Example sentences of "[det] was [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In 1812 a model of this was sent to the Society of Arts by Hugh , Earl Percy ( later third Duke of Northumberland , q.v. ) , but it made no award of its reaping-machine premium as the invention was ‘ incomplete ’ without proper trials . |
| 2 | Later this was revised to the hedging advice to discuss the matter with a social worker before deciding . |
| 3 | Apart from the immense raft of organisational and personnel change caused by the merger , this was ascribed to the fact that all the units were still directly managed , which caused conflicts of interest and confusion of role . |
| 4 | This was presented to the town by the L & NWR Company in 1 885 immediately adjacent to the general offices , No. 30 , alongside the canal , is the brass moulding shop , while No. 31 is the iron foundry . |
| 5 | The Headquarter was originally at Rugby Cement Works where disused offices were placed at our disposal , but later as the unit increased this was moved to the Church rooms , and the unit was commanded by Captain Sammy Wenham . |
| 6 | Most of this was brought to the surface last century , when mining of other metals was also important . |
| 7 | None of this was mentioned to the crowd when he spoke . |
| 8 | When this was put to the Environment Trust erm they were er , unaware before that stage that there were erm may be proposals of developing that land and expressed an interest in being involved if that ever came to fruition . |
| 9 | These coins contained less gold than English gold coins and , on the principle of ‘ bad money drives out good ’ , had tended to drain England of its finer gold ; this was exported to the continent where it was worth more . |
| 10 | This was attributed to the demand for DP staff induced by " Big Bang " — the deregulation of many of the City 's financial activities and the major extension of computer-based trading . |
| 11 | Pamela 's major qualities were courage , humour and broadmindedness , although the last of these was put to the test , first when her only brother became a Roman Catholic , then when her only daughter married one . |
| 12 | Perhaps the most dramatic of these was delivered to the BASF fertiliser works at Oppau in 1921 . |
| 13 | The latter of these was dedicated to the south Wales ironmaster , William Crawshay [ q.v. ] , for whom Lugar designed his largest work , Cyfartha Castle , Glamorgan ( 1825 ) . |
| 14 | Everything that he had written during the previous four years on the overriding need to oppose fascism , on the need to defend nation states through the creation of a Strong system of alliances based on collective security , and on the central role of the Soviet Union in promoting peace and stability , all was reduced to the level of absurdity by the Nazi-Soviet pact , the invasion of Poland and subsequently the war in Finland . |
| 15 | All was linked to the sense of a new departure , a " new style " , a " new regime in politics " and a new team at the helm : as well as a new leader , the party had by the middle of 1912 a new Chief Whip , Party Chairman , party treasurer , principal agent , press adviser , and an almost entirely new team of Whips and organizers . |
| 16 | The latter was related to the king . |
| 17 | Each was attached to the leaf by its proboscis . |
| 18 | One similar order affected a shellfish farm in Loch Moidart a few miles further north , but that was granted to the Government 's Sea Fish Industry Authority for research . |
| 19 | Nana remained seated on her stool in the dark front room , below the curling photograph of Queen Elizabeth that was pinned to the shelf that carried packets of Albion sugar , brown on one side , white on the other . |
| 20 | ‘ I can only draw from this fact that the Careers Service did not destroy their copies of the incorrect documents and that it was theirs that was passed to the county councillors and Dr Ashok Kumar ( the Labour candidate for Langbaurgh ) , ’ says the statement . |
| 21 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 22 | SunSoft Inc president Ed Zander , speaking at the recent Unix International members meeting in New Orleans that was closed to the press , reportedly issued a call to arms against Microsoft Corp , making a strong plea for the industry to come together and adopt common interface specifications and common marketing programmes . |
| 23 | It said nothing about educational or cultural co-operation , it did not do anything to bring EMU nearer ( that was left to the Delors Plan ) and it effectively left foreign policy co-operation in government hands . |