Example sentences of "was found to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was acquired by enthusiasts for preservation , but on examination by an expert , was found to be rotten beyond repair and scrapped . |
| 2 | Duodenal tissue contained more tissue type plasminogen activator than stomach tissue , but the concentration of urokinase type plasminogen activator in duodenal mucosa was found to be similar to that of the stomach ( Table I ) . |
| 3 | Unstimulated PAF actvity of control , Crohn 's disease , and ulcerative colitis epithelial cells was found to be similar to that of lamina propria mononuclear cells when epithelial and mononuclear cells were compared . |
| 4 | One enzyme system , involved in detoxification , was found to be defective in 90 per cent of patients with chemical sensitivity ( see p 169 ) . |
| 5 | A closely related peptide sequence was found to be present in all three GGF molecules , namely GGF-I peptides 2 and 7 , GGF-II peptide 12 and GGF-III peptide 13 . |
| 6 | This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects , and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth . |
| 7 | Bunny had taken the precaution of holding separate flying- and lighting-rehearsals on the Friday , with the result that the delays were structural rather than technical — the deck of the Jolly Roger swayed alarmingly during the fight between the pirates and the Lost Boys , and the ticking of the crocodile was found to be inaudible beyond the first three rows of the stalls . |
| 8 | A custom-built Shetland Islands Council ferry , Westering Homewards , is lying unused on the mainland after she was found to be unsafe for the exposed 22-mile Atlantic crossing . |
| 9 | A Taq I restriction site was found to be absent from the DNA of patient A , whereas patient B had gained a site for this restriction enzyme . |
| 10 | Our bewilderment was greater still when our carefully selected clothing was found to be far in excess of the requirement of the moment . |
| 11 | Where normality for each group separately was found to be appropriate by using probability plots a two sample t test was used to compare the mean values of each variable of interest between the regulated and random groups . |
| 12 | The popular movement did not produce the Uprising , but its proven modus operandi was found to be essential to its success . |
| 13 | The electrode was found to be usable for at least months . |
| 14 | The faith of the psychiatrist in whatever remedies he uses is an important contribution to , and perhaps sometimes the main reason for its effectiveness or its reputation , but this drug , later named Tofranil or imipramine , was found to be effective in many other clinics and came to be used on a wide scale . |
| 15 | Over 35,000 plant species were carefully screened for anti-cancer properties , and yew bark extract was found to be effective against tumours in mice . |
| 16 | The relationship between these two estimators was found to be unstable across shares and over time , suggesting that the fixed weighting scheme used in the Garman and Klass estimator may not be optimal in reality . |
| 17 | The transmitter , gamma-amino butyric acid , often referred to as GABA , first discovered from studies of inhibitory factors in the spinal cord , was found to be basic to the actions of the benzodiazepines . |
| 18 | The reports created sufficient interest for Sontochin to be synthesized and tested by the American company , and it was found to be active against malaria in canaries . |
| 19 | Later clozapine was found to be devoid of cataleptognic activity and to antagonize amphetamine . |
| 20 | The scale of disrepair disclosed by the survey affects all tenure sectors although , as usual , the condition in the private rented sector is worse than elsewhere ; for example , one in six dwellings in the private sector was found to be unfit for human habitation … |
| 21 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 22 | He was found to be responsible for the gross mismanagement of oil earnings , and was also implicated in a number of political assassinations . |
| 23 | This result is in contrast to one recent study of 11 twin pairs ( 5 monozygotic ) where none of the co-twins was found to be concordant for anorexia nervosa . |
| 24 | Mr Rice , 46 , of Dartford , Kent , was found to be dead on arrival at hospital . |
| 25 | She was taken to the Western Isles Hospital but was found to be dead on arrival . |
| 26 | But it was found to be valuable in conjunction with the newly-discovered antibiotic streptomycin ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 27 | Unlike the German or British environment , the Dutch workplace was found to be multi-lingual from the smallest to the largest enterprises . |
| 28 | None of the 14 patients whose tumour was found to be irresectable at laparotomy died in hospital after operation . |
| 29 | At the same time their insistence on otherness was found to be inseparable from a fear and disavowal of the same , or the proximate . |
| 30 | Ivalon , when histologically prepared by a similar method to the biopsy specimen , was found to be identical to the central material of the peritoneal nodule . |