Example sentences of "it [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As George Male points out : ‘ It was done to foil any over-confidence we may have had for the next game , for he knew the opposition would go all out against us after our big win . |
| 2 | Such a story would have been heavily damaging to the electoral prospects of the Labour Party as it was pledged to end such speculation . |
| 3 | If investment in public education was a necessary political and humanitarian response to the problems of poverty and underprivilege , if it was an appropriate means of fostering and maintaining religious adherence , and if it was calculated to equip young people with the skills demanded by a changing industrial society , then a strategy had to be found for ensuring that value was obtained for the funds invested . |
| 4 | Since mid-July there had been mounting press speculation of imminent military action by the US and its Western allies , following a US warning on July 16 that it was determined to enforce Iraqi compliance with UN Gulf war resolutions . |
| 5 | The depth of the crisis emerged in late October when the US side hinted that it was poised to levy punitive tariffs on of EC goods worth US$1,000 million in retaliation for EC intransigence over oilseed subsidies . |
| 6 | It was selected to produce three train sets , each of nine coaches , that were to run in a train known as the ‘ Coronation Scot ’ . |
| 7 | It was developed to keep all aspects ‘ under one roof ’ in view of the fact that , outside London , Belfast is second to Manchester as the largest cargo airport in the UK . |
| 8 | However , with the advent of the Copyright , Designs and Patents Act 1988 , it was decided to replace these regulations with an amended version of the new design right by the Design Right ( Semiconductor Regulations ) 1989 , which came into force on 1st August 1989 . |
| 9 | It was decided to delay one day so we had one extra day in camp which I needed to get better organised and acclimatized . |
| 10 | In contrast to the policy adopted at St James 's , Knatchbull Road , it was decided to re-roof All Saints and St Barnabas with natural slates rather than the cheaper synthetic slates that had been used on the earlier project . |
| 11 | The proportion of Sri Lankan judges received a further boost in 1923 when it was decided to fill most posts from the local bar , and by 1930 eighteen of forty-two appointments were held by lawyers . |
| 12 | But as the weather improved it was decided to airlift 380 men from the platform , leaving 117 on board . |
| 13 | So many letters of protest were received from listeners that it was decided to retain one transmission to Europe , at 1230 UTC each day on 9855kHz in the 31 m band . |
| 14 | To emphasise fully the drama of this grand space , rather than remove the raised hay-loft occupying the south end of the building , it was decided to retain this area as a dining gallery overlooking the living room , with a private sitting room at the same level lying behind a new partition . |
| 15 | Instead , it was decided to use remotely-controlled test vehicles . |
| 16 | At the outset , it was decided to use direct observation of how clients spent their time as the principal measure of effectiveness . |
| 17 | Since an earlier study ( Wing , 1988 ) had reported no improvement in client experience of some of the first people to move out of Darenth Park Hospital , in services which themselves turned out to replicate many of the organizational features of the hospital , it was decided to include some measures of the physical and social environment as well as of client experience . |
| 18 | To gain insight into the process of parents and staff working together it was decided to conduct some action research first in two nursery settings . |
| 19 | After discussions with the transplant coordinator , coroner , and radiologist it was decided to perform arch arteriography . |
| 20 | The errors possibly arising from voltage variations are however clearly much less than variations arising for other , explained and unexplained reasons and it was decided to abandon this idea . |
| 21 | Annabel had talked so much to her parents about the beautiful girl with the long golden hair , and how she had openly stood up to Sister Mary , that it was decided to invite this child to have tea with the family . |
| 22 | This , too , was so frequently overrun that by AD 143 it was decided to attempt another defence further north , across the narrower neck of land between Forth and Clyde . |
| 23 | type cars , it was decided to fit top covers to these cars . |
| 24 | It was decided to have two selectors who have made significant contributions to contemporary art ; one artist and one critic . |
| 25 | It was decided to have 250 sets , each consisting of four postcards , printed . |
| 26 | Hence it was decided to remove this ceiling and its supporting joists and to resite it at a higher level . |
| 27 | : It was decided to investigate each parameter in succession , i.e. to investigate one , find the optimum , set this as the default , and then turn to the next parameter . |
| 28 | As the existing windows were more than large enough to light the second-storey accommodation to building regulations standards , it was decided to shorten these openings . |
| 29 | ‘ I would be surprised if it was decided to bring Old Vic back to tackle a mile and a quarter , even though it would be a nice idea , ’ he said . |
| 30 | After the time taken to reconstruct the Jubilee cars in the Department 's own workshop , at the expense of routine body overhauls , it was decided to seek commercial manufacturer to build the new trams . |