Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] were [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At that time few attempts were made to measure the effectiveness of such activity , and advertising agencies tended to branch out into sales promotions with the aim of offering an all-inclusive package to their clients in an attempt to combat competition from the emerging sales promotion agencies . |
| 2 | He then proved to his own satisfaction that all such endeavours were doomed to failure . |
| 3 | Together with our EC partners , on 13 November we condemned the violence against the people in East Timor and urged the Indonesian Government to ensure that the Indonesian armed forces and police stopped using violence and that those responsible for these acts were brought to trial . |
| 4 | These rules were to apply to property bequeathed unconditionally or else under a term ( dies ) . |
| 5 | These costs were attributed to job dissatisfaction caused by boring , repetitive work . |
| 6 | It was considered that many of these problems were related to inexperience in the management of stones within a retained gall bladder . |
| 7 | In the autumn of 1915 the Government had assumed powers to requisition at fixed prices all cereal products ; in 1916 these powers were extended to sugar , milk and eggs , but only limited use was made of them . |
| 8 | These manoeuvres were doomed to failure , for both Ruzski and Brusilov had been ordered to turn northwest , with the object of taking in rear all Austrian forces engaged with , or pursuing , Plehve . |
| 9 | These franchises were awarded to Sunrise Television , Carlton Communications , Meridian Broadcasting and Westcountry Television respectively . |
| 10 | Single stranded DNAs from these phagemids were subjected to primer extension with radioactive M13 universal and reverse primers respectively and cleaved with I- Sce III . |
| 11 | These trends were supposed to be so powerful that many groups were driven to extinction as once-useful organs became overdeveloped to the extent that they interfered with the animals ' ability to cope with the environment . |
| 12 | Until the fourteenth century , all clergy were summoned to Parliament . |
| 13 | Almost all patients were restricted to bed in the medical intensive care unit during the index admission while waiting a suitable donor organ . |
| 14 | How many brides were left to sleep alone on the first night of their honeymoon ? |
| 15 | How many Liberals were elected to Parliament in the 1970 General Election ? |
| 16 | Cardio-vascular disease ( responsible for a quarter of all deaths worldwide ) threatened to increase dramatically in Latin America and other South countries , although in the developed world ( where half of all deaths were attributed to heart attacks and strokes ) the trend was generally downward . |
| 17 | Although the monastic reformers of the twelfth century frowned on the practice of placing children in monasteries , and the Cistercians forbade it , we may be sure that throughout the Middle Ages many nuns were dedicated to religion by the same procedure as they would have been dedicated to husbands — by parental fiat . |
| 18 | And those suits were made to measure |
| 19 | Would there be fewer deaths if more farmers were taken to court , and faced higher penalties ? |
| 20 | Her own nerves were stretched to breaking-point and she could n't allow herself even to contemplate the changes that would now come in her relationship with David ; that luxury would come later , because for the moment lives were in danger . |
| 21 | Both drivers were subjected to irritation but their responses were different . |
| 22 | The boat was blown to glory , nothing was ever found of it except for a few bits of debris , and to all intents and purposes both occupants were blown to glory with it . ’ |
| 23 | Both men were taken to hospital . |