Example sentences of "[noun] were [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Longitudinal sonograms of the gall bladder were recorded on film . |
| 2 | Long axis and transverse images of the gall bladder were obtained and the volume calculated , using the ellipsoid method , from the following formula : |
| 3 | Before entry into the study , each patient had a cystoscopy and at that time the number and position of tumours within the bladder were noted , the largest tumour was measured in two diameters and was resected into muscle , one tumour was selected as a , a reference tumour and left in situ and all the rest of the tumours were resected . |
| 4 | Every 10 minutes , three images of the gall bladder were taken and the mean of the three measurements was taken as the response at this time point . |
| 5 | Patients with previous cholecystitis diagnosed by scintigraphic examination of the gall bladder were excluded . |
| 6 | The contents of the gall bladder were emptied and 2 ml normal saline injected . |
| 7 | Even then the provisions under the Act were fairly limited : the penal laws were not repealed , but Protestant Dissenters were merely given immunity from prosecution if they held their own religious services , provided their meeting-houses were licensed and the doors were left open when they met . |
| 8 | On 13 September , Rudolf Cordes , a West German hostage , and then , on 4 October , Mithileshwar Singh were released . |
| 9 | The dams were intended to control the flooding which affects the river in winter , but they were strongly opposed by local people and environmental groups . |
| 10 | Dams were built linked by causeways to a series of smaller outpost forts . |
| 11 | The Paris-based Office Internationale d'Epizooties ( OIE ) , which represents 120 countries , has accepted the principle that live trading could be resumed provided it were restricted to animals born after the feed ban — and that cattle born from BSE infected dams were excluded . |
| 12 | In Chapter 2 , 11 aspects of contemporary society which can cause trouble for religion were outlined . |
| 13 | Those Communist regimes which tried to ban religion were known for their cruelty . |
| 14 | In 1540 , however , although he strongly opposed them in the House of Lords , the Six Articles of Religion were passed by parliament , including those on transubstantiation and celibacy of the clergy . |
| 15 | Rich deme evidence comes from Eleusis , one of the proudest and most important of the deme sites , partly because of its sanctuary to Demeter and Kore where the cults of the great Eleusinian mystery religion were performed , partly because of a too often forgotten feature of the place : its defences . |
| 16 | Even if the most eminent natural philosophers of the seventeenth century were laymen , it would still not follow that all connections between science and religion were severed . |
| 17 | Once the problem of ‘ boy labour ’ found its way into middle-class consciousness , recreation and religion were deemed to be insufficient for coping with this new and alarming aspect of the youth question . |
| 18 | Marriage and religion were discussed and deplored . |
| 19 | He was not the conventional stuff of which familiars were made , of course . |
| 20 | There is strong evidence from Butler and Stokes ' surveys that housing tenure over-determines party support , in relation to ‘ occupational class ’ : in council housing only 51 per cent of those in occupational classes I-IV with a partisan self-image were found to be Tories , as against 76 per cent in owner-occupied housing . |
| 21 | The skills that were needed to make intricate patterns by manipulating bobbins and pins at speed were learned at an early age . |
| 22 | Then ‘ started getting back into it ’ , McAllister and Speed were mentioned . |
| 23 | The royal martyr 's sufferings were compared with those of Christ , ‘ Blessed Lord ’ , ran the central prayer at Matins , |
| 24 | But Jesus ' sufferings were experienced on behalf of humankind , not because Jesus was unrealistic about himself . |
| 25 | However , none of the words were accessed by LA ( See Appendix 4 ) . |
| 26 | When at last he spoke , the words were spat out in sharp interrogation . |
| 27 | Despite herself , the words were dragged from her . |
| 28 | His words were lost in the frightened screams of the women , the crying of terrified children , the loud cursing and swearing — and sometimes praying — of the men . |
| 29 | Her words were lost in the sound of grinding gears , and the car leaped away from the sidewalk , knocking Mrs Frizzell 's hat askew and leaving her mouthing furiously at nobody . |
| 30 | ’ But then he opened the door , and his words were lost in the wind . |