Example sentences of "were carry [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 .
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