Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [noun] [be] found to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In this study PAF generation was found to be increased both in epithelial cells and in lamina propria mononuclear cells of ulcerative colitis patients , thus confirming and expanding our previous finding of enhanced PAF generation by mucosal biopsy specimens of ulcerative colitis patients . |
| 4 | From carbon dioxide preserved in bubbles in ice cores extracted from Antarctica and Greenland , pre-industrial atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations were found to be about 280 ppm . |
| 5 | As previously reported , the serum gastrin concentration was found to be high in the renal failure patients compared with those with normal renal function . |
| 6 | A fuel inlet isolating valve was found to be shut , putting a back-up cooling pump out of action . |
| 7 | The mains water tap was found to be turned on , and I gradually became aware of warmth emanating from the living room fireplace . |
| 8 | In one study in the United States , certain IgG1 and IgG3 heacy chain markers were found to be associated with Crohn 's disease . |
| 9 | Judge Byron Robb chose it to rule that work on the cult 's nuclear bunkers in Montana had to stop , after their fuel oil tanks were found to be leaking . |
| 10 | The computed value of fracture initiation pressure gradient was found to be 1.02 psi/ft . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Later 32 season ticket slips were found to be forgeries . |
| 13 | The active antiulcer substance present was found to be the isoprenyl substituted chalcone , sophoradin ( 13 ) . |
| 14 | I am not aware of the details but the compulsory incident reporting system was found to be wanting and so was changed to a voluntary one . |
| 15 | The daily faecal bile acid excretion was found to be significantly higher in the polyp group compared with cancer patients , while the difference between the polyp group and controls was of borderline significance ( Table III ) . |
| 16 | DNA adduct levels were found to be significantly higher in patients who had had previous truncal vagotomy than in those who had had previous highly selective vagotomy ( p<0.001 ) . |
| 17 | However , in a small study of vascular tissue removed at operation prostacyclin generation was found to be reduced in tissue from diabetics ( Johnson et al , 1979 ) . |
| 18 | In fact , when compared with another leading sensitive skincare brand in independent laboratory tests , the Sensiq Skin Care Collection was found to be seven times less likely to cause irritation . |
| 19 | Nitrogen dioxide levels were found to be above the guideline limits set by the EC at 13 out of 14 sites . |
| 20 | Four out of every five problem drug users were found to be opioid users , the only other salient group being cannabis users , the majority of whom were known only through police arrests for possession ( see Table 2.2 ) . |