Example sentences of "[noun] was [adj] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tripartite deal was similar in scope to one agreed in August 1988 [ see p. 36709 ] . |
| 2 | This remained fraught , but the tension was comparable at times to that between government politicians and public service broadcasters in , say , the Britain of Wilson and Callaghan or Margaret Thatcher . |
| 3 | The drivers ' uncertainty was due in part to the vagaries of the train from Khartoum , on which half the town seemed to be waiting . |
| 4 | The latter pointed out that , while there was a general process of restructuring , the way it worked out in practice was different from case to case and that therefore it was pointless to search for highly regular patterns . |
| 5 | The Spanish Government argued that the fact that a national rule was applicable without distinction to nationals of the country concerned and to nationals of other member states did not remove its discriminatory nature : Commission of the European Communities v. Belgium ( Case 221/85 ) [ 1987 ] E.C.R. 719 . |
| 6 | The ceremony in this Anglo-Norman setting was replete with references to Charlemagne , Napoleon , and Churchill . |
| 7 | The cut was due in part to a recent series of pipeline ruptures and oilfield accidents and to a 4 per cent drop in Soviet oil production in the first half of 1990 ( as compared with the same period in 1989 ) . |
| 8 | The child was full of gratitude to her mother for having left the peace of the house so she could come , but of course she wanted to stay among the people . |
| 9 | Touche Ross thought that the requirement was appropriate in relation to partnerships , but recommended that it should apply only to cheques made out for an amount greater than a specified sum — a suggestion also made by a number of others . |
| 10 | However in these years the total area of land devoted to such cash Crops by smallholders was minuscule in relation to the total area in production , and had little impact on the bush/fallow system as it had been traditionally practised . |
| 11 | Stored serum was negative for antibody to hepatitis c , using the second generation chiron riba assay ( chiron corporation , emerville , usa ) . |
| 12 | They had to achieve managerial recognition that accountability to colleagues in the team was important alongside accountability to individual agencies . |
| 13 | The picture was similar in relation to sectioned women where female family members were consulted , but interestingly females were not generally consulted where women were not admitted . |
| 14 | This splendid achievement was due of course to exceptional wind conditions thrusting them along at the remarkable average speed of ninety miles per hour . |
| 15 | The price was high in relation to orthodox equipment but was held to be justified by patient throughput . |
| 16 | Soviet memento : Alan Walker with an old Latvian prison governor 's uniform — the governor was equivalent in rank to a Red Army colonel |
| 17 | Virtually the whole of the first half of his first volume was devoted by Clarkson to discussing individuals and intellectual and religious traditions whose contributions to antislavery converged in unity in the organisation of the committee of 1787 . |
| 18 | Once having obtained status the student was eligible for appointment to a post . |
| 19 | As the treaty was concerned with rights to lordship and territory , their nature is clearly of considerable importance . |
| 20 | The legislation was similar in scope to the current federal abortion law enshrined within the Supreme Court 's 1973 Roe v. Wade landmark ruling , the foundation for legal abortions within the USA . |
| 21 | Speaking to The Art Newspaper , Dr Rodwell commented that the floor was comparable in condition to the finest surviving floors in Britain , such as those in Westminster Abbey and Ely Cathedral . |
| 22 | Lying dazed in the oil-stained sawdust , beside the lifeless engine , Mungo was overcome with gratitude to the old man who had responded to his fear . |
| 23 | As a social institution the Church was superior in influence to the nobility . |
| 24 | Slavery in the Mediterranean world was continuous from Caesar to Columbus . |
| 25 | The mayor , who had a reputation for trendiness , wore a pale yellow suit under his chain of office ; his lady was in pink flowers and a wide-brimmed white straw hat ; the royal relative was orange from head to foot . |
| 26 | The sum was small in relation to what he had suffered , but it was an admission by the state that he was an innocent person and that was what mattered most to the Black family . |
| 27 | ( State of Wisconsin Historical Society ) Below : The white undress cap was identical in dimensions to the dark blue pattern . |
| 28 | No doubt one could easily design a more Francophone list , but with nine Germans and three Austrians , the German-language contribution was close in number to the 13 English-language and outnumbered the eight French . |
| 29 | Ashton pointed out that the late rise of formal banking in the country was due in part to the fact that it grew naturally out of the financial activities of men who " were content to describe themselves simply as merchants or traders , retailers or even inn-keepers " . |
| 30 | It also assumes that the taxpayer 's forbearance from taking action in the overseas country was productive of profit to the taxpayer in that country — an assumption which their Lordships are not prepared to make . |