Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adv] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whereas its basically ( and intentionally ) puerile story was a throwback to the serials of the 1930s and '40s , the effects were already a springboard to the 1980s , leading to the creation of ILM ( Lucas 's special effects company ) and its proliferating offshoots . |
| 2 | At the siege of Belle-Isle I was there all the while ; All the while , all the while , At the siege of Belle-Isle Until last month these lines were only a nursery-rhyme to me , accompanied in my memory by a crude illustration of a tower by the sea and square-rigged warship balancing on humped waves . |
| 3 | The approach adopted by the Board and its parent bodies was both a response to the Crick recommendations and acceptable to the appropriate institutes for exemption and to the employers . |
| 4 | Resolution 44/142 expressed alarm that drug trafficking and related criminal activities were now a threat to the political stability and security of states , as well as to their social and economic fabric , and asked the Secretary-General to prepare a comprehensive study of the problem . |
| 5 | The riots were unquestionably a blow to the government 's law and order policies and to the Conservative 's claim to be the party of law and order . |
| 6 | Certainly individual ammonoid species became extremely widespread , and oceans were not a barrier to their distribution . |