Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [noun sg] at [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The first such inspection was due to take place at a civilian chemical enterprise in St Petersburg , which Western military experts suspected was used as a cover for illicit military work . |
| 2 | Given this , Whitelocke was lucky to escape prosecution at the Restoration ; to the credit of both , he and Charles II made their peace when Whitelocke returned some royal manuscripts that he had saved from plunder and lectured the king about Welsh , which he said was ‘ his Majesty 's more ancient native language than English ’ . |
| 3 | From this primitive idea sprang the belief that it was important to celebrate Easter at the correct date , since this was the crucial time of combat between God ( or Christ ) and the Devil , and God required the support of his worshippers to defeat the Devil . |
| 4 | By November of the year 655 or 656 — Bede gives 655 ( HE 111 , 24 ) but again this date may need to be emended in the same way as Bede 's other Northumbrian dates ( see Appendix , Fig. 7.3 ) — Penda was able to challenge Oswiu at the battle of the Winwaed with a mighty coalition , for he had spent the intervening thirteen years consolidating his position . |
| 5 | But he was able to win support at a National Delegate Conference in 1983 for an overtime ban , linked to both the believed closure programme and an outstanding pay claim . |