Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [noun] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA was authorized both by international law and by UN sanctions to intercept shipping destined for Iraq in the wake of the Gulf war , but had no authority to divert shipments bound for Iran or Syria because Iran , North Korea and Syria were not signatories to the Missile Technology Control Regime . |
| 2 | We are very willing to accept that those parts of the judges ' visitorial jurisdiction which were not incident to the administration of justice in the courts passed down through the routes suggested by Sir William and Professor Baker , but in the context of the present case , where the court has for the first time to inquire into the particular function which is being performed , we are not satisfied that the whole of the visitorial jurisdiction passed by this route . |
| 3 | Secondly , it was emphasised that ex hypothesi the responsible third parties — and in particular the solicitors in this case — were not parties to the transaction and received nothing under it . |
| 4 | The basis of these decisions was that strikes would result in unlawful ‘ secondary ’ action involving employers who were not parties to the dispute . |
| 5 | That was , Lord Jauncey said , a clear undertaking by TBL not to exercise its statutory powers for a period that could last for as long as any one of the parties to the agreement remained a shareholder and long after the control of TBL had passed to shareholders who were not party to the agreement . |
| 6 | We have seen how the off-farm job could place some restrictions on the farm and vice versa but there were also benefits to the farm from the off-farm employment . |
| 7 | It was only thanks to the scene made by Gilly that his admission about their visit to Puddephat 's rooms had gone unnoticed . |
| 8 | Guido di Tella , the new Defence Minister , a liberal Peronist who had briefly been president of the Central Bank in 1982 , was hitherto ambassador to the United States . |
| 9 | Charles and John Higgs clicked , and it was largely thanks to the relationship struck up with him , and the sheer personality of the man , that Charles became wholly and genuinely enthused by every aspect of the Duchy . |
| 10 | The weather was not kind to the competitors in 1987 , being very wet and stormy . |
| 11 | Thus the signing of a Heads of Agreement relating to the interconnector , which occurred before the licence came into force , was not subject to the condition but any decision relating to the interconnector taken after March 31 , 1992 , is . |
| 12 | Rodney Toogood , chairman , said the matter was not material to the business . |
| 13 | ( See also Norwich City Council v Harvey [ 1989 ] 1 All ER 1180 where a similar clause was held to prevent the imposition of a tortious duty of care on a sub-contractor who was not party to the contract . ) |
| 14 | In the 1950s the UK was still second to the USA for its share of world manufacturing exports and produced half the world 's export of motor cars . |
| 15 | Of the new appointments , Abdulle was formerly ambassador to the UK , Yusuf was formerly a national planning director and Mohammad was assistant secretary-general of the ruling Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ( SRSP ) . |
| 16 | Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire . |