Example sentences of "was [adj] [prep] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The family was willing in principle to loan or sell some of the most important contents of the staterooms to a hotel , but only on condition that they were given proper conservation safeguards . |
| 2 | The latter pointed out that , while there was a general process of restructuring , the way it worked out in practice was different from case to case and that therefore it was pointless to search for highly regular patterns . |
| 3 | Also lacking through routes , as well as extending over seventy miles , Sussex has always been administered in two divisions with two county towns , of which the second , Lewes , was similar in size to Chichester , though less prosperous at this time in having far fewer affluent burgesses and no well-paid artificers . |
| 4 | His two secretaries at the Board became the Under Secretaries , and in many respects the new Office was similar in organization to Offices of the other Secretaries of State . |
| 5 | When the body was naked , it was X-rayed from top to toe . |
| 6 | Touche Ross thought that the requirement was appropriate in relation to partnerships , but recommended that it should apply only to cheques made out for an amount greater than a specified sum — a suggestion also made by a number of others . |
| 7 | It was corrupt from top to bottom , and they were s They knew that it was going on . |
| 8 | There was a mixture of the formal and the informal about it ; the Keeper of Zoology in the 1810s was wont from time to time to leap over the stuffed animals . |
| 9 | We eventually managed to fly out of the city under a thick cloud of smoke through which the sun was unable to penetrate , and which was present from Sarawak to Kuala Lumpur and Singapore . |
| 10 | He was black from shoes to waist . |
| 11 | Stored serum was negative for antibody to hepatitis c , using the second generation chiron riba assay ( chiron corporation , emerville , usa ) . |
| 12 | He was married in September to Ann Henderson . |
| 13 | The Spanish Government argued that the fact that a national rule was applicable without distinction to nationals of the country concerned and to nationals of other member states did not remove its discriminatory nature : Commission of the European Communities v. Belgium ( Case 221/85 ) [ 1987 ] E.C.R. 719 . |
| 14 | As the treaty was concerned with rights to lordship and territory , their nature is clearly of considerable importance . |
| 15 | But Coleridge 's ideas were constantly changing ; by 1797 he had finished with Godwinism , and during the time that he was constantly with Wordsworth at Alfoxden , his conversation ( or ‘ monoversation ’ ) was full of references to Hartley , Berkeley and Spinoza . |
| 16 | The mayor , who had a reputation for trendiness , wore a pale yellow suit under his chain of office ; his lady was in pink flowers and a wide-brimmed white straw hat ; the royal relative was orange from head to foot . |
| 17 | The ceremony in this Anglo-Norman setting was replete with references to Charlemagne , Napoleon , and Churchill . |
| 18 | Harry Randall of the London Board was vociferous in opposition to headquarters , and made the running in the questioning at Area Board chairmen 's meetings . |
| 19 | The march , the first ever organised by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association ( NICRA ) , involved 2,500 protesters and was peaceful from start to finish . |
| 20 | The most intriguing example , however , comes from the surviving receiver 's account for Gloucester 's land in the region , in which the only annuity , other than fees to ducal officers , was one of £5 to Katherine Haute , a kinswoman of the queen . |
| 21 | The most intriguing example , however , comes from the surviving receiver 's account for Gloucester 's land in the region , in which the only annuity , other than fees to ducal officers , was one of £5 to Katherine Haute , a kinswoman of the queen . |
| 22 | In this , art nouveau 's flowing , organic , and sensual lines were superseded by the rectilinear , geometric , metallic , and crystalline forms of deco — The shift from art nouveau to art deco was one of movement to stasis , of depth to superficiality , and betrayed a self-satisfied , Byzantine ornamentalism . |
| 23 | Slavery in the Mediterranean world was continuous from Caesar to Columbus . |
| 24 | She was next in line to Lily , five years older than the girl who had come to Riverstown and had the whole world in her pocket , so far as Bernadette could see . |