Example sentences of "[noun] was found to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 2 | Over 35,000 plant species were carefully screened for anti-cancer properties , and yew bark extract was found to be effective against tumours in mice . |
| 3 | HMI methodology was found to be inadequate and the research findings of Bennett 's team contradict HMI ‘ findings ’ . |
| 4 | The explanatory power ( coefficient of multiple determination R2 ) of this test was found to be 0.743 on average over the 42 groups . |
| 5 | Blood was cross-matched and was in fact needed for a transfusion prior to surgery because Mr Reynolds was found to be anaemic . |
| 6 | The bread supplied by Benjamin Maulden was ‘ very indifferently baked ’ and the house surgeon was to write to him expressing the Board 's dissatisfaction — which was extended to a Mr. Bentham , whose bread was found to be underweight . |
| 7 | Our bewilderment was greater still when our carefully selected clothing was found to be far in excess of the requirement of the moment . |
| 8 | In nineteen eighty three , the yearly consumption was found to be seventy six million tonnes , so where would you mark that ? |
| 9 | The scale of disrepair disclosed by the survey affects all tenure sectors although , as usual , the condition in the private rented sector is worse than elsewhere ; for example , one in six dwellings in the private sector was found to be unfit for human habitation … |
| 10 | Even dynamic centre-forward Kenny Mentle was found to be flat-footed and short-sighted . |
| 11 | None of the 14 patients whose tumour was found to be irresectable at laparotomy died in hospital after operation . |
| 12 | This edition was found to be inadequate in several respects , and the same could be said of all editions until the eighteenth . |
| 13 | The subsequent interviews reinforced the view that the detail of the information base was too fine in its original form to be the basis of searching questions , and some summation was found to be necessary to avoid redundancy , or posing questions that could insult the intelligence of the interviewee . |
| 14 | The maximum period was found to be twenty years ( two cases ) , as recorded in Table 18 . |
| 15 | A Taq I restriction site was found to be absent from the DNA of patient A , whereas patient B had gained a site for this restriction enzyme . |
| 16 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 17 | The chief designer objected strenuously until the move was found to be successful , when it became a long-cherished personal proposal previously vetoed by management . |
| 18 | Spearman 's correlation coefficient was found to be 0.75 ( p<0.05 ) . |
| 19 | The F-ratio was found to be significant ( p < 0.001 ) in both experiments . |
| 20 | In cases where the assumption of equal variances was found to be unreasonable an approximate version of the two sample t test was adopted . |
| 21 | The concentration of YCV-309 reducing by 50% platelet activating factor induced aggregation of human or rabbit platelets was found to be 10 - 7 M and this concentration was used in the in vitro studies on the dispersed pancreatic acini . |
| 22 | The concentration of lithocholic acid was found to be higher in patients with polyps than controls as was the concentration of total secondary bile acids ( Table II ) . |
| 23 | There the idea of parallel transport was found to be helpful . |
| 24 | The electrode was found to be usable for at least months . |
| 25 | The computed value of fracture initiation pressure gradient was found to be 1.02 psi/ft . |
| 26 | Later clozapine was found to be devoid of cataleptognic activity and to antagonize amphetamine . |
| 27 | Our laboratory has recently shown significant disparity between ulcerative colitis and Crohn 's disease in terms of IgG subclass production in the mucosal lesion ; the proportion of IgG1 immunocytes was found to be higher in ulcerative colitis than in Crohn 's colitis , while the reverse was true for the IgG2 cell fraction . |
| 28 | At the French Pyreneean cave of Niaux a bison painting in the Salon Noir was found to be 12,890 BP plus or minus 160 years old . |
| 29 | At the same time their insistence on otherness was found to be inseparable from a fear and disavowal of the same , or the proximate . |
| 30 | While in the case of the press alternatives were difficult to find , in that of radio other stations existed that could be listened to if the national station was found to be boring or did not cater for listeners ' tastes . |