Example sentences of "this [noun] [was/were] [to-vb] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The purpose of this study was to evaluate the longterm clinical and endoscopical effects of Nissen fundoplication performed for reflux , including assessment of oesophageal function . |
| 2 | The aim of this study was to measure the overall plasminogen activator activity and concentrations of individual fibrinolytic system mediators in ascites secondary to alcoholic liver disease or malignancy to gain a greater understanding about the aetiology of this condition . |
| 3 | The aim of this study was to identify the duodenal histological abnormalities in the presence or absence of HSAID , H pylori , and duodenal ulceration . |
| 4 | The point of this experiment was to strengthen the alloxan data . |
| 5 | This sector was to see the bloodiest encounters — and some of the most grisly reporting — of the entire war . |
| 6 | The standard defence against this charge was to concede the statistical point but , none the less , argue that such measures were valuable indicators of possibly significant or interesting relationships in the data . |
| 7 | The initial response of the Left and liberals to this reaction was to dub the conventional wisdom ‘ moral panic ’ . |
| 8 | One of the aims of this seminar was to train the future trainers , and AR-WACC intentionally combined this concern of theirs with the Frankfurt Book Fair . |
| 9 | The aim of much of this legislation was to increase the sheer quantity of housing available to the rural population , thereby relieving overcrowding and improving the state of repair of the housing stock . |
| 10 | The intention of this project was to review the existing literature and to make a series of pre-pilot studies in order to provide the material for a conspectus of the subject . |
| 11 | This problem was to plague the new party until its virtual disappearance from the scene after the 1987 general election . |