Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In December 1987 Mafart was allowed to return to France in defiance of the agreement because it was alleged he was ill , although the French government refused to allow a New Zealand doctor to examine him . |
| 2 | On arrival at the BN beacon , the aircraft was cleared to descend to 2,500ft ( the initial altitude for the published ILS descent procedure ) and was requested to advice passing the MN beacon which marked the northern end of the racetrack holding pattern . |
| 3 | At approximately 1302 hours the aircraft was instructed to change to Goose terminal control frequently at which time the aircraft was about 110 nautical miles from Goose Bay . |
| 4 | At baseline , the renin component characteristics in the studied subjects were consistent with those depicted in other studies : active renin concentration was normal , but prorenin concentration was raised according to retinopathy . |
| 5 | David was encouraged to return to work the next day because this seemed to be the one positive aspect of his current situation . |
| 6 | The principle of orality was considered to contribute to unanimity in decision making because of the thorough sifting and testing of argument in unrestricted oral argument . |
| 7 | If the pound was expected to devalue to £1 = $2.4 then the holder of sterling balances could sell his £1,000 now ( at £1 = $2.8 ) , buy back pounds at a future date ( at £1 = $2.4 ) , and hence make a sterling capital gain of £167 . |
| 8 | Protein was determined according to Lowry . |
| 9 | Also in the series are An Uncommon Murder , which tells how an East End Jewish refugee was found battered to death on Clapham Common , and the story of Louise Masset , the first woman to be hanged this century after she was accused of killing her young son . |
| 10 | On the fifth day of mobilisation , Lieut-Colonel Deyns was able to report that the Field Ambulance was equipped according to scale , and ready to move . |
| 11 | But if something was slipped into the sherry , if Crumwallis was overheard talking to Frome , it could have been earlier . |
| 12 | It is evident that no blame was felt to attach to Vlasov for his part in the battle , since on 11 November Stalin personally appointed him to command 20th Army , entrusting him with 15 precious tanks and a vital role under Zhukov in the planned defence of Moscow . |
| 13 | Inflammation was graded according to Matt 's criteria by one of the authors , who was given no clinical information . |
| 14 | An overall clinical global grade was given according to Truelove and Witts ( table I ) At the end of the study patients were asked whether they found the enemas acceptable or whether they had encountered difficulty in their administration . |
| 15 | After six months Pop was asked to return to Simla to help the Burma Governor , Dorman-Smith , as Director of Public Relations , and to help the Administration and the Army who were by this time getting ready to go back into Burma . |
| 16 | Hyperlipidaemia and obesity are important contributors to the coronary heart disease epidemic in western countries , so a low-risk group was defined according to plasma ApoB level and BMI . |
| 17 | But it is symptomatic of the greater tolerance of the Muslims that the Jewish community was allowed to return to Jerusalem and four Christian priests were allowed to hold services in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre . |
| 18 | Of course , the deception was bound to come to light sooner or later . |
| 19 | In his self-torture he was unable to answer the simplest query , and Auguste was forced to turn to Araminta . |
| 20 | US officials said that imports from China had increased by 42 per cent in the first six months while US exports to China had risen by only 18.4 per cent , and the US trade deficit with China was expected to rise to US$15 billion . |
| 21 | Michael Drury was found stabbed to death at his home in Clipstone Field Place at Ecton Brook in Northampton nine days ago . |
| 22 | The last Paris race was scheduled to go to Madrid but , by order of the government , it was halted at Bordeaux because of the high number of accidents involving pedestrians . |
| 23 | That was the year the city 's deputy was found beaten to death , in a village near Riba ; the landlords had paid a gang to kill him , just as they did in the old days , before Davide left for America . |
| 24 | 76 year old , Arthur Brumhill was found bludgeoned to death on the floor of this pet shop . |
| 25 | 76 year old , Arthur Brumhill was found bludgeoned to death on the floor of this pet shop . |
| 26 | The first age was said to belong to God the Father , the second to God the Son , and the last age to God the Spirit . |
| 27 | His amendment was that the Code was intended to apply to people under detention ‘ or people for whom detention is becoming , as it were , imminent . ’ |
| 28 | Kim Brockwell was found stabbed to death outside her flat in the city , but when the trial began today the charge was reduced to manslaughter . |
| 29 | 24 year old Kim Brockwell was found stabbed to death in the stairway of her flat in the fashionable Latin quarter of Paris in 1990 . |
| 30 | Twenty-nine year old Isadore Johnson was found stabbed to death in the back garden of a house the day after the party in August last year . |