Example sentences of "were carried [adv prt] in [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Negotiations were carried on in secret and the results were presented to shareholders as a fait accompli . |
2 | Several other minor , and apparently random , streets were also found in this area when flood prevention works were carried out in 1970 . |
3 | The two trials were carried out in adjacent populations in West Africa ; one looked in detail at the effect of vitamin A supplementation on morbidity and the other at its effect on mortality . |
4 | Even the ever-amiable Roger Moore fell out with Broccolli after discovering that secret auditions to find a replacement for Moore as Bond were carried out in 1980 . |
5 | The sheriff of Cumberland received orders to see that the Council 's commands were carried out in all respects . |
6 | Both endoscopic ultrasound and computed tomography were carried out in all patients . |
7 | Necropsies were carried out in 474 ( 98% ) of the 485 cases attributed to sudden infant death syndrome . |
8 | Where individual dwellings have intermediate floors , these were carried out in traditional timber joisted construction , the joists being hung from the new masonry cross-walls on joist-hangers . |
9 | Direct field observations of professional and paraprofessional social service personnel at work and in training were carried out in each country . |
10 | On hepatocytes — binding studies on whole cells were carried out in 24 well cluster trays . |
11 | No measurements of protein synthesis in individual tissues or intestinal mucosa were carried out in these studies , however . |
12 | Clostridium difficile toxin assays , biopsy examination and culture for mycobacteria and immunohistochemical detection of herpes virus and cytomegalovirus in biopsy specimens were carried out in particular cases . |
13 | House searches were carried out in 40 locations throughout Germany , and firearms , ammunition and neo-Nazi propaganda seized . |
14 | Repairs to the existing masonry were carried out in matching brickwork and the purpose-made joinery of new windows and external doors has been retained in its natural colour under a clear sealant , rather than being painted , which might have detracted from the mellow textures of the renovated building ( Plate 51 ) . |
15 | Hybridisations resulting in the autoradiographs of Figures 1 and 5 were carried out in 3 saline sodium phosphate ( SSPE ) , 10% dextran sulphate , 0.5% sodium dodecyl sulphate ( SDS ) , Denhardt 's and 100 µg/ml sonicated salmon sperm DNA at 65°C overnight . |
16 | In over 60 countries the courts gave out death sentences , which were carried out in more than half these countries . |
17 | Until now , all sub-nuclear experiments to test such theories were carried out in huge accelerators with diameters of 10 kilometres or more . |