Example sentences of "they [was/were] [adj] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing was achieved and several men had to be left ashore as they were unable to swim to the boats , whose RNVR crews would not beach for fear of damage to the crafts ' hulls . |
| 2 | Indeed , they were unable to get to the heart of providing for those who did not work regularly and hence could not pay regular rent or , often , any rent at all . |
| 3 | During the loading period , the responsiveness of the IP 3 Rs gradually increased until they were able to respond to the ambient level of InsP 3 . |
| 4 | When Marshall and his CEGB colleagues appeared before the 1984 Commons Environment Committee they were able to point to the vague Alkali Laws to justify their position . |
| 5 | If children had greater access to a public voice , if they were able to contribute to the social meanings with which we make sense of our world , the result would not be a more ‘ childish ’ set of images . |
| 6 | Families , clans , states and other collectivities could vie with each other in the riches they were able to consign to the graves of departed members . |
| 7 | It is the meaning they were likely to convey to the person to whom they were addressed that matters and not the meaning they might , on analysis , bear to a trained legal mind . |
| 8 | When we got home I could see that they were ready to agree to the move . |