Example sentences of "were selected for [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Six controls were selected for each case : four from hospital delivery registers and two from livebirth registers maintained by the NHS central register . |
| 2 | Six control children were selected for each case : two from birth registers maintained by the NHS central register and four from delivery registers in the two district hospitals in the study area . |
| 3 | The EESA team consisted of the educational psychologist who originally proposed that the agency should be set up , a supervisor , and eight workers who were selected for such qualities as their apparent ability to empathize with their clients without seeming patronizing , and to deal with difficult situations . |
| 4 | It is remarkable that mental qualities that were selected for these purposes should have stood us in such good stead in the very different circumstances of the present day . |
| 5 | Eleven positive and 10 negative sera in the test for IgG anti-human lactoferrin were selected for this analysis . |