Example sentences of "was [vb pp] from [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was calculated from a breath test taken then that he was nearly one and a half times over the limit for driving at the time of the accident . |
| 2 | Mortality of immatures ( n =791 ) , subadult females ( n =451 ) and mature females ( n =355 ) was calculated from a cohort study ( June-September ) where a given site was visited every 20 days . |
| 3 | The figure was calculated from a population of 74,014 taken from the electoral register at September 10 last year . |
| 4 | This input was calculated from the increased specific activity of carbon found in the soil after the bomb tests . |
| 5 | Prevalence of each congenital abnormality entity after prevention was calculated from the birth prevalence and the percentage effectiveness of prevention . |
| 6 | Specific activity was calculated from the slope of the linear incorporation of radioactivity observed during the first 25 min of the reaction . |
| 7 | Following McNicol ( 1972 ) a nonparametric overall measure of recognition sensitivity for individual films was calculated from the collapsed data , this measure , P(A) , corresponds to the area beneath the ROC curve plotted for a film , aggregating the data from all subjects . |
| 8 | Contamination was calculated from the concentrations in the aspirated water ( Table IV ) ; this would have only minimally increased ( 0.2–7.4% ) these values , except for iron , for which the concentrations could therefore only be estimated ( 3.5 µM in normal gastric juice ) , assuming that about one third of the recorded values ( that is ca 1.7 µM ; Table III ) was a result of unavoidable contamination of samples . |
| 9 | The fractional rate of protein synthesis in the tissue was calculated from the formula described by McNurlan et al ; where , k s is the fractional rate of protein synthesis ( % per day ) , P ( ) and P ( t ) are the enrichments of leucine in muscle protein at the beginning and end of the incorporation period ( atom % ) and A is the area under the curve for precursor enrichment ( atom % excess×time in days ) , assuming a linear increase from 0 to the measured value at 10 minutes . |
| 10 | The values from at least two chromatograms were used to obtain a mean ; the percentage individual bile acid present was calculated from the micromolar concentrations . |
| 11 | The hepatic arterial component ( % HA ) was calculated from the formula : % HA=A S /A L ×100 and the portal venous component ( % PV ) determined as : % PV=100-% HA . |
| 12 | The cholesterol saturation index was calculated from the tables provided by Carey . |
| 13 | The coefficient of fat absorption ( CFA ) was calculated from the daily dietary fat intake and the daily stool fat output and expressed as a percentage of the daily fat intake . |
| 14 | The dose to the rectum was calculated from the planning computed tonography . |
| 15 | Net oesophageal alkali output was calculated from the previously described volume measurements . |
| 16 | The dose in the water was calculated from the observation that a 35 g mouse drank 6 ml of water day - 1 . |
| 17 | Whole gut transit time was calculated from the following equation : Whole gut transit time ( h ) =103–1.23 ( DF ) -4.69 ( SFS ) +0.638 ( IDTI ) where DF is stated defecation frequency , SFS is stool form score , and IDTI is the mean interdefecatory time interval in hours from the bowel record form . |
| 18 | The amount of urokinase type plasminogen activator antigen in the samples was calculated from an eight point standard curve of urokinase type plasminogen activator ( 0–5 ng/ ml ) . |
| 19 | Bogdan Ursu was plucked from a grim Romanian orphanage by an aid organisation and brought to Middlesbrough . |
| 20 | Peter Jay , who was plucked from the economic editorship of The Times by his father-in-law , Labour Prime Minister James Callaghan , to be made ambassador to Washington , recalls the feelings clearly : |
| 21 | These men will not readily wear garment of crotal when going to sea , as it is said that the crotal plant was plucked from the rocks and will therefore return to the rocks . |
| 22 | Michael Landon was plucked from the Ring Theatre Group to instant stardom in the television western series , ‘ Bonanza ’ ; Eddie Byrnes went into ‘ 77 Sunset Strip ’ and Robert Fuller was selected for ‘ Laramie ’ . |
| 23 | When the sturdy Hollywood , who soldiers in the trenches with the modest St. Michael 's club in Newtownhamilton , was plucked from the ‘ extras ’ the last rites were being administered to Armagh 's championship hopes . |
| 24 | Once again Leonora found herself fighting with the tiller in a dinghy threatening to stand on its head in a mountainous sea , but this time when the engine cut out she was plucked from the boat before she could hit the water . |
| 25 | The prosecution say that she was plucked from the bridge by Hagans , who 'd lain in wait for the right victim and then pounced . |
| 26 | However , in response to public demand , and thanks to the personal generosity of Council members , Saturday morning opening was reinstated from the beginning of February . |
| 27 | He was recalled from the international wilderness last March to play against Czechoslovakia . |
| 28 | It was withdrawn from a British primary school in 1987 . |
| 29 | How does the Minister react to the case , of which I have informed her right hon. Friend the Secretary of State , in which home help provision was withdrawn from an elderly couple , both of whom are severely and progressively disabled ? |
| 30 | In July 1988 he received a letter from Lord Vestey saying his name was withdrawn from the rotating list of those qualified to act as chairman . |