Example sentences of "were used [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Monoclonal antibodies to HLA-DR ( 1/100 , Dako Ltd , Slough ) , CD25 ( 1/100 Dako ) , and CD3 ( UCHT1 , an undiluted supernatant ) were used to stain serial sections . |
| 2 | Chi-squared , Fisher 's exact , Student 's t , and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to detect significant differences among vaccine groups ; 95% confidence intervals ( CI ) for proportions were calculated on a logit scale and converted to the original scale , and 95% CIs for GMTs were calculated with the method of normal approximation . |
| 3 | Multivariate Cox proportional hazard models were used to estimate independent associations of baseline characteristics with 2-year mortality . |
| 4 | Moreover , the new scientific discoveries of the century — such as the discovery of the place of ovulation in the menstrual cycle or advances in gynaecology — far from undermining this view , were used to validate conventional ideas about femininity and women 's sexuality . |
| 5 | Other ideas such as the problem posed by third world economic development and Douglas 's fears of new technology destroying rather than creating employment were used to justify such policies . |
| 6 | As airlines grew , their large cash flows were used to justify huge borrowings for takeovers and expansion . |
| 7 | These were used to draw young nationalists into the work of the Party . |
| 8 | Representative cDNAs from each group were used to screen Southern blots from XLA patients . |
| 9 | Thirty or forty cycles of PCR were used to generate sufficient amounts of DNA for sequencing . |
| 10 | Warehouses were used to accommodate full-scale models of rooms . |
| 11 | A tower where Robert Watson-Watt carried out the early experiments with radar can still be seen , as can the crumbling remains of the curious Pergola-style buildings which were used to test nuclear triggers following the Second World War . |
| 12 | Junk bonds were used to finance leveraged buyouts and takeovers , with the aim of extracting value from existing bondholders and shareholders . |
| 13 | The issue was important because the final census figures were used to apportion federal funds and political representation between individual states and districts . |
| 14 | At home ex-prisoners of war swelled the population of the labour camps , while abroad the Soviet secret police and Red Army were used to impose Communist regimes on the bitterly hostile peoples of eastern Europe . |
| 15 | Lasting up to four hours , they were used to determine individual characteristics ( see page 68 ) and were followed by intensive interviews . |
| 16 | If a crude dichotomous scale were used to depict perceived associations by the placing of a check , a grid such as is shown in table 12.1 might ensue . |
| 17 | They were used to store such items as candles , dustbins and ashtrays for the Civil Service . |
| 18 | If this figure applied to the county as a whole then the criticisms which were used to attack progressive methods were quite unjustified ; far too few schools had embraced Plowden for them to be having the catastrophic influence which their detractors attributed to them . |