Example sentences of "[was/were] shown to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In general , the NCp7 mutants which were shown to be active in promoting NCp7:RNA interactions ( 6 ) ( dimerization and annealing of the primer tRNA to the PBS ) interacted effectively with HIV-1 DNA fragments , indicating that the same residues are involved . |
| 2 | Very soon after Prontosil and sulphanilamide became available they were shown to be active against malaria . |
| 3 | The expression of ICAM-1 and two of its counter receptors , the lymphocyte function associated antigen-1 ( LFA-1 , CD11a/CD18 ) and the complement receptor type-3 ( CR-3 , MAC-1 , CD11b/CD18 ) was shown to be essential for most of the lymphocyte/lymphocyte , lymphocyte/phagocyte , and leucocyte/endothelial cell interactions in the immune response . |
| 4 | This animal was shown to be sensitive to electricity by its behaviour towards batteries placed in its tank . |
| 5 | The parser was shown to be incapable of processing garden-path sentences ( i.e. sentences which cause incorrect syntactic premises to be made e.g. ‘ the cotton clothing is made of grows in Mississippi ’ ) . |
| 6 | How did the news media , scientists and governments take on board a claim that made no sense within the laws of physics , was based in part on wrong data and that was shown to be flawed within days of the announcement ? |
| 7 | In particular , his idea that the depths of the sea were lifeless was shown to be false with the deep-sea dredges begun in connection with the laying of telegraph cables beneath the oceans . |
| 8 | Alas , this conclusion was shown to be false in no uncertain manner when , on Christmas eve , instead of being fed , he had his throat cut . |