Example sentences of "were carried [adv prt] in [art] " in BNC.

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1 The reforms of Joseph II ( 1780–90 ) , which were carried through in the spirit of the Age of Enlightenment , included a secularisation of education and the recognition of the rights of the Slav subjects of the Empire to instruct in their own language .
2 No clear distinction could yet be made between the wholesale and retail trades that were carried on in the ‘ shops ’ in the historic centre of the city .
3 The steps were carried out in a fume hood subjected to ultraviolet light and hydrochloric acid washes between experiments .
4 These producers were carried out in a darkened room .
5 The trials were carried out in a population with xerophthalmia rates that were very close to the threshold used by WHO to define a population as having a xerophthalmia problem of public health significance ( 1% ) ; previously reported studies were done in populations with substantially higher rates of xerophthalmia .
6 Until post-war reconstruction began in the 1950s and early 1960s , most building projects were carried out in the traditional manner , with an architect designing the building and managing the contract , a quantity surveyor preparing bills of quantities , valuations and a final account , and a general contractor who actually constructed the building .
7 The church was rebuilt in the 13th century and further modifications and restoration were carried out in the 15th century .
8 The great majority of thefts were carried out in the villages .
9 But most cattle thefts were carried out in the interior of the Low Country , Kurunagala , and in the districts bordering these two areas , where they were organized by wealthy and powerful men .
10 Our case studies of casual working were carried out in the hotels and catering industry where a large proportion of the casual labour force is to be found .
11 Analyses of covariance were carried out in the first study , and t tests were used in the second study .
12 These experiments were carried out in the presence of heparin which is known to rapidly and completely dissociate the CRP-DNA binary complex .
13 Working up trials were carried out in the Solent area and we soon found that various modifications were necessary .
14 Surveys carried out by the optical profession show that after an initial drop , 12.43 million sight tests were carried out in the financial year ending 1991 .
15 Before the building of the pierheads and bridges commenced , tests were carried out in the Solway Firth .
16 One possible reason for the difference between Chapman 's and our results is that their experiments were all performed in the presence of 5 mM glutamine ( M Chapman , personal communication ) where our experiments were carried out in the absence of glutamine .
17 Several case studies were carried out in the 1970s , of which the Liverpool Inner Area Study ( 1975 ) is of particular interest .
18 All these measures were carried out in the name of cost improvements cost-cutting would be a more appropriate name .
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