Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arsenal were through to the next round , and it was the turning point in the club 's history . |
| 2 | In 1973 Kylie was off to the local school , Camberwell primary . |
| 3 | Definitions are difficult , but so far as the workstation market can be defined , Dataquest reckons that it gained only 4.2% in 1992 , following a 14.5% gain in 1991 , and suggests that the slowdown in revenue was down to the overall mix of workstations shipped shifting towards lower-priced systems , and to the poor economic climate in Japan , so that the market crept up to $9,000m . |
| 4 | Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness . |
| 5 | Being higher than the policemen on the ground , I could see that most of the action was down to a half-a-dozen women wearing anoraks with the hoods up . |
| 6 | six months was down to the two three pounds under the weight I was when I started . |
| 7 | First the figures , furniture retailing continues to be highly competitive so I am pleased to report that turnover for the twenty eight weeks was through to the twenty million five point five percent better than the same period in the previous year . |
| 8 | That the Pendletons ' party ended up at Reading was down to a fair measure of fluke . |
| 9 | It fell to Warrant Officer Dunston to ensure the service was up to an impeccable standard , not an easy task in the boiling heat of the summer of 1989 . |
| 10 | He explained the delay was down to the French court system being ‘ overburdened ’ . |
| 11 | The level of orders received in the first quarter worsened compared with a year earlier , but turnover in the first quarter was up to the high levels of the year-ago quarter . |
| 12 | In February 1989 inflation was down to a monthly rate of 3.6 per cent compared with 28.8 per cent in December 1988 and 37 per cent in January 1989 , but accelerated sharply over the following months , reaching a monthly rate of 53.55 per cent by December . |
| 13 | The breed in Sweden was off to a tremendous start and from this position of strength , Swedish people have produced over the years some very good Rottweilers . |
| 14 | By the end of 1923 levels were down to the best pre-1921 records for Saratov . |
| 15 | By late August 1982 , with the start of Iraqi attacks on Kharg Island ( which in Iran 's peak production years in the 1970s handled nearly all the country 's export volume ) , the volume was down to a meagre 700,000 b/d from 1.8 million the preceding month . |
| 16 | The Health Secretary was off to a private party . |
| 17 | Widnes were back to a full complement of players by the time Tony Thorniley scored Warrington 's second , again from an inspired Mackey pass , but the visitors were powerless to prevent the centre reaching the line from 25 yards . |
| 18 | A headmaster friend told me recently that he had burst into a classroom mistakenly thinking some pupils were up to no good , only to discover it was drama ; and I recall one of my own students , in playing the role of a prisoner-of-war camp commandant berating the ‘ prisoners ’ and warning them that he had ways of finding out where the missing prisoner was if he did n't own up , was somewhat taken aback to hear the voice of the school caretaker call from the other end of the drama hall , ‘ There 's a boy here , Mr. Ainscough , skulking by this radiator ’ ! |
| 19 | Ross admits to being a little disappointed at the level of basic skills when he arrived , adding : ‘ A lot of the mistakes were down to the mental approach and lack of concentration , but , having said that , the attitude and determination of the players has been excellent throughout the season . ’ |
| 20 | No doubt many more boys were up to the same tricks , but convention ruled that they were better able to look after themselves . |
| 21 | Advanced Micro Devices Inc chief Jerry Sanders is not at all phased by Intel Corp 's excoriation and he told the conference his company was off to a good start for another year of record revenues , with a target of $1,650m in 1993 , $2,000m in 1994 and $3,000m by 1997 , and expects to ship 4m Am486 chips in 1994 for a 15% market share . |
| 22 | Visibility was down to a few yards . |
| 23 | GRAHAM Taylor was down to the bare bones today when only 14 of his England squad took part in his first Bisham training session before next week 's critical World Cup clash against Poland . |
| 24 | The subject of a bad reference can sue the referee for libel but has to show the referee was up to no good : spite , ill-will or some improper motive will do . |