Example sentences of "[was/were] found to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | 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 . |
| 32 | Untranslated sequences upstream of the coding regions 1 and 2 were found to be unrelated , and attempts to identify transcripts that contain linked 1 and 2 sequences by library screening or through RT-PCR experiments were unsuccessful ( data not shown ) . |
| 33 | But as the therapy continued , Henry had observed , others were found to be guilty of the capital crime of blocking Elinor 's creativity . |
| 34 | 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 . |
| 35 | Changes in firm valuation were found to be consistent with the tax-based models of capital structure . |
| 36 | Taking a sodium ion concentration in excess of 119mmol/l as being dangerous , it was found that of the total number of solutions sampled from unions in Phase 1 , Phase 2 ( standard ) and Phase 3 ( CRP ) , 14.7% , 18.2% and 25.6% respectively were found to be dangerous . |
| 37 | They should be subject to punishment if their complaints were found to be vexatious and without foundation . |
| 38 | 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 ) . |
| 39 | A medical history , electrocardiograph , blood pressure , and standard laboratory findings were obtained before the experiment and were found to be negative or normal Haematocrit was also obtained 24 hours after the experiment . |
| 40 | The logarithms of both adenoma and carcinoma quotients in all cases were found to be linear functions of age , sex , and pseudomelanosis coli . |
| 41 | Table VI summarises the number of subjects in each subgroup who were accepted for respite and day sitting services and who were found to be eligible for the mobility and attendance allowances before and after the interview . |
| 42 | The northerners thought the others posh and ‘ mardy ’ ( affected ) , while in return they were found to be coarse and vulgar . |
| 43 | They were found to be wet through but well . |
| 44 | 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 . |
| 45 | Many were found to be dead and the total casualties were reported to be about a hundred . |
| 46 | Many Kurds were found to be dead , variously reported as counted in hundreds and thousands . |
| 47 | By 1936 , the year of Rowntree 's second survey in York , 15 per cent of the poor were found to be old people , but this was still adjudged to be a far less significant cause of poverty than unemployment or low wages . |
| 48 | Similarly , cross-references which were not satisfied or were found to be ambiguous during the earlier stage of computer processing may need to be corrected or updated . |
| 49 | In Costa Rica , 333 of the approximately 400 tree species at La Selva were examined and 65.5% were found to be hermaphroditic , 11.4% monoecious and 23.1% dioecious ; of 28 species examined in detail , 24 showed self-incompatibility , either in the stigma or style in distylous species , in the ovary in most of the monomorphic ones . |
| 50 | Of the 297 monitoring visits carried out by the ACCA in the year to 30 September 1992 , only 134 firms ( 45% ) were found to be satisfactory ; 139 firms ( 47% ) failed either because they had poorly developed quality controls over audit work or because some of their audit opinions were questionable ; and a further 23 firms ( 8% ) were considered to be ‘ potentially in breach of audit regulations or the ACCA 's professional conduct rules , to such an extent as to warrant immediate action ’ . |
| 51 | In one case five fire extinguishers in the same room were found to be empty — some of which had been used by workmen to get rid of dust . |
| 52 | On Aug. 17 , US naval vessels intercepted two Iraqi coasters in the Gulf , but allowed them to proceed after they were found to be empty ; on Aug. 18 , US vessels fired warning shots across the bows of two Iraqi tankers in the Gulf of Oman . |
| 53 | Last season £18,000 in bar takings were found to be missing but no culprit was ever found . |
| 54 | Of these 30 dismissals those which came before the Industrial Tribunal in this case were found to be unfair . |
| 55 | For example , a judge who acquires a reputation among his seniors for being ‘ soft ’ in certain types of cases where the Lord Chancellor , the Lord Chief Justice , the Master of the Rolls and other senior judges favour a hard line is as likely to damage his promotion prospects as he would if his appointment were found to be unfortunate on other more obvious grounds . |
| 56 | Three open sprinklers were found to be sufficient to stop even the most rapidly developing fire . |
| 57 | Councillors have revealed that 293 people in Hartlepool were found to be homeless and in priority need in the first three quarters of 1991/92 compared to 320 in the whole of the previous year . |
| 58 | The bags were returned in accordance with diplomatic protocol , and were found to be unopened and untampered with . ’ |
| 59 | Firstly , positive school experiences were found to be important . |
| 60 | 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 ’ . |