Example sentences of "was [verb] by [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The reaction was stopped by addition of 800μl of 0.25M NaOH and the absorbance at 410nm ( A 410 ) was measured . |
| 2 | The reaction was stopped by addition of 10% fetal calf serum in DMEM , cells were pelleted by centrifugation ( 300 g/ 10 min ) and resuspended in serum free medium . |
| 3 | Samples were incubated for 10 minutes at 37°C before the reaction was stopped by removal of substrate and dilution by addition of 1.5 ml of 1:1 ( vol:vol ) H 2 O:Dowex-50W ( 200–400 , 8% cross linked , Na + -form ) . |
| 4 | Their planting of small bombs , so that they can monitor security procedures , is followed by police and Army blundering , which was intended by Winner as a dig at Services mentality . |
| 5 | Probe size and labelling was checked by electrophoresis in urea polyacrylamide denaturing gels . |
| 6 | It is a principle of limited government based on the ideas that what was required was ‘ a properly equilibrated political system in which power was checked by power in such a way that neither the violent urges of kings , nor the arbitrariness of legislatures could impinge directly upon the individual ’ . |
| 7 | He was intoxicated by cinema from the start , and his films came directly out of his own experiences and from a total dedication . |
| 8 | If the material was supplied almost entirely by longshore drift , the profile outside the bar should be continuous with that inside the bar ( Fig. 8.19A ) : if the bar was formed by erosion of the sea floor , the profile outside the bar , if projected back towards the land , should not reach seal level at the coast but some way inland ( Fig. 8.19B ) . |
| 9 | The applicant was employed by a company from 1959 to 1987 until she was dismissed by reason of redundancy when she was a few months over 60 . |
| 10 | Eleven children were excluded because of severe problems in the operated ear , which was treated by insertion of a long stay Goode type tympanostomy tube instead of a Shepard tube . |
| 11 | We have seen that , under the ordinary form of a mortgage of freehold land used before the property Acts , the legal estate was conveyed to the mortgagee , so that at law he became the owner of the property ; but that the mortgagor was treated by equity as the owner — he had an equity of redemption , which was an equitable estate in the land ; and he could only be deprived of his equity of redemption in certain defined ways , e.g. by foreclosure or sale . |
| 12 | Until the 1950s away support at games ( except ‘ derbies ’ ) was limited by shortage of money , especially amongst young workers . |
| 13 | Although the passing of a custodial sentence could be justified under the Act on the basis of dangerousness , the length of the sentence was limited by reference to the gravity of the offence , and the court found that the sentence was not excessive judged on this basis . |
| 14 | In 1153 , for example , when the bishop of Langres brought a complaint against Duke Eudes II of Burgundy in the royal court , all four royal summonses to the duke met with excuses ; in the end , therefore , the royal verdict was given by default to the bishop , but without much expectation that a long-term solution to the conflict had been achieved . |
| 15 | The belief that many ‘ non-academic ’ 14 to 16 year olds were ‘ turned off ’ school because of the lack of relevance to the world of work , coupled with a desire to raise vocational standards , was given by government as reasons for the introduction of new pre-vocational courses in schools and colleges . |
| 16 | Her condition was stabilised by resuscitation with intravenous fluids , vasoactive drugs , and active rewarming , and acetylcysteine treatment was begun . |
| 17 | This was recognized by parliament in 1944 ( Dent , 1944 ) but was largely forgotten for two decades as subsequent Secretaries of State avoided its use ( Gordon and Lawton , 1978 , Davis 1980 ; Salter and Tapper , 1981 ; Raggatt and Weiner , 1985 ) . |
| 18 | The young veteran Ronald Ridenhour , whose conscience first led him to question former comrades , was racked by horror at discovering the crimes his friends had committed but felt no fear of official reprisal when he wrote to 30 Congressmen . |
| 19 | The general terror was compounded by ignorance about how the disease spread . |
| 20 | On the other , their sense of injustice in the countryside was compounded by experience of urban conditions and bred a particularly acute sense of grievance , ‘ a uniquely volatile and dynamic mixed consciousness that combined a peasant resentment against the vestiges of Russian ‘ feudalism ’ [ i.e. serfdom ] with a proletarian resentment against capitalist exploitation in the factories . ’ |
| 21 | Amanda 's grief for her father was compounded by anxiety over his ontological status . |
| 22 | This feeling was compounded by confusion over the respective roles and functions of the Department of Employment , the Department of Health and Social Security , the Manpower Services Commission , the ‘ dole ’ , unemployment benefit offices , employment offices and Jobcentres . |
| 23 | The appearance of two parallel systems of power was justified by reference to the continuing strong influence of the CPSU in elected provincial bodies . |
| 24 | I realise that there are constraints of time and problems with dissemination , but you would not expect your local GP to prescribe a drug unless he was satisfied that its use was justified by reference to the available research material . |
| 25 | The Montgomery ( 165 ) sheet in the Welsh Borders was completed by work on the marine Ludlow sequence and overlying fluviatile Přídolí mudstones and sandstones . |
| 26 | NEW faces are certain to be brought in for this summer 's Ashes series after England 's winter humiliation was completed by defeat against Sri Lanka in Colombo yesterday . |
| 27 | News of these defeats was received by telegram at Saint Cloud on the night of 4 — 5 August , to be followed the next day by news of two further defeats at the battles of Reichshoffen and Forbach . |
| 28 | On the same day , 18 February 1974 , the lease was assigned by Tempest to C.T . |
| 29 | Halfway around the world , in Utah , Paul Palmer of Brigham Young University was fascinated by helium in the atmosphere . |
| 30 | The shortfall was filled by growth in services revenues . |