Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For samples of her verse readers were referred to the three that appeared in the earlier number . |
| 2 | Solon divided the citizen body into four classes on the basis of wealth or property ownership , and while most important political offices were confined to the higher of these classes , the lowest class were entitled to attend the Assembly or Ecclesia , and to make up the juries who decided both on guilt and innocence and on sentences in the courts . |
| 3 | The government in January 1990 gave up its attempt to join the Union monétaire ouest africaine ( UMOA ) , whose members ' currencies were linked to the French franc , and decided to turn to Portugal for help to make its currency convertible . |
| 4 | In the 17-month period from March 1980 to August 1981 alone , 15 units were connected to the national grid . |
| 5 | While £2,200 of the project funds were allocated to the main theme , £300 was reserved for use by the science department , whose pioneering work in integrating study skills within lower-school science teaching was acknowledged as an important base to build upon . |
| 6 | Bone fragments were recorded to the nearest 25 per cent of the original unbroken element or part thereof , and this enabled distinctions to be drawn between some of the seven predator species compared . |
| 7 | Thanks were expressed to the retiring Executive Committee members Mrs. Vi Billington , Miss Jean Glass and Mrs. Cicely Harris and a warm welcome extended to the new committee members : |
| 8 | Thanks were expressed to the Diocesan Liturgy Commission who arranged the day . |
| 9 | In brief , subjects were admitted to the metabolic unit on the evening before study and overnight glucose control was achieved by monitored intravenous insulin infusion . |
| 10 | His shirt hung open as he sat again , and Theda 's eyes were riveted to the long column of his neck , the golden glow of his chest below it . |
| 11 | Despite a flaring anger at this impertinence her eyes were drawn to the strong column of his throat as he swallowed . |
| 12 | Jimmy 's eyes were drawn to the garish reflection of neon on the pavement outside a working-men 's club . |
| 13 | I saw white wool carpets on the gleaming floor and also glimpsed clothing of the costliest taffeta , lace and cambric , but my eyes were drawn to the great silk-draped four-poster bed . |
| 14 | His eyes were glued to the two men now sitting on his couch . |
| 15 | All eyes were glued to the swinging schoolbag . |
| 16 | Our eyes were glued to the large plate into which she was placing the cooked ones . |
| 17 | His gallops have always impressed me but after a couple of disappointing runs on the flat his attentions were turned to the all-weather surfaces . |
| 18 | Last night , he must have done about three grams of the white stuff , plus cognac to stop the shakes , plus not going to bed all night , plus having to behave like a serious grown-up with his trainer and make sure his homes were going to the right races in the right countries at the right time , plus a screaming anxiety attack about his father and Butler and the mess his life was in , plus the horrific combined effects of the morning and the country air . |
| 19 | ( It is interesting to note that freshwater pearls were known to the Chinese by the beginning of the first millennium B.C. ) |
| 20 | Shells were measured to the nearest 0.1 mm , using a vernier caliper , and the sample mean calculated for collections of 100 shells ( later reduced to 50 and then 30 as it became apparent that increasing the number of measurements did not improve the accuracy of the mean ) ( Fig. 23 ) . |
| 21 | Over the millennia , other wrecks and crippled vessels were welded to the first , in whole or in part , or were crashed into place in what became a vast assembly kilometres across and deep . |
| 22 | Developments in recent months were reported to the General Assembly by UNTCOK . |
| 23 | In 1991/92 questionnaires were sent to the general practitioners . |
| 24 | Questionnaires were sent to the general practitioners of all these patients in 1991/1992 . |
| 25 | The main findings to date are : 923 destinations questionnaires were sent to the 55 courses so far included in analysis : 624 were returned completed by students , giving a preliminary response rate of 68 per cent ; |
| 26 | The Bosnians were taken to the old terminal , on a little used part of the airport , and then transferred by coach to centres in Surrey , West London and a new centre in Dewsbury , Yorkshire , which took 60 from the latest flight . |
| 27 | This having been said , the consultation generated almost three times the volume correspondence as the last major consultation on the revision of the practice rules in 1990 , and roughly four times as many responses as were received in connection with the consultation on multi-disciplinary partnerships in 1987 ( although more local law society responses were received to the 1987 consultation ) . |
| 28 | Cabinet posts were given to the centre-right Haitian Christian Democratic Party ( PDCH ) and the right-wing Mobilization for National Development ( MDN ) party , as well as to Panpra , to strengthen Bazin 's claim that he headed a genuine coalition government . |
| 29 | However , four smaller parties were also represented , and six posts were allocated to the National Union for the Total Independence of Angola ( UNITA ) , including one of Cabinet rank and the post of Deputy Minister of Defence . |
| 30 | Green Belt functions were transferred to the lower tier authorities who are now required to prepare unitary development plans for their areas . |