Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This act was in opposition to Philip , who when the city had fallen , demanded that his own flag be raised over it , thus adding his own stake to any claim made upon Tancred . |
| 2 | Kiyonga also announced that a black market for foreign exchange was in effect to be legalised , in a measure designed to increase availability of foreign currency and stimulate foreign investment and non-traditional exports . |
| 3 | This event was in contrast to the exemplary record of the South Metropolitan Company , who never had an accident on Anerley Hill , despite the steep gradient . |
| 4 | It is interesting to note that this situation was in contrast to an earlier serious problem in the banking system , the secondary banking crisis of 1973–1974 , in which less well known banks were subject to less regulation than the more stable institutions . |
| 5 | I do n't think you will be surprised to learn that that in fact shows a very clear divergence between what was considered to be girls ' training and boys ' training and the most stark statistic was in relation to who was going into government training centres . |
| 6 | By the turn of the century road races were being held regularly , using Paris as a base , and the first real race was from Paris to Bordeaux , and back , in June 1895 . |
| 7 | The Lords ' remaining authority was in practice to be removed in consequence of the 1867 Reform Act , though not until the twentieth century was the House forced formally to accept its diminished status . |
| 8 | One such argument was in response to a question posed by Margaret Bourke-White , just prior to his assassination , as to how he would meet the atom bomb with non-violence . |
| 9 | The development of Spanish naval strength was in step to some extent with that of France . |
| 10 | Tell me John I 'm pleased that we 've er we 've managed to get business completed this evening , I think it 's gone very well , I 'm sure you agree , er do you think that er did you find the , the exercise of completing that planning the future document was of benefit to you ? |
| 11 | The area I covered as a national organizer was from Berwick to Stirling and everything in between . |
| 12 | A theory of ducal sovereignty was in effect to be formulated between 1294 and 1300 , which was to set important precedents for other peers and magnates of France to follow . |
| 13 | Warrior indebtedness to the merchant class became endemic until , by the late Tokugawa period , the ruling stratum was in thrall to those it purported most to despise . |
| 14 | This phased reduction in US overseas forces was in response to the reduced Soviet threat abroad and to budgetary constraints at home . |
| 15 | THE North Sea flotel Safe Supporter was under tow to Bergen in Norway for essential repairs last night , with 97 oilmen still on board . |
| 16 | The Cardiff Crown Court trial heard that sex was on offer to customers at the three health studios in Cardiff , Swansea and Bridgend . |
| 17 | The first race was from Paris to Lyons in 1900 and it remained an open road race until 1903 when it was held over the Athy circuit in Ireland . |
| 18 | What was I doing , in the late twentieth century , arguing that what happened in the first century was of relevance to whether or not I could be a deacon . |
| 19 | The biggest award was for £150,000 to Ullaspool , a company set up to raise funds to build a new swimming pool at Ullapool . |
| 20 | The distinctive breakthrough of the great classification makers of the later nineteenth century was in response to a new need : books on all subjects proliferated , and unpredictably , so in Dewey 's scheme , for instance , the classification number did not represent a fixed shelf but a subject 's position within a sequence . |
| 21 | That document was in response to that produced by my hon. Friend the Member for Dagenham ( Mr. Gould ) on devolution and democracy . |
| 22 | The senior course was from Windsor to the Royal Canoe Club at Teddington , taking in eight locks and a River Thames course which was choppy because of all the powered craft . |
| 23 | The original plan was for Seawitch to be delivered to the marina by the tenth and we 'd fly in to join her there . ’ |
| 24 | Liverpool 's next match was at home to Swansea , and shortly before kick-off the mourning Toshack appeared before the Kop in his old red No. 10 shirt . |
| 25 | But since the Free Officers had overthrown the Sanusis , the main evocation was of hostility to the present regime . |