Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [verb] the " in BNC.

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1 Various strategies , individual and collective , were developed to combat the organizational pressure .
2 Forms of alliance were developed to enlist the service of nobles whose lands lay beyond its own lordships .
3 Diaphragm ballvalves were developed to overcome the noise of ordinary piston types .
4 These methods were developed to aid the physical mapping of the fission yeast S.pombe ( 1 , 10 ) but are applicable to other hybridisation data .
5 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 .
6 As a result monstrous tower blocks , not fit for human souls , were erected to replace the neat streets of individual terraced houses , vast impersonal motorways supplanted the agreeably irregular network of real roads , and as part of the dehumanization process , the Great railway stations , the local cinemas , and the corner shops , the familiar landmarks of a lifetime , were swept away .
7 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 .
8 Mixing curves are ticked to represent 20% increments , and were calculated using the following parameters .
9 Correlation coefficients were calculated using the Spearman 's non-parametric coefficient .
10 All statistics were calculated using the ARCUS Professional statistics package .
11 Nor would it appear that these awful prophecies from her Majesty 's Chief Inspector were calculated to depress the spirits of the royal household .
12 Rousseau 's judgements and highly insulting remarks about the Opéra 's instrumentalists were calculated to discredit the whole establishment : the ‘ woodchopper ’ was just the most prominent symbol of authoritarian decadence .
13 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 .
14 Two landmarks ( L+ , L- ) were arranged to predict the spatial location of hidden food nearby that was either accessible ( F+ ) or inaccessible ( F- ) .
15 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 ’ .
16 Sequences were aligned using the program PILEUP ( UWGCG ) .
17 More thorough stock control completed the changed Southern scene as virtually all EMU units were renumbered to allow the first two digits to match their fleet status .
18 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 .
19 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 .
20 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 .
21 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 .
22 ‘ We simply went to work like normal citizens during martial law and now it seems that 's a crime , ’ he went on , gesturing at the 20 heads of party factory cells who were gathered to discuss the future of communism in Poland .
23 We were taught to replace the turf at the bottom of the bank to preserve grazing and to leave the face of the newly-cut bank as smooth as possible .
24 The authors also report that a group of 12 teachers were taught to score the LIT with 90 per cent accuracy .
25 Where I come from , we were taught to prefer the best of everything .
26 On the day after Kiffin Rockwell chalked up the Lafayette 's first victory , orders were received transferring the Squadron to the Verdun front .
27 As a result of the successful implementation of the " persons ' system , requests were received to extend the PMIS to cover new areas of work .
28 Articles were amended to encourage the development of the private sector and increased foreign investment .
29 The overall data were examined using the SPSS/ PC programme on an IBM PS2 personal computer .
30 The corpses of 56 cetaceans washed up on Welsh beaches since 1989 were examined to determine the cause of death .
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