Example sentences of "was [verb] in [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This methof was effective at producing complete carbohydrate hydrolysis within two hours and was validated in preliminary experiments against an enzymatic method . |
| 2 | Graham , 33 , was stopped in nine rounds on Wednesday by Bradford 's unrated Frank Grant . |
| 3 | In the carnage and suffering of the trenches his strongly sacramental Christianity was communicated in memorable addresses and in colloquial verse of sometimes powerful simplicity , which brought together the passion of Christ and the doubt , fear , and courage of soldiers caught in the squalid stalemate of the Flanders trenches . |
| 4 | This bridge was 550ft long and was erected in 15 days . |
| 5 | The proteolytic activity of homogenates of gastric mucosa ( antrum and body ) and duodenum were measured at pH 2.0 ( total peptic activity ) after exposure to pH 8.0 ( pepsinogen ) and the activated pepsinogen ( pepsin ) was calculated in pediatric patients investigated for the presence of Helicobacter pylori ( H pylori ) , 122 antral , 77 stomach body , and 74 duodenal biopsies were examined in 43 H pylori positive patients , 51 controls , and 28 H pylori negative gastritis patients . |
| 6 | Mainz Cathedral is immense and was altered in later periods when the crossing towers were rebuilt in different styles and houses were constructed abutting on to and becoming part of the cathedral flanks . |
| 7 | In 1975 , after it was launched in Finland , sixteen cases of agranulocytosis occurred , eight being fatal , and the drug was withdrawn in some countries . |
| 8 | As I understand it , the development was to proceed in two phases . |
| 9 | As they approached , the Northumbrian army began to divide , until it , too , was formed in three blocks across the limited ground , to match the three advancing rectangles of Alba . |
| 10 | The present Soviet economic system was formed in these years ; Mr Gorbachev and his colleagues , in endeavouring to reform the USSR , are deliberately seeking to build on the strengths and eliminate the weaknesses of the traditional system . |
| 11 | That policy was overturned in two minutes flat but it is worth remembering that it had held sway since the inception of the service areas fifteen years earlier . |
| 12 | Although her candidacy was dismissed in most quarters as irrelevant , she was potentially the best-funded of the candidates ( although much of her wealth was believed to be inaccessible in frozen Swiss bank accounts ) and had the advantage of the remnants of her husband 's huge patronage network . |
| 13 | The statues were probably made of cypress wood ; it was commented in later times that this was the most suitable material for cult images because it was so long-lasting ( Pausanias , VIII ; Theophrastus , Historia Plantarum , V ) . |
| 14 | The criterion of the purpose of avoiding pregnancy was emphasized in most surveys and interpreted as avoiding pregnancy for the reason of contraception . |
| 15 | Now one of their own was implicated in alleged rituals that seemed to have sprung directly from a determined searching for satanism and rituals adopted by extremist Christian groups . |
| 16 | This judicial readiness to sanction rescue was revised in post-war years in the light of Bowlby 's work on maternal deprivation . |
| 17 | The painting , which has undergone restoration lasting three years without being moved from its place in the Salle des Fëtes housing Italian Renaissance works , was ripped in five places on 3 June , although the Louvre kept the information secret for a fortnight . |
| 18 | The Arts : How I was exposed in 3½ hours |
| 19 | When corruption was exposed in high places in the Democratic Party ( though not touching Truman personally ) the formula was complete . |
| 20 | This was treated in general terms in Chapter 1 and with specific regard to predation in Chapter 2 . |
| 21 | For long the shaman was treated in Marxist-Leninist writings as a mere charlatan who exploited the ignorance of his fellows in order to extort high fees for his services . |
| 22 | It was limited in various ways , particularly since it was conceived as a status , a collection of legal rights against the state , rather than as a practice . |
| 23 | However , the quantity of metal available from native sources was limited in most parts of the world and consequently the major use of metals and alloys for artefacts was dependent on developments in smelting ( see also Chapter 4 ) . |
| 24 | This dose of capsaicin was given in four injections over two days ( first day : 25 mg/kg in the morning and 25 mg/kg in the later afternoon , second day : 25 mg/kg in the morning and 50 mg/kg in the late afternoon ) . |
| 25 | Consent was given in measured tones redolent of suspicion . |
| 26 | Now Maura 's hair was hanging in long waves , unaccustomed to being out of plaits , her eyes sad and shining with unshed tears . |
| 27 | The prince 's artillery , a mixed bag of 13 pieces , varying from one-and-a-half- to five-pounders , was placed in three batteries in the centre of the front line and on the flanks , but was ill-served by inexperienced gun crews . |
| 28 | At the bottom of the kiln was a grate upon which coke and dried slurry was placed in alternate layers . |
| 29 | They became embodied in what was taught in British schools . |
| 30 | It is suggestive , for example , that in Copernicus 's native Poland , a sun-centered cosmology was taught in Protestant schools many years before it was taught to Catholics . |