Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [verb] to [noun] of " in BNC.

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1 This was not merely through the intrinsic loss but also because family status and honour were intimately linked to possession of land .
2 The following year , 1926 the Ministry of Health issued draft proposals for reform of the Poor Law but copies were not sent to Boards of Guardians , and it was decided that a letter of protest about the omission should be sent .
3 The daily temperatures were not related to exposure of the vaccines to temperatures >10°C .
4 Table III shows that standardised mortality ratios for cardiovascular disease were not related to duration of gestation , though the highest ratio , 107 , was in men born at 37 weeks or less .
5 The indigenous population , comprising Christian Armenians and Islamic tribesmen of mainly Central Asian , Turkish and Persian origin , were alternately subjected to periods of persecution and forced conversion ( or extermination ) , depending on whether Christian Russia or one of the Islamic countries was in control ; this culminated in the widespread slaughter and deportation of the Armenians by the Turks during the First World War .
6 Waist-hip ratio , age and body mass index were separately related to probability of conception per cycle .
7 Yes I mean th th th th the fact that you 've got a whole range of problems an an and you , you were bound to come up against those problems if you try and define Marxist in a strict sense , and therefore you , you were always seeking to sort of make .
8 In other words , er they were n't trying to sort of scrape it together to actually repay your , repay your twelve thousand pound wh loan at the end of twenty years .
9 In fact , they were virtually confined to parts of Europe and North America .
10 In 1968 Gow and Page followed up their first volume by bringing out Hellenistic Epigrams : the Garland of Philip , again in two volumes ; this time Gow was primarily responsible for the 650 epigrams which were either attributed to Antipater of Thessalonica or left over as being either his work or that of Antipater of Sidon .
11 Histamine concentrations of 10 - 9 , 10 - 7 , and 10 - 6 M significantly increased the growth of MKN45 , and these were significantly reversed to concentrations of the untreated control by coincubation with 10 - 5 M cimetidine as shown by label uptake ( Fig 1 ( A ) mean of four separate experiments ) and direct cell counts ( Fig 1 ( B ) mean of four separate experiments ) .
12 Their views are readily recognizable in a world where the fuss about the Turin Shroud has reminded us of a time when high hopes and claims of miracle were commonly attached to pieces of the true cross or heads of John the Baptist , where much Christian literature promises believers great success in life if only they have enough faith in God , and where men and women of political power still try to have God and his Church on their side , and to use their authority to enhance their own .
13 But in fact we can see in process in the nineteenth century a quite clear creation of a series of beliefs about male sexuality , beliefs which were inextricably linked to concepts of male self-expression and power .
14 This information was verbally communicated to officials of the Department of Health in July 1981 , who asked that further studies be done to be available by October 1981 .
15 Such a note of finality was not , however , to be relied upon , and he was soon writing to Poole of racking doubts and of ‘ dim & huddled ’ feelings .
16 Loretta hoped Mr Koogan 's experience of journalists was not limited to representatives of the Sun .
17 Endometriosis was not linked to duration of taking oral contraceptives .
18 The region 's legacy from these centuries was not confined to models of conflict , however .
19 Both sides did their best through the medium of television to ensure that the general population 's familiarity with the war was not confined to news of casualties .
20 Belief in progress was not confined to supporters of scientism , but the two went very easily together ; and we should now review this progress .
21 There was no Brahman or priestly caste , though admission to the Buddhist monkhood was generally limited to members of four ‘ respectable ’ castes .
22 Consideration was also given to ways of ensuring that the archaeological and historical interests of the Park are fully safeguarded .
23 Though this term was originally applied to invasion of the visceral tissues of an animal by parasites whose natural hosts were other animals , it has now , in common usage , come to represent this type of invasion in humans alone and , in particular , by the larvae of Toxocara canis .
24 The perception of vast numbers of Blacks detrimentally transforming British society was strongly allied to fears of Black male sexuality .
25 She was admirably suited to membership of a caring profession .
26 Reference was earlier made to work of Abrams ( in Bulmer , 1986 ) whose findings and commentary on this issue are equally illuminating .
27 Relief-sculpture was likewise confined to adornment of temples and other sanctuary-buildings , or of tombs .
28 In a series of human tumour cell lines invasion into collagen gels was inversely related to expression of E-cadherin and inhibition of invasion was achieved in a breast carcinoma cell line by transfection with a vector expressing E-cadherin .
29 On the well-known principle that new dog and cat foods are best tested by feeding them to , respectively , dogs and cats , the vintage crop of 1982 books on astronomy was therefore fed to members of the Astronomy Department of Glasgow University experienced in both teaching the subject and researching in it .
30 Variation in peak expiratory flow was significantly related to number of discrepancies and number of missing days , and anxiety score was significantly related to number of missing days .
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