Example sentences of "the [noun] was [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Revaluation , while cutting the cost of living for workers as the price of imported goods fell , would reduce their ability to compete profitably abroad , especially in the American market if the revaluation was with respect to the dollar . |
| 2 | Be that as it may , the difficulty was in relation to the government and possible action to prevent publication on a number of grounds , including a prosecution under the Official Secrets Act . |
| 3 | The aid was in addition to grants of US$553,400,000 announced earlier in the month . |
| 4 | Namaliu claimed that the landing was in response to requests from local chiefs and village leaders , who feared for their safety following a spate of executions carried out by the BRA . |
| 5 | The aim was for Skipper to be on the bridle , as racing people say : walking in a relaxed but energetic rhythm and accepting the bit . |
| 6 | The announcement was in response to the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands : eleven million tons of oil destined for western European countries passes through the Venetian Lagoon each year , bound for the port of Marghera . |
| 7 | Once the railway company and the engineers had decreed where the station was in fact to be located , particularly the larger divisional points , 120–140 miles apart , towns were laid out on the traditional grid-plan . |
| 8 | The other was like music to her ears : |
| 9 | Sarfraz 's solicitor Ash Karim confirmed the writ was in response to Lamb 's allegations about Sarfraz in the Daily Mirror . |
| 10 | The flight was from Paris to London , but because there was a strike in London affecting BEA 's Paris to London service a large number of British nationals were transferred to the Turkish DC-10 flight . |
| 11 | The alert was in response to a similar crash last year in Taiwan when two engines on a China Airlines 747 cargo jet went down soon after take-off . |
| 12 | It was as a possession of society that mythology and the great art of the past was of use to the poet , since as such its strength and currency was established and purged of personal intrusions . |
| 13 | Now the big mistake was this it was n't of ve of very great importance who governed North er North or South Korea , er they were n't particularly important strategic areas , they did n't have er important ports or , or er or base facilities or any resources then erm the mistake was in fact to directly challenge Chinese security , and if you looked at a map you 'll see in fact how this er came about . |
| 14 | To Gay the word was like corn to a cart-horse . |
| 15 | Her granny 's banging on the door was like music to her ears . |
| 16 | The 1931 general election was the last election until that of February 1974 at which the electoral performance of the Liberals was of significance to the two major parties . |
| 17 | The broadcast was in reply to an Aug. 21 message from Mubarak in which he publicly appealed to Saddam to withdraw from Kuwait and thereby " save mankind from a destructive war which will leave a scorched earth " . |
| 18 | Membership of the League was through connections to accredited anti-semitic and pro-fascist organizations and showed a predominant middle-class bias with one-third of the audience being women . |
| 19 | The win was worth £75,000 to the Scot who ended the year tied second in the Volvo Masters at controversial Valderrama to hoist his year 's earnings to a career-best £248,203 and 7th place in the money list . |
| 20 | Whether the progression was from Cirencester to Hatfield or from Hatfield to Cirencester , here was a Mercian leader whose military exploits far transcended those of his obscure predecessors . |
| 21 | In doing so it reflected Brooke 's belief that the nation was on course to solving the problems of crime through a combination of diligent police methods and technology , the observation and classification of offenders , better informed sentencing decisions , improved treatment regimes in penal institutions , and social work with young offenders and ex-offenders in the community . |
| 22 | The letter was from T'sao to their own Chief Strategist . |
| 23 | The increase was from £629m to £752m , with the overseas elements ( including EC funds ) rising by 31 per cent . |
| 24 | This whole matter was destined to create much controversy and is addressed further below , but it is necessary here to note that the problem was of concern to the Rapporteur , Mr. Taborda Ferreira of Portugal , who expressed his anxieties in his commentary on the preliminary draft . |
| 25 | The reason given for selling is to raise funds for the restoration of the Rosebery seat , Dalmeny House , near Edinburgh , where the painting was on show to the public until a year ago . |
| 26 | The maverick and often exasperating individualism which had served him well in battles against conservative-minded executives at the Mirror became a major liability at NoS , where the premium was on conformity to group objectives . |
| 27 | Council housing services manager Chris Foti said the visit was in response to the council 's invitation . |