Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] [to-vb] 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 | David was encouraged to return to work the next day because this seemed to be the one positive aspect of his current situation . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Of course , the deception was bound to come to light sooner or later . |
| 11 | In his self-torture he was unable to answer the simplest query , and Auguste was forced to turn to Araminta . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . ’ |
| 16 | The fact that the care programme ‘ creates a lot more work if you 're doing it properly ’ was recognized almost universally , and the pressure upon staff was seen to lead to frustration and overwork . |
| 17 | Bland was encouraged to come to Europe by Gary Player . |
| 18 | At the Third Reading , the UnderSecretary of State for Scotland , Mr Robert Hughes , laid a number of amendments to make it clear that the Bill was intended to apply to children 's hearings . |
| 19 | During the latter years the only minute of interest was in October 1869 when " the secretary was empowered to write to Mr Menzies and Dr. Campbell , the former from taking any papers and the latter from entering the room altogether , not being a subscriber , " In 1870 there was a complaint about the pilfering of papers and the committee have to acknowledge , with regret , that their attempts to prevent this evil have not been attended with such success as had been anticipated . |
| 20 | After Oldsmobile 's factory burned down in 1901 , Ransom E Olds was forced to turn to contractors for the assembly of his single cylinder engine , and gave Leland the opportunity to prove his theory . |
| 21 | Commius was forced to flee to Britain and he established himself as King of the British Atrebates which were presumably an earlier migrant group of the Gallic tribe of the same name . |
| 22 | Fang Lizhi , a leading astrophysicist noted for his frequent outspoken comments on the Chinese political system was invited to speak to electronics students at Beida on 4 November 1985 . |
| 23 | by no means all species of raptors suffered in this way , but sufficient alarm was engendered to lead to demands that organo-chlorides be prohibited . |
| 24 | A Peruvian man with drug-resistant tuberculosis was advised to come to Britain for treatment , but warned not to bring any medication in case he was stopped at immigration . |
| 25 | The argument tying increased prosperity to increased freedom was intended to demonstrate to individuals , groups and communities whose interests were involved with the slave trade and slavery that they were impolitic in their understanding of their own interests . |
| 26 | State expenditure on agriculture was set to rise to dollars 294,000,000 , from dollars 230,000,000 the previous year . |
| 27 | Eventually , on the advice of other members of the family , their GP was called to talk to David . |
| 28 | Philip and Kelly Morle were separated the day after their wedding when Kelly was forced to return to Australia . |
| 29 | Owing to uncertainty about the new ICL 2900 series systems , the decision was made to convert to IBM equipment and software . |
| 30 | You see we only had the one van , you s cos the one van was wanted to go to Wicken on a Saturday again . |