Example sentences of "[pron] was found to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oral presentation places an additional load on the memory in mental tasks which was found to be only partly ameliorated by supplying the numbers or other information required to answer the questions . |
| 2 | This hypothetical sequence formed the basis of the Stone Age , Copper Age , Bronze Age and Iron Age system which was found to be generally accurate world-wide . |
| 3 | However , the variability of executive-legislative relations is illustrated by the case of the American Congress , which was found to be ‘ pervasive ’ in all three areas . |
| 4 | These results can also be expressed as the risk reduction ( polychemotherapy compared with supportive care ) , which was found to be 0.65 at 3 , 0.73 at 6 , 0.86 at 9 , 0.91 at 12 , and 0.96 at 18 months . |
| 5 | This provided the basis for contextual ratings , the most important of which was found to be long-term threat . |
| 6 | The Bulgarian government has restarted a reactor at the Kozloduy nuclear plant , which was found to be in a " very poor condition " during an inspection by the International Atomic Energy Authority last year [ see ED nos 48 , 49/50 ] . |
| 7 | P C Raymond Hall was shot last November in North London when he tried to arrest Kelly and an accomplice who were in a lorry which was found to be packed with more than three tonnes of explosives . |
| 8 | Royal Marines intercepted the vessel which was found to be carrying cargo which is banned under the United Nations measures . |
| 9 | At assessment she was found to be severely depressed with a score of thirty-two on the Beck Depression Inventory ( Beck et al . , |
| 10 | She was found to be several months pregnant when she returned and was forced to marry William Wright of Louth , a plumber and glazier , at Haxey on 13 October 1725 . |
| 11 | When Valiant finally caught up with her in a Medway marina she was found to be clean . |
| 12 | She 'd only been at school 2 months and she was found to be blind . |
| 13 | A custom-built Shetland Islands Council ferry , Westering Homewards , is lying unused on the mainland after she was found to be unsafe for the exposed 22-mile Atlantic crossing . |
| 14 | Although the formula related MLR was considered a more satisfactory system at the outset , the new system itself was found to be lacking when interest rates became much more volatile in the mid-1970s : high and variable inflation was accompanied by sharp changes in interest rate expectations and in the term structure of short term rates . |
| 15 | But when they sent the specimen to the Natural History Museum it was found to be the intestine of a hedgehog , if you will pardon the expression . |
| 16 | The decision to dynamite the rock , using five tons of explosives , was taken last week after it was found to be moving at an accelerated rate . |
| 17 | However , the following day , when the floorboards were removed to examine the beam , it was found to be so deeply cracked in two places that they ascribed the fact that it had not given way to a ‘ wonder of [ God 's ] providence ’ . |
| 18 | Unfortunately , in 1959 it was found to be unsafe and alterations had to be made . |
| 19 | The reports created sufficient interest for Sontochin to be synthesized and tested by the American company , and it was found to be active against malaria in canaries . |
| 20 | But it was found to be valuable in conjunction with the newly-discovered antibiotic streptomycin ( see Chapter 9 ) . |
| 21 | It was found to be active but only in concentrations too high to be clinically acceptable . |
| 22 | It was found to be without effect . |
| 23 | Indeed , it was found to be difficult sometimes to keep down the number of journals to a manageable size . |
| 24 | On analysis it was found to be composed of 90.26% copper and 9.16% tin , with a loss of 0.13% . |
| 25 | They regretted that there appeared to be no suitable places of safety in Orkney if it was found to be absolutely necessary to remove children from their homes . |
| 26 | When eventually the story was checked it was found to be false , evidently initiated as part of an intercommunal feud by a tribal group which held a grudge against the government . |
| 27 | One unit lost over £50 , 000 when the scheme was introduced , because it was found to be doing much less teaching than had been estimated . |
| 28 | He started accusing everyone from Sam Gristy to Jan Treffry himself of meddling with his fish barrels , and insisted on one of Sam 's barrels being opened as well ; but when it was found to be brim full Martha told him in plain terms that as far as she was concerned , he had lost the contest . |
| 29 | When we looked at the cu cumulative percentage mortality and major morbidity it was found to be significantly less in those sites performing more than one hundred operations , compared to those sites performing less than one hundred operations , during the audit period . |
| 30 | And then there was a study into and area of Belfast where most of the men were unemployed and it was the women who were going out to work in the factory and it was found to be the other way round , and the women spoke more of a non-standard than the men did when the men were staying at home . |