Example sentences of "[n mass] were [vb pp] [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For intergroup comparison the data were assumed to be non-parametric and the Wilcoxon 's rank-sum comparison was used . |
| 2 | 13% were found to be cognitively impaired . |
| 3 | According to many accounts , middle-class complacency was severely shocked by the evidence of the children 's condition : in Newcastle , for example , of 31,000 children registering for evacuation , 13% were found to be deficient in footwear and 21 % deficient in clothing ; in Scotland , 39% of children turned up in clothing that was ‘ bad or deplorable ’ . |
| 4 | At one point earlier this month townspeople were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from shellfire and starvation . |
| 5 | Patients with stones of any composition , size and number contained in a thin walled gall bladder with a fasting volume greater than 15 ml were found to be suitable for percutaneous cholecystolithotomy . |
| 6 | At least 200 people were believed to be missing after a mudslide on Feb. 27 , 1990 , buried the village of San Miguel de Río Mayo in the northern jungle , 800 km north of Lima , following heavy rains . |
| 7 | The people were said to be lazy , their manner of living rustic . |
| 8 | The major network evening news programmes were being watched by an estimated 50 — 60 million people and 65 per cent of people were said to be getting 100 per cent of their news from such programmes . |
| 9 | Its people were said to be ‘ more English and the English ’ . |
| 10 | Some still retained private property as is evidenced by the fact that they met in private houses and that they would sell their assets if people were seen to be in need . |
| 11 | The idea that older people should leave the labour force at some point gained ground in the earlier part of the twentieth century with the popularity of ideas about scientific management , which implied that older people were bound to be inefficient workers . |
| 12 | In conclusion , it does seem that some people were born to be fat , but are only able to be fat because of the relatively affluent society in which they live . |
| 13 | Hundreds of thousands of people were reported to be on the move throughout October and November in search of food . |
| 14 | Earlier this month , people were reported to be dying at the rate of 30 a day from hunger and the effects of Serb shelling . |
| 15 | Such people were held to be possessed of none of the attributes of pure intellect , the cultivation of which was the purpose of education . |
| 16 | Oh it was it was yes , some people were considered to be very very good at building a load . |
| 17 | Mentally ill people were thought to be a disgrace to the family . |
| 18 | Although around one million people were estimated to be caring for at least 35 hours a week , only 109,000 received ICA in December 1989 . |
| 19 | In February 1992 the government had introduced minimal safety-net welfare payments , for which some 7,400,000 people were estimated to be eligible . |
| 20 | On Aug. 15 a UN flight left Nairobi , carrying high-protein biscuits to Baidoa , where some 500-700 people were estimated to be dying daily . |
| 21 | Summaries of the report given to staff were said to be met ‘ with a stunned silence ’ . |
| 22 | One particular station , at Peach Bottom in Pennsylvania , had actually been officially stopped from operating after the control room staff were found to be falling asleep on the job . |
| 23 | Two days later , fifteen MPs were nominated to be members of the Committee . |
| 24 | Most studies of this type have yet to evaluate the efficiency of such species as dispersers rather than visitors or feeders , but in cloud forest of Costa Rica , where three pioneer tree species were found to be visited by six bird species , only three left seeds in a viable condition , the ‘ seed shadows ’ , found by radio-tracking , extending up to 500m from the parent tree . |
| 25 | 5.12.4 Unless the Landlord shall otherwise direct to carry out and complete before the expiry of the Term any works required to be carried out to or in the Premises as a condition of any planning permission which may have been granted during the Term irrespective of the date by which such works were required to be carried out It is understandable that a landlord will wish to ensure that the tenant not only complies with planning legislation but also does not make application for planning permission without the landlord 's consent . |
| 26 | An SD report at the end of January 1942 noted that ‘ the pictures from the Führer Headquarters were felt to be the high-point of the newsreel ’ , and that ‘ not enough pictures of the Führer could be shown ’ . |
| 27 | Out of a group of 80 patients with Crohn 's disease treated with elemental diet 48% were judged to be unsuitable for the food exclusion study . |
| 28 | So most certificates distinguish only the clergy , as was required , and the gentry were bound to be noticed as landowners and the lords of many other men . |
| 29 | The gentry were allowed to be a little eccentric . |
| 30 | Although the Somerset levels is one of the strongholds of the country 's 3,000 barn owls , the pair were believed to be the first to breed in Avon for six years . |