The phrase "there were selected" is perfectly correct and usable in written English.
For example, you might use it in a sentence such as "From the pool of applicants, there were selected three finalists for the prestigious award."
Shipping companies calling at Antwerp and occupying offices there were selected as prime target respondents for the survey.
There were selected forty-five humolarslars with indications for exodontia that were divided into three experimental groups: Single Bond Universal (3M ESPE) with and without moisture in the dentin; Scotchbond Multi-Bottles (3M ESPE) conventional technique (control).
Taking into account the practical aspects [17] for relevant analyses, there were selected the conditions in which the chromatograms from Figures 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 were obtained.
For the day of storm, October 11, 2008, there were selected 30 RO profiles within the limits of European region and only 8 profiles were related to the region of ionosondes' location.
On the base of these criteria, there were selected four stations where developing regeneration projects: Tortona, quite distance from VENTO path (about 15 km), but in a strategical position to access to VENTO: on a railway line connecting Milano and Genova and located in a city crossed by the highway.
Sangeetha and Fredimoses 2011 There were selected plants [Occimum viridis (OV), Telferia occidentalis (TO), Azadirachta indica (AZI), Hibiscus sabdariffa (HS), Garcinia kola (GK)] which extracts reported as good corrosion inhibitors for mild steel corrosion in HCl and H2SO4 by gasometric method.
Typically, there are selected high quality aggregates for asphalt wearing layer of heavy duty pavement.
There are selected foods that have excellent properties in the management of heart disease but you've also got to look at your total diet".
In the second phase of the algorithm, there are selected nodes, which have been in contact with the destination node of the message in the recent past.
Although both measurements are rough, we can surmise that if there are selected traits that are not recapitulated by, their associated advantage cannot be very large.
Dan: There were select "SCTV" sketches that we responded to.
