Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [adv] [adv] [conj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | In 1929 the Northern Ireland parliamentary boundaries were drawn up so as to attach areas of the surrounding countryside to the city centre , creating the safe Unionist seat of City of Londonderry , while the mainly Catholic areas were put into the Nationalist seat of Foyle . |
| 2 | The water molecules were spread widely so as to react with the plasma effectively reducing the plasma density through a process beginning with ion-exchanges . |
| 3 | On either side of the block stood a praepostor from the sixth form , there to see that sentence was carried out decently and to order . |
| 4 | Frank , I think , had spoken to him about not taking everything that was said so personally but to learn how to ride the ups and downs , the vicissitudes , of theatre . ’ |
| 5 | In Filliter v. Phippard the word ‘ accidentally ’ was interpreted restrictively so as to cover only ‘ a fire produced by mere chance or incapable of being traced to any cause . ’ |