Example sentences of "were [verb] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Slides were developed using a Fast Red TR substrate ( Sigma ) and viewed under fluorescence conditions as described previously . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The portraits were arranged to form a three-dimensional family tree , and to suggest links with the imperial family in Rome . |
| 4 | Amino-acid sequences were aligned using a combination of the FASTA program and visual inspection . |
| 5 | The Wolverton design team continued to develop this successful system , and in 1938–39 were experimenting to develop a 30 cwt — 2 ton unit . |
| 6 | Women around the world were heard to heave a huge sigh of relief . |
| 7 | We might even have experienced a glow of self-righteousness , believing that we were helping to solve a , social problem' . |
| 8 | Another group of children were helping to make a puppet . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | On training prisons such as Maidstone he found , generally , that most establishments were struggling to provide a basic level of regime activities . |
| 13 | The clubhouse plans ( of which no copy exists ) were discussed , and were revised to include a scullery ; the usual offices ( presumably the toilets ) were to be in a detached , rather than integral , building . |
| 14 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential document written by Anglian Water to the Scottish Office about the reorganisation of Scottish water . |
| 15 | The protesters were demanding to see a confidential AW document to the Scottish Office about Scottish water . |
| 16 | Cells were examined using a Biorad MRC 600 scanning confocal microscope equipped with an argon-xenon laser and printed from the computer using a Mitsubishi colour video copy processor . |
| 17 | Thirty eight liver biopsy specimens were examined using a panel of 11 monoclonal antibodies raised against carbohydrate antigens of the ABO , Lewis and Kell blood groups . |
| 18 | Incidentally , I knocked down the girders that were to go to develop a new pit which would come from Monktonhall into those reserves . |
| 19 | The kitchen and breakfast room were joined to create a spacious 22ft by 15ft area . |
| 20 | To investigate this , both modules were integrated in the same program and relative weightings were adjusted using a variety of permutations . |
| 21 | Inflation continued to increase after March figures were adjusted to show a rise from 4.3 p.c in February . |
| 22 | You were goin' to make a tart , were n't you ? |
| 23 | However , it would be dangerous indeed to assume that all these entrants were intended to acquire a full competence in the trade.58 Work on Essex shows that the skill and training content of female apprenticeships was generally modest , and that they tended to have a different meaning . |
| 24 | On occasion the requests were intended to push a candidate forward much more rapidly than was normal . |
| 25 | The rules were intended to simulate a solo walk , and along the most arduous sections it did — I was out there without aid — but in the region of towns and villages things were lax . |
| 26 | They were intended to achieve a number of objectives . |
| 27 | These measures were intended to introduce a new era in health and safety particularly through methods of ‘ self regulation ’ backed by a minimum of general rules . |
| 28 | The tribunals were intended to provide a way for rural residents to settle disputes without legal formalities . |
| 29 | They were intended to provide a rapid procedure under which objectors would have no right to state their case at a public inquiry , and the commission was not required to disclose the purpose for which the land was needed . |
| 30 | Some of the corporation 's governors were expected to attend a dinner at Broadcasting House last night , with the Birt issue the main topic of conversation . |