Example sentences of "it was [verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was enabled to continue in office until May 1979 and in the recriminations of defeat the Conservative Party polarised into the Thatcher and Heath factions , the implications of which are still only partly worked out on the political scene . |
| 2 | It was decided to put in hand production of a further set of four photographs . |
| 3 | It was decided to set in motion negotiations to form a Neighbourhood Watch in the Belmont Road area . |
| 4 | The cows are not as good for milk as the Aubrac or Salers : there was crossing with Durham Shorthorns in the eighteenth century to help milk yields from an essentially draught-and-meat animal but this was discarded when it was decided to concentrate on beef from the end of the nineteenth century . |
| 5 | Brampton was supposed to have been the culprit but , due to chance and circumstances , we have ascertained he was innocent , and he , too , was murdered , though it was made to look like suicide . |
| 6 | SALT I , the most important of these , placed limits on the further construction of intercontinental nuclear weapon systems by both sides ; it was intended to remain in force for five years or until superseded by a more comprehensive agreement , and it was the first real fruit of negotiations that had been proceeding since the late 1960s . |
| 7 | They particularly liked the way it was designed to rotate in response to different wind directions . |
| 8 | A free trade agreement with Israel initialled in July [ see p. 39025 ] was signed on Sept. 17 ; it was designed to enter into force ( subject to ratification ) on Jan. 1 , 1993 — EFTA 's first such agreement with a non-European country . |
| 9 | A SURPRISE inspection of a home for the elderly at Loanhead , near Edinburgh , has revealed it was failing to comply with fire regulations . |
| 10 | It may have refused to take into account something which it was required to take into account . |
| 11 | It may have refused to take into account something it was required to take into account or conversely it may have based its decision on something it was not entitled to take into account and so on … " |
| 12 | Consisting of eighty-five lots of modern Chinese paintings , it was expected to realize in excess of $2million ( NT$50million ) . |
| 13 | Thus individuals might retire and rise progressively later each day until they would miss a whole sleep because it was going to clash with daytime commitments . |
| 14 | Racal proved this conclusively when it announced last spring that it was planning to sell off part of the Vodafone mobile telecoms operation . |
| 15 | The ‘ cities of inner despair ’ were conceived as the breeding ground for disorderly protest , and however hard the Government tried to break the causal link between the two , it was forced to take on board the need to restore order not only through the police but through promises of help for the inner cities . |
| 16 | It was recommended to burn off fuel in the fuselage tank to 30 gallons before combat if possible . |