Example sentences of "were [verb] [verb] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forms of alliance were developed to enlist the service of nobles whose lands lay beyond its own lordships . |
| 2 | Diaphragm ballvalves were developed to overcome the noise of ordinary piston types . |
| 3 | In anesthetised rats , models were developed to study the effects of intra-aortic ( ia ) serotonin on ileocolonic and colonic transit , and the effects on transit of a number of 5HT receptor antagonists . |
| 4 | All statistics were calculated using the ARCUS Professional statistics package . |
| 5 | The confidence intervals for the odds ratios were calculated using the method of Cornfield , and the multivariate odds ratio and its confidence interval were obtained from unconditional logistic regression . |
| 6 | Correlation coefficients were calculated using the Spearman 's non-parametric coefficient . |
| 7 | Nor would it appear that these awful prophecies from her Majesty 's Chief Inspector were calculated to depress the spirits of the royal household . |
| 8 | The plaintiffs claim damages from a number of defendants , including the third defendant , under the following heads : ( 1 ) general damages for conspiracy ; ( 2 ) exemplary damages on the basis that the acts complained of were calculated to make a profit for the conspirators or their companies and constituted a cynical disregard for the plaintiffs ' rights ; and ( 3 ) damages for deceit as an alternative to damages for conspiracy . |
| 9 | These were arranged to allow the morning feeding to be carried out and a one-and-a-half hour break for tea allowed many farmers to return for the second feed and to check the stock . |
| 10 | Torrens also points out that many of the early masonic lodges were ‘ orientated to the setting or rising sun ’ and ‘ others were aligned to receive the light from certain stars ’ . |
| 11 | Amino-acid sequences were aligned using a combination of the FASTA program and visual inspection . |
| 12 | Sequences were aligned using the program PILEUP ( UWGCG ) . |
| 13 | And yet we were seeing seeing the film from the Americans where the film stars of the day with their twin sets and fully fashion stockings and the pearls and what have you . |
| 14 | Three reasons were given to explain the observation that samples of lobon-gur mixture from Phase 1 unions were less likely to contain dangerously high amounts of salt than samples from Phase 2 unions . |
| 15 | The government issued statements , before and after the April arrests , criticizing the activities of DP members in northern Uganda and suggesting that they were helping to perpetuate the insurgency , although no evidence of this was presented . |
| 16 | He believed that these groups were helping to alleviate the effects of catastrophes caused by the dawning of the New Age . |
| 17 | Model mum Jilly and her little sidekick were helping to launch the NSPCC 's anti-whacking offensive in the wake of a survey about parenting . |
| 18 | IT SEEMS like only yesterday that the pages of FlyPast were helping to launch the Friends of the Fighter Collection , but they are two years old this month . |
| 19 | Another group of children were helping to make a puppet . |
| 20 | Even in Central Asia , the railway and its stations were helping to make the world one . |
| 21 | They were also exercising their right in keeping with the loyalty with which they were born , as they were helping to rebuild a security station . |
| 22 | The Bretton Woods arrangements were designated to foster a network of multilateral trade and payments in the world as a whole , since this was deemed desirable for the development of world trade . |
| 23 | As early as the Third dynasty of Ur officials were designated to supervise the production of gold vessels and jewellery for use in the temple . |
| 24 | The policy agenda of the Conservative administration after 1979 reasserted the importance of community care and a series of initiatives were undertaken involving the transfer of finance from health to social care , as a means of enhancing the development and co-ordination of care in the community . |
| 25 | Diversions of existing deep foul sewers were undertaken using a combination of pipe-jacking and mini-tunnel techniques over a total length of 455 metres — the longest drive being 342 metres of 1-metre diameter mini-tunnel beneath both new and old A71 and the Union Canal . |
| 26 | During 1992 initiatives were undertaken to raise the profile and image of the Association , promote membership and improve awareness of the benefits and services offered . |
| 27 | Two urchins were struggling to detach the machine gun from its mount . |
| 28 | On the contrary , it flourished within a discipline that had emerged to help the farmers who were struggling to exploit the prairies in a way that destroyed the traditional climax . |
| 29 | He once finished third , but more often he has sacrificed his own chances by slowing down to help British runners who were struggling to complete the course . |
| 30 | Indeed , throughout the 1960s successive governments were struggling to balance the books and it was rather a case of some years being less bad than others . |