Example sentences of "was [verb] [v-ing] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Net absorption of water and electrolytes was calculated using standard formulas . |
| 2 | Ninety five per cent confidence intervals for the relative risk was calculated using exact probabilities . |
| 3 | To compete for the award a partnership was formed representing all sectors in the town : Private sector : Teesside and District Chamber of Commerce and Industry and Teesside Tomorrow . |
| 4 | The operation 's precise aims were not clear , however , and by mid-December disagreement was reported between the US administration and the UN Secretary-General over whether the troops ' role was to include disarming hostile factions and pacifying the country , or merely , as the US administration appeared to hold , securing the flow of aid . |
| 5 | The mechanism of inheritance was cracked using non-behavioural traits , but we can reasonably infer that behaviour is inherited in much the same way as are other , more thoroughly studied properties of organisms . |
| 6 | It was also reported that he had the audacity to join the Special Constables , but all pretence was blown asunder when he was noticed pawning stolen articles by a fellow officer . |
| 7 | The lobe on the right was prepared by reaggregating 14-day thymocytes , purified class II + epithelial cells and fetal mesenchyme cells , whereas the other was prepared using 14-day thymocytes and purified epithelial cells alone . |
| 8 | For example , the above portfolio was re-evaluated using equal weightings instead of capitalization-based weightings and the following results were obtained : |
| 9 | A general amnesty was granted allowing political exiles to return freely . |
| 10 | FORMER soccer star Mark Dennis was seen doing squat thrusts and press-ups on a common with his shorts and underpants round his ankles , a court heard yesterday . |
| 11 | In particular , detectives are anxious to hear from a woman who was seen carrying two bags from a caravanette on board the Severn Explorer . |
| 12 | The staining with the anti-acetylated α -tubulin antibody was done using standard procedures . |
| 13 | Northern blot analysis was done using standard techniques . |
| 14 | This was done using British Telecommunications Plc 's Phonebase system to access the directory enquiries database . |
| 15 | A declaration was adopted deploring recent manifestations of anti-semitism , racism and xenophobia , including prejudice against foreign immigrants , and calling for vigorous measures to combat them . |
| 16 | In the House of Spring Gardens case , the English proceedings simply lay dormant ; no order was made staying those proceedings on the ground of lis alibi pendens . |
| 17 | To heighten comprehension , our information was presented using personal pronouns in deliberately short sentences that explained or avoided technical terms ; awareness could be further enhanced by issuing the information sheets ( customised for specific operations ) during the initial outpatient consultation , which would give patients more time to assimilate the facts . |
| 18 | An introductory program was written containing these routines , so that the subjects were able to attempt shape input and adjustment , before using the programs illustrating the CAD techniques . |
| 19 | The product was amplified using 25 cycles of denaturation ( 30 sec , 95°C ) , annealing ( 60 sec , 52°C ) and extension ( 60 sec , 72°C ) . |
| 20 | In Frost v. Aylesbury Dairy ( 1905 C.A. ) milk was sold containing typhoid germs . |
| 21 | PCR was performed using standard techniques on a PHC1 ( Techne Ltd. , Cambridge , UK ) with a regime of : 30 cycles of 94°C for 0.6 minutes , 55°C for 0.6 minutes , 72°C for 2 minutes , with the final cycle followed by 9.0 minutes at 72°C . |
| 22 | I was going shopping twenty years later with my parents and my own little girl Sara in her push-chair , when my mother said to my father , ‘ Are you going to nip into the Post Office ? ’ |
| 23 | In Table 4.4 ‘ status ’ was assessed using three criteria of skill , training and social prestige . |
| 24 | As a result , another DC was raised describing those modifications . |
| 25 | A questionnaire was piloted asking 28 questions under the headings professional details , present training arrangements , effectiveness of current training , and perceived help required for implementing the recommendations . |
| 26 | Hashemi , who was found carrying two kilos of heroin , agreed to co-operate with US officials to entrap Malik . |
| 27 | Later still it was found covering extensive areas of the sea floor south of Ireland . |
| 28 | As the repression increased , more and more of our time was spent denouncing human rights violations , And it was n't just the management we were fighting but the army and the security forces as well . |
| 29 | Most time was spent retrieving ill-considered casts from trees , hunting in long grass for flies , cracked off . |
| 30 | Time was spent undoing Labour measures on price and income controls but the main effort was put into a new Industrial Relations Act , a new Housing Finance Act , into tax cutting and the reduction of public expenditure on industry and alleged welfare extravagances . |