Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As more and more uses were found for computers in business and commerce , as well as in science and engineering , even easier languages were developed for lay use . |
| 2 | Comprehensive quality-assurance procedures for the onsite measurements were developed for this project . |
| 3 | Sensitivity , specificity , and accuracy were calculated for each finding for each age group . |
| 4 | Correlations between pairs of measures across the 40 junctions were calculated for each subject individually , the 30 correlations obtained in each case were then averaged using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver and Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 5 | Using the method recommended by Dunlap , Jones and Bittner ( 1983 ) correlations were calculated for each subject individually across the 24 films used in this study , correlations were then averaged for the 48 subjects using Fisher 's z transformation ( Silver & Dunlap 1987 ) . |
| 6 | In comparing mean daily prevalence rates of morbidity between vitamin A and placebo groups in the Health Study , separate daily prevalence rates were calculated for each child for each of the intervals between dosing points . |
| 7 | To examine further the association of age and anti-HEV , prevalence rates were calculated for each decade . |
| 8 | Mortalities from cancer ( cancer given as the underlying cause of death ) were calculated for each treatment and were adjusted for age by the direct method . |
| 9 | Crude relapse rates were calculated for each treatment using the method suggested by Kuirata , ( 100×number of relapses detected in 12 months , divided by the number recruited ) and were compared using a χ 2 test . |
| 10 | Odds ratios for HEV were calculated for each covariate separately with or Fisher 's tests . |
| 11 | Expected numbers were calculated for each group standardised for age , sex , and time period Observed numbers were treated as data from a Poisson distribution with mean equal to the number expected . |
| 12 | Coefficient of variation and root mean square of successive differences were calculated for 100 R-R intervals free of artefacts . |
| 13 | For factors associated with a significant change ( p<0.05 ) in healing rate , odds ratios with 95% confidence intervals were calculated for healing rates at two , four , and eight weeks with regard to the individual risk factors and also in respect of all combinations of two of these risk factors . |
| 14 | Hassan issued a public statement on Sept. 13 , 1989 , declaring that the hunger strikers were " not political detainees at all " but " common law detainees who were indicted for violent acts which harmed public security " . |
| 15 | On July 20 the former mayor of East Berlin , Eberhard Krack , and 12 associates were indicted for electoral fraud . |
| 16 | In fact , he would have made an ideal barrister — and he defended quite a lot of men who were indicted for various things — got them away because he was too cute for the superintendent who was dealing with the job . |
| 17 | Bearing in mind the threatened penalties to be imposed by the Registrar of Companies for late filing of accounts , meetings were arranged for formal approval of the financial statements by both the directors and members on 28 July 1992 , and I emphasised to my client the need to lodge a copy of the accounts with the Registrar by the end of July . |
| 18 | Quite clearly it was for me to initiate action to ensure that all aircraft of that type were checked for similar fractures at the earliest possible moment , but the responsibility for ordering such an inspection lies with the airworthiness authorities of the States in which the aircraft were registered and not with the accident investigation authorities . |
| 19 | They threw a party in his honour in the old Hut by the Strathmore Arms , where the revels were halted for one minute 's silence in memory of George 's brother , Guardsman Sidney Fawcett . |
| 20 | Unfortunately the 1926 Illuminations had to be terminated prematurely because of a miners ' strike , although they were reinstated for one night on October 2 for the opening of New South Promenade by Lord Derby . |
| 21 | After the 36–6 defeat , Argentine coach Luis Gradin said : ‘ I was not happy with the three penalties they were given for collapsed scrums . |
| 22 | Firstly amoxycillin , then cefuroxim and metronidazol were given for 14 days . |
| 23 | Because of some peroperative bile leakage , a subhepatic drain was positioned and antibiotics were given for five days . |
| 24 | Two courses of ganciclovir were given for serological evidence of cytomegalovirus reactivation after 5 weeks and 4 months . |
| 25 | Three reasons were given for this policy : to check further growth of large built-up areas ; to prevent neighbouring towns from physically coalescing , and to preserve the special character of some historic towns ( Elson 1981 ) . |
| 26 | Four reasons were given for this failure : |
| 27 | Prophylactic intravenous antibiotics ( 8 g mezlocillin daily ) were given for 24 hours . |
| 28 | Equal amounts of cell membrane protein from normal and carcinoma tissue were boiled for five minutes in SDS sample buffer and analysed by SDS polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis acording to Laemmli with 7% resolving gels . |
| 29 | In the academic year 1980–1 , for example , 140,000 students were registered on 1,703 taught CNAA courses and in the same year first degree courses were catering for 123,229 students , representing a rise of 6.2 per cent compared with the previous year . |
| 30 | The pooled samples were homogenised for 20 minutes in five times the faecal weight of cold water using a Stomacher 3500 ( Seward , London , UK ) . |