16 patients and the semisolid test meal for 138 patients . |
| 6 | In the adjoining two storey block nominal alterations were carried out to improve the Ground Floor Art Department , and substantial upgrading of the Kitchen was undertaken to cater for the increased requirements , involving replacement of all catering equipment and servery counters , improved washing-up facilities and new tiled floor and wall finishes . |
| 7 | Urgent repairs were carried out to secure the roof but the parish council has accepted the architect 's recommendation that nobody should be allowed into the building during severe weather . |
| 8 | The statistical test which measures the strength of the relationship between paired sets of observations of this kind is a correlation test , and a large number of these tests were carried out to investigate the relationship ( L. Milroy 1980 : 149–166 ; Fasold 1984 , chapter 4 ) . |
| 9 | Some preliminary tests were carried out to determine the contribution of each light alone , and it was discovered that ‘ C ’ gave approximately half the incident light . |
| 10 | Some analysis was carried out using the ORACLE databases prior to 1988 , and a limited amount was possible for a short period thereafter . |
| 11 | A similar investigation was carried out using the trigram versions of these equations ( Table 4.10 ) . |
| 12 | A nonredundant search of protein databases was carried out using the BLAST Network Service at the National Center for Biotechnology Information ( 28 ) . |
| 13 | Lord Brandon stated that an operation or treatment would be in the patient 's best interests if it was carried out to save the patient 's life , ensure improvement , or prevent physical or mental deterioration . |
| 14 | This study was carried out to compare the serum concentrations of laminin in patients with cirrhosis with comprehensive clinical and laboratory tests in each patient to identify the factors associated with the increase of this glycoprotein . |
| 15 | The 3 expert systems that had been developed were made available to the shop floor , where an 11-month trial was carried out to compare the efficiency of diagnosticians working with and without the expert system aid . |
| 16 | A pilot study was carried out to test the hypothesis that British trained doctors with foreign sounding names were less likely to be shortlisted . |
| 17 | Subsequently , a three-way analysis of variance was carried out to investigate the relationship between setting , sex and class of family background . |
| 18 | The present research was carried out to investigate the decay of short-term memory and show that rehearsal of an item increases the likelihood of its recall . |
| 19 | This chapter describes the research project that was carried out to develop the method . |
| 20 | This study was carried out to determine the number of haemophilic patients seropositive for HIV antibodies and the mortality from HIV infection and to confirm that young children were not being exposed to the virus . |