Example sentences of "[noun pl] were found to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No words were found to be allowable in these positions , so instead the top-ranked string is stored . |
| 2 | In addition , such lobes were found to be negative for the macrophage markers 5C6 and F4/80 ( ref.18 ) and the reticular fibroblast marker ERTR7 ( ref.16 ) . |
| 3 | On the other hand , utilities were found to be insensitive to both unanticipated inflation and the unanticipated changes in the expected real long-term rate of growth of sales because this sector is highly regulated . |
| 4 | A recent survey by the Consumers Association ( CA ) showed that a third of the tools hired from 32 randomly selected shops were found to be faulty when examined by experts . |
| 5 | The situation is more encouraging in the Netherlands , where parents were found to be involved in the care process ‘ to some extent ’ at least in 90 per cent of cases ; intensive involvement is , however , limited to 39 per cent of cases ( Ploeg and Scholte , 1988 ) . |
| 6 | Firstly , positive school experiences were found to be important . |
| 7 | Only two patients with Crohn 's disease were studied , however , and CD4 + /CD8 + ratios were found to be normal ; similar studies of T cells from inflamed mucosa of patients with Crohn 's disease and ulcerative colitis have not showed any significant changes from controls . |
| 8 | The state of the fundic wrap can be accurately assessed with the retroflexed endoscope , and shortly after fundoplication 8–9% of wraps were found to be defective . |
| 9 | Three open sprinklers were found to be sufficient to stop even the most rapidly developing fire . |
| 10 | The external services employed by the companies were found to be inadequate by 24% of the sample — specifically |
| 11 | With young children , a high proportion of questions seems to be beneficial ( Nelson 1973 ) , but in slightly older children at pre-school , questions were found to be detrimental to the maintenance of conversational exchanges ( Wood et al . |
| 12 | Many Kurds were found to be dead , variously reported as counted in hundreds and thousands . |
| 13 | After ultrasound scanning including a functional assessment , 220 ( 78% ) patients were found to be suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 14 | When we excluded patients in whom a diagnosis of suffocation had been considered before referral 16 out of 68 ( 24% ) patients were found to be suffering abuse . |
| 15 | During the study period three patients were found to be sensitive to the elemental diet formula used to induce remission and a further patient proved to have profound salicylate sensitivity . |
| 16 | Some mediums were found to be fraudulent but there seemed to be genuine phenomena underlying the whole business ; and it seemed to be the job of earnest doubters to come to grips with it despite its general slipperiness . |
| 17 | Four out of every five problem drug users were found to be opioid users , the only other salient group being cannabis users , the majority of whom were known only through police arrests for possession ( see Table 2.2 ) . |
| 18 | In 1868 a flood of unprecedented proportions washed away most of the caissons ( the strong cases keeping out water while the foundations are built ) while the Skerne 's trusses were found to be flawless . |
| 19 | The logarithms of both adenoma and carcinoma quotients in all cases were found to be linear functions of age , sex , and pseudomelanosis coli . |
| 20 | Last season £18,000 in bar takings were found to be missing but no culprit was ever found . |
| 21 | Patients were considered to have cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy if at least two of four cardiovascular tests were found to be pathological . |
| 22 | They should be subject to punishment if their complaints were found to be vexatious and without foundation . |
| 23 | Random insertions were found to be variable in their effect on timing . |
| 24 | During observations of social security appeal tribunal hearings the vast majority of chairs were found to be courteous , sensitive and at pains to be helpful to appellants , reflecting , presumably , the ‘ enabling ’ role that has been stressed under the new regime and the belief expressed by all chairs that hearings were fundamentally ‘ inquisitorial ’ . |
| 25 | But as the therapy continued , Henry had observed , others were found to be guilty of the capital crime of blocking Elinor 's creativity . |
| 26 | Hygiene standards and practices were found to be appalling . |
| 27 | The analyses that were constructed for these frescos were found to be useful in the examination of more famous works . |