Example sentences of "[noun] was found to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Similarly , in a major study of investment in the EC over the period 1961–90 , the relation between net investment and the rate of profitability per unit of capital stock was found to be highly significant . |
| 2 | The daily faecal bile acid excretion was found to be significantly higher in the polyp group compared with cancer patients , while the difference between the polyp group and controls was of borderline significance ( Table III ) . |
| 3 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 4 | However , others have been content to accept the message in Problems of Social Policy : for example , Peter Gosden , in his detailed study of education in the war , cites Titmuss as the authoritative source on the social consequences of evacuation ; likewise , Raynes Minns concludes that the revelations of the children 's condition ‘ made headlines , and once again , as in 1914 , when the physical condition of army recruits was found to be so poor , war forced a British government to recognise the extremes of poverty and neglect that survived in our cities , and eventually to act by expanding our welfare services ’ . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | HMI methodology was found to be inadequate and the research findings of Bennett 's team contradict HMI ‘ findings ’ . |
| 7 | A lack of social support at the first interview was found to be associated with the presence of psychiatric symptoms ( GHQ scores ) at the second interview among those who had initially been well ( GHQ score less than 4 ) . |
| 8 | A fuel inlet isolating valve was found to be shut , putting a back-up cooling pump out of action . |
| 9 | The actress was found to be the settlor of the settlement because she had indirectly provided the funds of the settlement . |
| 10 | After it was unpacked the plaque was found to be missing . |
| 11 | When it arrived at the Bate Collection the instrument was found to be basically well cared for . |
| 12 | However , the Conservative Government of 1922 was destined to prove an ill-fated one , for in May 1923 , only six months after assuming office , Bonar Law was found to be suffering from incurable cancer of the throat , and he immediately resigned . |
| 13 | In general the condition of the work was found to be extremely good . |
| 14 | Considering " all-cause cardiovascular mortality , " the exercise test was found to be moderately sensitive and moderately specific . |
| 15 | The explanatory power ( coefficient of multiple determination R2 ) of this test was found to be 0.743 on average over the 42 groups . |
| 16 | It was reburied for the last time in 1973 after the number of visitors was found to be too high for the Cotswold village of Woodchester to cope with . |
| 17 | Blood was cross-matched and was in fact needed for a transfusion prior to surgery because Mr Reynolds was found to be anaemic . |
| 18 | The bread supplied by Benjamin Maulden was ‘ very indifferently baked ’ and the house surgeon was to write to him expressing the Board 's dissatisfaction — which was extended to a Mr. Bentham , whose bread was found to be underweight . |
| 19 | Our bewilderment was greater still when our carefully selected clothing was found to be far in excess of the requirement of the moment . |
| 20 | The CNV following the warning stimulus was found to be of greater magnitude over the left hemisphere in the verbal condition and greater over the right hemisphere in the picture condition . |
| 21 | The stone which emerged was much repaired and very rough , and the vaulted ceiling of the apse was found to be coated in a dull brown plaster . |
| 22 | In nineteen eighty three , the yearly consumption was found to be seventy six million tonnes , so where would you mark that ? |
| 23 | The ceremonial chains used by Cleveland County Council chairman Ted Wood and his wife Ruth was found to be gone just before noon yesterday . |
| 24 | 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 … |
| 25 | The anemone was found to be triggered into action by the protein-based mucus covering most fish and invertebrates and therefore stimulated into stinging by the ‘ taste ’ of its prey . |
| 26 | The sound quality of the tapes was found to be unexpectedly high . |
| 27 | Even dynamic centre-forward Kenny Mentle was found to be flat-footed and short-sighted . |
| 28 | None of the 14 patients whose tumour was found to be irresectable at laparotomy died in hospital after operation . |
| 29 | This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects , and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth . |
| 30 | THE MOST important Khmer and Thai sculptures were withdrawn from Sotheby 's major sale of Asian art yesterday after one of the pieces was found to be a fake . |