Example sentences of "were [verb] [pron] [noun] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many were simply too busy doing other things , and although not all were involved in the student tides discussed , a majority of them were devoting their energies to extracurricular activities . |
| 2 | The voters were by then more hostile to Mrs Thatcher and her government , but they were switching their support to Labour , not to the third parties . |
| 3 | And by now , the tabloid writers were switching their attention to other male members of the Neighbours cast , and hinting Kylie may be dating them too . |
| 4 | Yet at the same time local officers and shop stewards of the same unions were finding themselves party to local , enterprise-level agreements setting the terms under which temporary workers could for the first time be used , or under which their use could be expanded . |
| 5 | While chanceries were adapting their wares to public needs , they were also evolving new formulae for their princes . |
| 6 | Mr Ritblat said he and his fellow directors were showing their commitment to New British Land by investing almost £12million in cash into the new company , which he said would concentrate on the UK but also look for overseas opportunities provided by the creation of the Single European market . |
| 7 | Decades later , both Bentham and de Tocqueville were to add their support to these essentially libertarian ideas by arguing that total freedom was very much preferable to any form of suppression . |
| 8 | The ruling came at a time when Indians throughout Canada were asserting their rights to vast areas of land . |
| 9 | It would be possible for me to call them all if they were to limit their speeches to 10 minutes . |