Example sentences of "were [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the mobility of each polypeptide of the expressed proteins on SDS-PAGE , the M.wt. of r74s containing the C-terminal sequence down to the 435th , 356th , 256th , 205th , 136th and 73rd amino acid were calculated to be 74 , 62 , 32 , 27 , 21 and 16kDa , respectively . |
| 2 | During the placebo experiments basal serum gastrin was 10 ( 1 ) pM , meal stimulated serum gastrin values peaked at 54 ( 4 ) pM , while integrated meal stimulated serum gastrin responses were calculated to be 157 ( 13 ) pM/hour ( Figs 1–3 ) . |
| 3 | Of course , SERPS rights had to be forfeited , but for younger people these were calculated to be worth much less than the personal pension could offer . |
| 4 | Ungar ( 1973 ) alleges that the test results on which Merrell secured permission from the Federal Drug Administration to market the chemical substance were proven to be ‘ doctored ’ , thus concealing the extent to which the company knew of the drug 's adverse side-effects . |
| 5 | We were taught to be polite and pleasant . ’ |
| 6 | We were taught to be thrifty . |
| 7 | Whereas the men , the men were taught to be more tidy erm although let me say this that er if you asked Jimmy who was an old established fitter in Brothers , where you would find a certain item , you know , in the fitting department , er he could go and get it , erm but er when the new system was invoked er everybody knew that they were stored either you know to the north of the department or to the south or whatever . |
| 8 | These pointed fingers were adjusted to be my guide and , apart from the very ends of each cut , were quite reliable . |
| 9 | Moreover , the SPOs — who were intended to be the key link between ‘ bottom-up ’ development and strategic planning — had large managerial responsibilities and were grafted on to the developmental CMHT model rather than being key initiators of it . |
| 10 | It is difficult to achieve truly three-dimensional accuracy with this method , but mathematical precision was not a prime requirement in Roman commissions , most of which were intended to be displayed in a setting with a restricted angle of view . |
| 11 | Some of the castings were intended to be worn as pendants , some were decorations for staffs , while others were vessels . |
| 12 | UDCs were intended to be merely pump-primers to bring in the private sector , which after a time would be reduced as private sector finance took over . |
| 13 | The mystery plays were originally known as the Corpus Christi Play ; the use of the singular ‘ play ’ indicated they were intended to be seen as a whole , while Corpus Christi refers to the holy day on which they were performed . |
| 14 | As delivered , Nos. 36–45 and 56–60 were mounted on Mountain & Gibson 7 ft. 6 in. 21EM trucks , which were intended to be a copy of the Brill 21E design in defiance of American patents . |
| 15 | He also found that on their face , the memoranda were intended to be immediately effective documents . |
| 16 | The Independent Companies were intended to be a ship-based force slipping ashore to harass German communications and cut the supply line of Swedish ore , but they often fought as infantry because the Allies had no other troops available ; an unavoidable reason for deploying special forces in this role in Norway . |
| 17 | Although I believe that hysteria , as classically defined , can provide only a part of the answer to the problem of anorexia nervosa , it is a starting-point and , in the light of Szasz 's observation that ‘ hysterical conversion is best regarded as a process of translation , ’ I propose to translate the history of my own symptoms back into the language in which they were intended to be expressed . |
| 18 | The dilemma is simple : if the Sistine Chapel 's wall and ceiling were intended to be preserved as form , they should not have been painted with frescoes , it means that someone wanted to remove forever their original architectural character and create something else , which is acceptable ’ . |
| 19 | In effect , these were intended to be little more than reconnaissance raids on a large scale . |
| 20 | They were , and were intended to be , a massive deterrent to political opposition . |
| 21 | Pierre Matisse , son of the painter Henri , also had works by Miró in his own personal collection but it would appear that all the works acquired by Katshuda belonged to his gallery and were intended to be sold . |
| 22 | When made with the addition of stock they Jose all character and cease to be what they were intended to be . |
| 23 | On the other hand , there is the ideological and institutional inheritance of feudalism : the assemblies of privileged estates , usually aristocracy , clergy , and commons , which had developed within feudal societies and were intended to be roughly representative of wider social constituencies or groupings . |
| 24 | The Mechonoids were intended to be the next ‘ big thing ’ from Doctor Who after the Daleks . |
| 25 | Conventional item analysis techniques were intended to be used along with those based on the Rasch model . |
| 26 | A Captain Beechey , sent by the newly established Marine Department of the Board of Trade to discuss their grievances and explain the Act had some difficulty in convincing his audience that Shipping Officers were intended to be the seamen 's friends , and that the Register Ticket , far from being a " badge of slavery " , gave them advantages . |
| 27 | These were intended to be interim arrangements only , and further negotiations took place to try to establish the bases of a more lasting political union . |
| 28 | Observations were intended to be made of stream channel changes , mass movement , vegetation changes , precipitation , reservoir sedimentation , and dendrochronology , and the intention to maintain measurements over a decade or more has been realized at some sites ( e.g. Leopold and Emmett , 1965 ) . |
| 29 | In the homes these activities were intended to be a major source of participation by the people served , with appropriate levels of staff help . |
| 30 | The Society believes it is particularly unacceptable for changes of this sort to be put forward through Regulations when the White Paper preceding the Legal Aid Act , and the Lord Chancellor 's comments during the passage of the Act , made it clear that the Regulation-making powers were intended to be used for routine upratings , rather than for radical changes to the scheme . |