Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] to [art] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The absorbance versus temperature data were converted to the first derivative and the melting temperature was defined as the temperature at which the derivative curve attained its maximum value . |
| 2 | Over the millennia , other wrecks and crippled vessels were welded to the first , in whole or in part , or were crashed into place in what became a vast assembly kilometres across and deep . |
| 3 | The gullibility of the electorate was tested to the nth degree by the promises of ; more taxi licences , a ‘ better ’ carnival , ‘ good and plenty water ’ and the equally uninspired promise from one candidate that , if reelected , he would abolish dog licences . |
| 4 | Adjuvant bile acid therapy was administered to the last 56 patients who underwent successful percutaneous cholecystolithotomies . |
| 5 | Comity considerations were viewed with much more favour , and reference was made to the Second Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States which , in a recent revision , had identified factors to be weighed in cases of discovery abroad : |
| 6 | The minute his attention was removed to the next , Kennedy was appraised from head to foot . |
| 7 | In circuitous , typical Talmudic fashion , the most important business was left to the last . |
| 8 | Some two hundred periti were summoned to the first session , but by April 1963 the number had reached 348 . |
| 9 | On the academic side , General Studies was introduced to the Sixth Form " A " Level curriculum , and the School bade farewell to Mr. H. D. Smith , whose career had begun in 1919 under Daniels . |
| 10 | Edrophonium was given to the first 21 patients referred with non-cardiac chest pain . |
| 11 | Consideration of rules and regulations was deferred to the next meeting . |
| 12 | The title was changed to The 4th Volunteer Battalion in 1887 , and to The 23rd ( County of London ) Battalion The London Regiment in 1908 . |
| 13 | Twenty-one years after the end of the First World War the British people were subjected to a second war , which , while it produced only half as many British military casualties as the first , struck more radically at the lives of ordinary civilians . |
| 14 | Both of the former two mosaics were attributed to the fourth century ( entirely on stylistic grounds ) , and by virtue of its association with the saltire mosaic ( pI . |
| 15 | I think Steve was going to a first aider or something , and there was quite a few different people . |
| 16 | First a questionnaire was distributed to all adults in China , and all those who had suspicious symptoms were subjected to the second procedure , which was a new simple blood-test that could be performed on farms or in factories , and gave an answer in twenty minutes . |
| 17 | A BOTTLE of sherry and flowers were presented to the first resident of a new nursing home which opened this week . |
| 18 | A proposal concerning this motion was put to the last Annual General Meeting of Convocation , but was not favourably received by the members present . |
| 19 | This letter was prefixed to the second volume of Leapor 's verse published in 1751 . |
| 20 | With only a slight quickening of their pace , Roderick Random , the eponymous hero of Smollett 's 1739 novel , and his companion caught up with the carrier wagon and for a shilling were taken to the next inn on their journey from Newcastle to London . |
| 21 | Yesterday Essex were taken to the last over by first-class newcomers Durham before securing a four-wicket win in a 50-over friendly at Chelmsford . |
| 22 | The land was sold to the second to fourth defendants on 21 July 1988 , and by order dated 16 December 1988 they were added as defendants and the action stayed against the first defendants . |
| 23 | The calendar beside the clock was turned to the 21st January , 1919 — but was that yesterday 's date or today 's ; had she changed it before she went to bed last night ? |
| 24 | To address this difficulty the algorithm was changed to a depth-first one . |
| 25 | Similarly if the formula referred to F2 and F3 the references would change to F3 and F4 when the formula was copied to the next row . |