Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [v-ing] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 These were grouped according to theme and accompanied by a variety of tasks .
2 ‘ When the firms were grouped according to similarity of objectives and techniques of production , and classified in order of the technical complexity of the production systems , each production system was found to be associated with a characteristic pattern of organisation .
3 In addition they were stratified according to Child 's classification ( A or B ) .
4 Hoxha 's statue was pulled down , and there were clashes with police in which up to 20 people were injured according to opposition sources , although eyewitness reports said also that some members of the security forces had gone over to the side of the demonstrators .
5 Patients were separated according to ulcer location ( gastric or duodenal ) and then randomised into control and treatment groups .
6 Some standardised measure of dementia was needed , partly as a criterion of entry to the project , partly so that action and control samples could be compared to see if they were matched according to level of mental impairment , and partly to compare any changes over time .
7 The data discussed here were selected according to wind-direction and particle-concentration criteria that have been shown previously to define ‘ baseline ’ periods of very clean oceanic air .
8 The stations on the Trans-Siberian were classified according to size and amenity into five categories .
9 Croxford House deployed a competitive system within which girls were ranked according to performance in every conceivable area ; since intellectual ability was not all that highly valued , marks were given for trying , for behaving well , for being punctual and helpful and energetic and tidy , indeed for anything at all .
10 Thus , during the late 1940s , five of every six newly-built dwellings were council houses or flats and they were allocated according to need rather than according to income .
11 In the terrible battle that followed many Dark Elves were driven howling with hatred and fear off the cliff tops .
12 Films were categorized according to risk for both junction and exemplar using the same categories as described for Study 2 , these are shown in Table 5.5 .
13 It had always distressed him that the West and the Eastern bloc could both budget so generously for what he considered to be the evils of the nuclear industry while millions in the Third World were left wanting for food .
14 Earlier he told the conference that only 4.5 million people were left working in manufacturing industry in Britain .
15 Finland and Russia on Jan. 20 signed a treaty of good neighbourliness and mutual co-operation ; two other agreements were signed dealing with trade and co-operation in border areas .
16 They were divided into three groups on the basis of self-reported average annual mileage and the groups were balanced according to age and number of years licensed as shown in Table 4.1 .
17 Fire engines were sent racing to Runway 27 , but ambulances were left inside their station .
18 And I do n't want to wish to ask for them to answer that , that 's just the view of the whole of our community , and it did prompt us and it 's not on your records , over a thousand signatures were obtained proposing in fact what I 'm about to conclude with .
19 Bush , Clinton and Perot were kept going by money , the media and mutual verbal abuse .
20 Our results were analysed according to intention to treat .
21 Probes were labelled according to ref. 27 : inserts from KOX cDNAs ( 9 ) were excised and purified by two rounds of agarose gel electrophoresis before labelling .
22 When the data were divided according to head circumference and ponderal index ( table II ) the highest standardised mortality ratio for cardiovascular disease ( 119 ) was in men who had both small head circumference and low ponderal index at birth .
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