Example sentences of "a [noun sg] [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A new harmonium was bought for £7-0-0 and in January 1871 a decision was taken to expel several unruly and ill-behaved boys . |
| 2 | At a recent SAG board meeting a decision was taken to cut all development projects in an attempt to consolidate resources . |
| 3 | A board was nominated to run each industry as a viable commercial enterprise . |
| 4 | At one o'clock a hymn was sung to enable those wishing to leave to do so whilst newcomers entered . |
| 5 | A campaign was started to raise this figure to 100,000 by 1923 . |
| 6 | Having a baby was going to change all that . |
| 7 | A minister was appointed to occupy that new Manse , Rev. A. Strutt and in the next few years , he and his successor , also the Society of the Methodist Church , strove to raise funds in order to build a large church , with extra vestries , on the remaining section of the site , situated on the corner of Barrowgate Road . |
| 8 | This year the Autumn meeting of the European Area was held in Athens where , at a simple but moving ceremony , a memorial was unveiled to commemorate all those Greek and RAF aircrew who lost their lives during the battle for Greece . |
| 9 | There were no luxurious princes of the Church : a bishop was expected to give all his surplus income to charity once his simple household needs were satisfied . |
| 10 | But an attempt was made to do this . |
| 11 | As well as the transformation of the Bois de Boulogne and Vincennes into real parks , as opposed to an ‘ arid waste covered by trees ’ ( the words were the Emperor 's ) , an attempt was made to endow all the areas of the city with small squares , which were in essence miniature parks ranging in size from one-quarter of an acre to six acres . |
| 12 | To begin with an attempt was made to involve another member of the senior management team in the interviews for community posts . |
| 13 | One source gave a graphic description of an 1850s party in the club where an attempt was made to emulate some of the wickeder deeds of the Hell-Fire Club , black masses and all . |
| 14 | This caveat was echoed in Sybron Corp v Rochem Ltd [ 1983 ] 3 WLR 713 where it was said that if an employee were required to report each and every breach of duty by fellow employees this would ruin good industrial relations . |
| 15 | Some puzzling variations in readings were conceivably due to voltage variations and an experiment was performed to test this . |
| 16 | An experiment was performed to examine this effect . |
| 17 | During the talks an agreement was reached to withdraw all armed forces from both countries from disputed areas on the Lao-Thai border , namely the districts surrounding the village of Ban Rom Klao , the scene of heavy fighting in late 1987 and early 1988 [ see p. 36292 ] , and the three villages of Ban Mai , Ban Klang and Ban Sawang , the scene of fighting in 1984 [ see p. 33662 ] . |
| 18 | The Thai Army commander , Gen. Suchinda Kraprayoon , visited in March 1991 and an agreement was reached to withdraw all troops of both countries from disputed border areas . |