Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [prep] [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Comprehensive quality-assurance procedures for the onsite measurements were developed for this project . |
| 2 | They were developed at that time as a useful product for the , for the menfolk . |
| 3 | For example , non-Christian religions were developed in more detail , and in many places a user was able to treat his own country or religion as the preferred category . |
| 4 | To see which variables were related to a subject recalling a junction , point biserial correlations were calculated with each junction being scored as a 1 for a subject that recalled it and 0 for a subject that did not . |
| 5 | Sensitivity , specificity , and accuracy were calculated for each finding for each age group . |
| 6 | Correlations between pairs of measures across the 40 junctions were calculated for each subject individually , the 30 correlations obtained in each case were then averaged using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver and Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 7 | Using the method recommended by Dunlap , Jones and Bittner ( 1983 ) correlations were calculated for each subject individually across the 24 films used in this study , correlations were then averaged for the 48 subjects using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver & Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 8 | In comparing mean daily prevalence rates of morbidity between vitamin A and placebo groups in the Health Study , separate daily prevalence rates were calculated for each child for each of the intervals between dosing points . |
| 9 | To examine further the association of age and anti-HEV , prevalence rates were calculated for each decade . |
| 10 | Mortalities from cancer ( cancer given as the underlying cause of death ) were calculated for each treatment and were adjusted for age by the direct method . |
| 11 | Crude relapse rates were calculated for each treatment using the method suggested by Kuirata , ( 100×number of relapses detected in 12 months , divided by the number recruited ) and were compared using a χ 2 test . |
| 12 | Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests . |
| 13 | Expected numbers were calculated for each group standardised for age , sex , and time period Observed numbers were treated as data from a Poisson distribution with mean equal to the number expected . |
| 14 | The correlation between risk ratings , accident estimates and the other 10 scales were calculated in each case . |
| 15 | But if my own suspicions were aroused at that moment , Lord Darlington evidently did not share them . |
| 16 | The two tests were explained in that case by the Lord Chancellor … who commented that not the law but our mode of life has changed over the years ; that what has changed is " the degree in which certain things have seemed susceptible of being put up as mere ornaments whereas at our earlier period the mere construction rendered it impossible sometimes to sever the thing which was put up from the realty . " |
| 17 | Some American officials at the banquet were dumbfounded by this testament . |
| 18 | By the kindest count , seven catches were grassed at Auckland , and six more chances were spilled on this opening day , with Gooch missed twice off Cairns before reaching double figures , after a 90-minute delay while the groundstaff mopped up the previous day 's heavy rain . |
| 19 | Parler brought with him the influence of the Cologne school and , though only the choir and chapels with part of the south façade were completed at this time , it is interesting to compare , both on exterior and interior , the work of Matthias on the lower part and Parler on the upper ( 532 and 533 ) . |
| 20 | More than 13,000 new policies were completed in that period with new annual premium business increasing by 19 per cent to £7 million , and single premium business almost doubling to £57 million . |
| 21 | Against this , the attendance of ‘ housewives ’ increased : by 1957–58 53% of women students and 31% of all students were placed in this category . |
| 22 | Three fans were placed in this category on the basis of lengthy observation and in accord with what were taken to be the appropriate criteria for judging such people . |
| 23 | He points out that when , in 1990 , the recession forced Robson Rhodes to let go 12 students who were under contract , all of them were placed in another firm of chartered accountants . |
| 24 | Younger Palestinians — Palestinians who were born in Lebanon , for example — can remember how their parents angrily threw the keys away in the early 1950s , how the documents that were guarded with such care in the initial days of exile were mislaid or destroyed as their true meaning became clear ; because they proved ownership of a world that had disappeared . |
| 25 | Each head of faculty 's final report was duplicated and copies were given to each faculty member , the headteacher , and the appropriate deputy head . |
| 26 | Inevitably , follow up appointments were given to some extent on a subjective basis according to the laser endoscopist 's previous experience . |
| 27 | Three reasons were given for this policy : to check further growth of large built-up areas ; to prevent neighbouring towns from physically coalescing , and to preserve the special character of some historic towns ( Elson 1981 ) . |
| 28 | Four reasons were given for this failure : |
| 29 | Moreover , if part of the equity were given in this way , it would immediately be subject to Schedule E income tax in the hands of the individuals — Sch30 , para 19 Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 . |
| 30 | They were withdrawn at that time but enacted in 1894 along with provisions ‘ to introduce local self-government into rural parishes ’ ( Redlich and Hirst 1958:216 ) . |