Example sentences of "[noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [prep] [adv] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Autoradiographs of bleomycin cleavage were scanned with either a Joyce Loebl Chromoscan III or a Hoefer GS300 microdensitometer . |
| 2 | The tape was driven by either an electric or clockwork motor and the writing head was supplied with ink from a reservoir by siphon action , as the tape was being driven . |
| 3 | He examined only two FT-SE index futures contracts , March 1985 and June 1985 , and a significant maturity effect was found for only the June 1985 contract . |
| 4 | Industry was seen as both the cause of German distress and Germany 's salvation . |
| 5 | A long-standing illness , disability or infirmity was reported by almost a quarter . |
| 6 | A long-standing illness , disability or infirmity was reported by almost a quarter . |
| 7 | The sensitivity , specificity , and efficiency of the sweat spot test were calculated for both the sweat spot test score and the percentage number of abnormal subareas , and receiver operating characteristic curves were drawn for both parameters . |
| 8 | Significant increases in those claiming supplementary benefit were recorded from both the unemployed and from single-parent families , whereas the number of pensioners claiming had decreased ( see Figure 5.1 , page 80 ) . |
| 9 | Clerical and administrative backup were provided at only a modest level . |
| 10 | But the test was sat by only a handful of pupils because of a boycott by teaching unions . |
| 11 | The GT4 test was taken by almost every pupil who participated in the project trials . |
| 12 | The universe would then go on to expand and cool just like the hot big bang model , but there would now be an explanation of why the universe was expanding at exactly the critical rate and why different regions had the same temperature . |
| 13 | The development of clones from the rosettes present at the beginning of the study was also recorded in detail so that the clonal parent was known for almost every rosette present in the quadrats at the end of the study . |
| 14 | The cube was described by nearly a third of the pupils in the sample as a " square " . |
| 15 | Within a few months many assurances were broken ; there were wistful , unfulfilled hopes of James Edward Stuart landing and asserting himself as King James VII ; and in the House of Lords an attempt by Scottish members to repeal the Act was defeated by only a small majority . |
| 16 | Television 's failure to publicize the unemployment issue was matched by only a small decline in public concern about the issue while enormous public interest in health , education and social services preceded television 's switch towards those issues . |
| 17 | The real issue was put in possibly the best speech that I have heard in this place by the right hon. Member for Chesterfield ( Mr. Benn ) last night . |
| 18 | Not too long ago , property ownership was limited to just a minority — but today nearly two thirds of people in England and Wales live in their own homes , more than in many other countries . |
| 19 | The Third Class ‘ Parly ’ half of the Excursion Return was issued until almost the closing of the line . |
| 20 | The amateur actor was born with only a third of a kidney and has been on dialysis for the past four years . |
| 21 | Deaccessioned last year by the Chrysler Museum , this rare group was signed with both the factory and modeller 's monograms on the side . |
| 22 | The large wartime backlog of investment left considerable scope for economies in new investment , as in the first ten years the length of distribution mains in service were extended by nearly a third . |
| 23 | By 1900 Darwin was acknowledged as the founder of evolutionism , but his theory of natural selection was accepted by only a minority of biologists . |
| 24 | From a Neil Pink corner , the ball was cleared to outside the penalty area , where a strong shot from Minto flew over the defence into the net . |
| 25 | Tidswell lifeguards with three slat gates were fitted and the lamp was removed from below the roof ; it was replaced by small side lamps in boxes like those on the bogie cars , but lower down on the dash . |
| 26 | Round-bale silage was found on only a few farms and was not as yet widely used . |
| 27 | Considerable publicity was achieved in both the local and trade press by the event . |
| 28 | Last in was the train passenger , who took 52 mins ( average speed , 7.5 mph ) ; this , despite the fact that a train was scheduled at exactly the right time for the contestant to catch by cycling the 0.7 miles from the start to the station . |
| 29 | that I would also put it on in relation to your , to , to , to , to , to your Lordship and to considering the matter in interim , your Lordship has er , erm , er heard er the information that had been put forward er by the society , you have seen the er information about the position the commission has taken , your Lordship knows that the commission was informed about both the act and all the relevant byelaws in the present case , the precursored , the central fund byelaw was informally proved by the commission Mrs has sworn on affidavit that the society has never been given any indication that the matters in issue in the European Law Defence are contrary to competition rules and your Lordship also has the answer by the commission to the European parliament which is exhibited to Mrs affidavit and which I took your Lordship to earlier and of which judicial note can be taken by virtual section three , two of the European communities act , so my Lord we say that there is already a body of information which provides a basis if one has to consider what should be done in the interim of saying that in the interim the application of the act and the application for byelaws should be maintained , the third element my Lord is the intimate link between the recoveries of money for the central fund , er under the byelaw and the implementation of the United Kingdom 's operations under directive seventy three , two , three , nine , we 've been over this before my Lord erm , my Lord is , is aware of the intimate link er between the er recovery of monies to central fund , the maintenance solvency and the paying of policy holders . |
| 30 | A considerable quantity of data was collected and use was made of both a main frame and a desk top machine . |