Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [verb] to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ) . |
| 3 | Here , though , the procedure of the auctioneer was somewhat different , for at first the most attractive girls were auctioned to the highest bidders and then a sort of reverse auction took place in which the unattractive ones were distributed : instead of ascending , the bidding descended until the man prepared to accept the least payment got the girl . |
| 4 | Known as ‘ lubberkins ’ in Elizabethan times , the more doltish lobs were relegated to the simplest of tasks and took their refreshments outdoors , so clumsy and ill-mannered were they . |
| 5 | It was they whose immediate vision was one of attempting to escape from the grind of poverty , and whose children were confined to the lowest levels of education offered in the elementary schools and the secondary , or ‘ post-Hadow ’ , schools . |
| 6 | The ITC criteria included a " quality threshold " for proposed programming and economic feasibility ; not all franchises were awarded to the highest bidder . |