Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to [art] [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Headteachers were allowed to move sums of money from one category to another ( virement ) and under/overspends were carried to the next year . |
| 2 | As we were walking to the next hole I tried to think of the right things to say to him , so I said , ‘ Greg , do me a favour . |
| 3 | A BOTTLE of sherry and flowers were presented to the first resident of a new nursing home which opened this week . |
| 4 | Before counting ( LKB Wallac 1260 Multigamma II counter ) they were transferred to a second Falcon tube to exclude 1 2 5 I-IFN γ bound to plastic . |
| 5 | Both of the former two mosaics were attributed to the fourth century ( entirely on stylistic grounds ) , and by virtue of its association with the saltire mosaic ( pI . |
| 6 | Some two hundred periti were summoned to the first session , but by April 1963 the number had reached 348 . |
| 7 | What was taking place was much more complex , and the working-class patterns of family and sexual life that were brought to the twentieth century were as much the product of working-class adaptation to rapid change in the context of a ruling set of ideas as a successful colonisation . |
| 8 | I then resolution two which is continuing the process that we were introduced to the last Synod and the previous Synod consideration of the endless discussion document on Christian initiation . |
| 9 | The absorbance versus temperature data were converted to the first derivative and the melting temperature was defined as the temperature at which the derivative curve attained its maximum value . |
| 10 | Twenty-one years after the end of the First World War the British people were subjected to a second war , which , while it produced only half as many British military casualties as the first , struck more radically at the lives of ordinary civilians . |
| 11 | First a questionnaire was distributed to all adults in China , and all those who had suspicious symptoms were subjected to the second procedure , which was a new simple blood-test that could be performed on farms or in factories , and gave an answer in twenty minutes . |
| 12 | With only a slight quickening of their pace , Roderick Random , the eponymous hero of Smollett 's 1739 novel , and his companion caught up with the carrier wagon and for a shilling were taken to the next inn on their journey from Newcastle to London . |
| 13 | In 1920 they were promoted to the First Division and got to their first Cup final , against Aston Villa at Stamford Bridge , where they were beaten 1–0 . |
| 14 | In 1893 they changed their name from Royal Arsenal to Woolwich Arsenal , adopted professional status and were elected to the Second Division . |
| 15 | As we have seen , the SAS came under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief , but were attached to the Eighth Army for immediate operational control . |
| 16 | This letter was prefixed to the second volume of Leapor 's verse published in 1751 . |
| 17 | Hernán Ramírez Rurange , the Director of the Army Intelligence Directorate ( Dine ) , was transferred to the second Army division , based in Santiago . |
| 18 | The calendar beside the clock was turned to the 21st January , 1919 — but was that yesterday 's date or today 's ; had she changed it before she went to bed last night ? |
| 19 | There had always been bad blood between Robert and Edward Bruce ; now this was transmitted to the next generation apparently . |
| 20 | Comity considerations were viewed with much more favour , and reference was made to the Second Restatement of Foreign Relations Law of the United States which , in a recent revision , had identified factors to be weighed in cases of discovery abroad : |
| 21 | The resolution , co-sponsored by Australia , New Zealand , and 14 other states , including several Pacific Island nations , was presented to the Second Committee of the United Nations General Assembly in November 1989 . |
| 22 | Similarly if the formula referred to F2 and F3 the references would change to F3 and F4 when the formula was copied to the next row . |
| 23 | I think Steve was going to a first aider or something , and there was quite a few different people . |
| 24 | He was called to the next bungalow ; the woman 's trying to sell it ; and there he saw the happy couple saying goodbye to each other . |
| 25 | On the academic side , General Studies was introduced to the Sixth Form " A " Level curriculum , and the School bade farewell to Mr. H. D. Smith , whose career had begun in 1919 under Daniels . |
| 26 | But in April 1878 he was cautioned for being intoxicated while on duty , and when discovered drunk in 1882 was reduced to the second class . |
| 27 | Part 1 was deferred to the second meeting . |
| 28 | Another proposal , which would have limited the powers of the Commission 's special envoys ( rapporteurs ) to visit countries suspected of human rights abuses , was deferred to the 47th session . |
| 29 | In March a proposal at the Commissions 's 46th session [ see p. 37888 ] which had sought to limit the powers of the Commission 's special envoys ( rapporteurs ) , was deferred to the 47th session , scheduled for February 1991 . |
| 30 | Consideration of rules and regulations was deferred to the next meeting . |