Sentence examples for was were contained from inspiring English sources

This result suggested that bioactive peptide(s) with cytotoxic activity on the cancer cells was (were) contained in walnut residual protein, and was (were) released during papain hydrolysis.

Petrobras said that the P-7 spill was being contained and that there were no injuries.

A bigger question is whether that program was being contained by the work of United Nations weapons inspectors.

Mr. Brooks overlooks the fact that Saddam Hussein was being contained through the use of no-fly zones and economic sanctions.

"Obviously we take reports of double-voting very seriously, and we will be reviewing ballots," the statement said, though the official went on to say "not the entire place was in chaos" and that it was was "contained".

Courtesy of the trillion euros in cheap three-year loans that the European Central Bank has showered on EU banks in two months, leaders appeared confident that the Greek debt crisis was being contained.

Mr Fukuda said that samples from the sea showed no rise in either substance and the company believed the groundwater was being contained by concrete foundations.

Croatia's threat was being contained and one of the rare opportunities that came their way involved Perisic latching onto a knockdown and shooting wide.

Courtney and I got French fries and drank on bleachers watching a "drone war" that was being contained by a giant boring safety net.

While the riot was being contained in Kensington, another nativist mob had gathered within the borders of Philadelphia itself.

The company's management says its losses are being contained.