Example sentences of "was [verb] to [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With regard to the remit of the STUCC , which was referred to by the Hon. |
| 2 | Payment of that sum and other monies from the Deanses to the club was referred to by the outgoing financial director , Clive Scott . |
| 3 | Although the now frequently-used concept of ‘ the right to resistance ’ was referred to in the older religion-based natural law theories , it is mainly the more recent , secularised version of natural law with its emphasis on human rights that seems to provide a theoretical underpinning for some of the assertions about the illegality of nuclear war and the justifiability of nuclear protest . |
| 4 | This was called ‘ ganging a sitting ’ in Hawkshead , and it was referred to in the same terms across the country at Dent . |
| 5 | It is perhaps interesting to note that , despite the urgency of the situation , the convention that the accident investigation authority of one State communicates with the accident investigation authority of another State and the airworthiness authority of one State communicates with the airworthiness authority of another State was adhered to in the alerting procedure . |
| 6 | This system was adhered to throughout the seventeenth century . |
| 7 | It was built in the 13th century on older foundations , as a shared church , serving both a convent of nuns and the local parish , and was added to over the next five centuries . |
| 8 | It gave the room an artificially cosy feel , which was added to by the open fireplace and the array of expensive leather furniture that dotted the floor , spread out on thick carpet as dark as wet concrete . |
| 9 | The UUAC was looked to as the natural vehicle for action . |
| 10 | At the US Open at Shinnecock Hills he played the best I 'd ever seen him play — probably even better than he was going to in the British Open . |
| 11 | Thus far it can be argued that , if and in so far as the objection to the validity of a pretended Act of Parliament is purely procedural , there is no objection to any court ( and not merely the House of Lords ) making such minimal inquiries as are consistent with Parliamentary privilege in order to ensure that the instrument in question was consented to by the two Houses and did receive the Royal Assent . |
| 12 | Hall also describes the conservatism of collectors in American ( for example , the enthusiasm for late Rembrandt before World War I ) which was catered to by the leading dealers , many of whom , including Colnaghi 's , began to lag behind the more advanced taste for the Baroque that began to be expressed by museum curators . |