Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [noun] of " 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 As the Waaagh roamed freely over the Worlds Edge Mountains it was joined by multitudes of Goblins including the Night Goblin tribes of Red Eye Mountain and many Forest Goblin tribes from the Great Forest .
5 ‘ The sides of the hoary mountains were clad with spectators , and the glassy surface of the lake was variegated with numbers of pleasure barges , which , tricked out in all the gayest colours , and glittering in the rays of a meridian sun , gave a new appearance to the celebrated beauties of this matchless vale . ’ ’
6 THE copy of the confidential Department of Trade and Industry report into the House of Fraser takeover which was passed to the Observer newspaper was leaked by officers of the Metropolitan Police fraud squad , it was alleged yesterday .
7 The scheme was intended for people of poor or moderate means .
8 ‘ Need ’ was redefined in terms of learning difficulties significantly greater than those of the majority of children .
9 Rider was remanded on bail of £10,000 , a condition of residence at an address outside the area , not disclosed in court , not to go within five miles of Great Totham , not to drive any motor vehicle and not to contact any prosecution witnesses .
10 A special stand was erected on behalf of the North-Western Federation .
11 The monument was erected by friends of Camus after his death .
12 It was erected in honour of the Emperor and his two sons Caracalla and Geta for their victories in Mesopotamia .
13 The cost was calculated in terms of the current price of slaughter stock , and so many head were then requested .
14 A civil legal action was launched in the mid-1980s to resolve the dispute , but was halted through lack of funds .
15 After the first clash , when the crowd was halted in front of the police cordon , some of the women had argued with the police and told them that they too were victims of the ‘ system ’ .
16 The accident on the westbound carriageway was witnessed by members of the Faslane protest camp who had been demonstrating against the convoy .
17 Obviously the maid was disguised in view of the fact that we were known to be looking for two women travelling together .
18 Nevertheless , he was reinstated by envoys of Charlemagne and Pope Leo in 809 .
19 An aeroplane taking 22 men of the Special Air Service Regiment in June 1944 to be dropped behind the German lines to join the Maquis was recalled on account of bad weather , crashed somewhere in the wooded area near Dijon and no trace has since been found of the plane and its company .
20 Matthew Belsham , of Sale Harriers has been added to England 's Commonwealth Games team , in the pole vault , taking the place of Michael Edwards , who was withdrawn on grounds of misconduct .
21 The canteen ran in this form , with a day and night shift throughout the war and after until around 1960 , when the night shift was withdrawn through lack of support and a skeleton staff supplied tea and snacks to order to the Works night shift .
22 He was a strict disciplinarian whose word was law and , while players could argue with his views and put their own ideas to him freely , he would tolerate no arguing with umpires ; when Sobers once disputed an lbw decision he was reprimanded in front of the team .
23 Scientific applications and various developments to production planning systems were added and the Computer Services Division was formed as part of the Finance Directorate .
24 However , the kinetics of m 5 C-formation ( Fig. 2D ) , as well as the fact that only 1 mole of m 5 C was formed per mole of tRNA favour that only one of the two putative sites in yeast tRNA Asp becomes modified in X.laevis oocytes .
25 It was formed by members of the alma mater of climbers , the Alpine Club , founded in 1858 .
26 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 ) .
27 He was blindfolded for part of the time , which had the effect of making him ‘ look inside of himself ’ and he admitted that he was not ready for the experience and some of the discoveries he made .
28 It is perhaps more significant that the political gesture was overturned in favour of more pragmatic financial reasoning — but this itself is indicative of broader changes in Sheffield 's local politics .
29 Carlos António Fernandes was dismissed as Minister of Transport and Communications on May 5 , 1990 , along with the Secretary of State for Town Planning , Housing and Water , reportedly for " sluggishness and non-implementation of directives " .
30 Alexandre Nunes Correia , Minister of the Civil Service and Labour since March 9 ( and hitherto Public Health Minister ) , was on June 8 , 1990 , dismissed for reasons which were not specified , and on July 31 Maj. José Pereira was dismissed as Minister of National Security and Public Order , a post he had held since 1985 .
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