Example sentences of "was [verb] to [noun pl] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | The Administration Order , which has existed for about 100 years with hardly anyone noticing , was limited to cases at present below the £5000 threshold . |
| 2 | The impression of democratization thus given was , in fact , dispelled by the restrictive nature of the suffrage , which was limited to heads of households and married women . |
| 3 | Particular consideration was given to developments in Cambodia . |
| 4 | The same low rating was given to standards by academics who rated research at 80% . |
| 5 | In consultation with GLC staff , attention was given to parts of London where changes over the decade were especially relevant to foreseeable issues of transport and planning policy , such as possible changes in transport or the location of homes and jobs . |
| 6 | Most editions carried stories stressing the amount of money being spent on improving conditions for Africans in the country , and special attention was given to items concerning stories about the funds provided for health and education by the Colonial Development and Welfare Fund and other British official sources . |
| 7 | The car was traced to dealers in Nottingham where he 'd worked for nine years . |
| 8 | When his case finally came up the evidence of the couple 's daughter , who had been watching the whole incident , was torn to shreds by Russell 's lawyer . |
| 9 | It was n't just us ; we were both concerned about what was happening to girls in YTP because this conference today is talking about training and employment and so many of the young girls in West Belfast , the girls who are not going on to third level education , go into YTP . |
| 10 | Of course , I 'd heard of AIDS and the destruction of that immunity , but somehow that was happening to homosexuals in LA or Brighton and not here with me , deep in the pastoral Hampshire countryside . |
| 11 | Jim Baxter was transferred to Rangers for £27 , 000 but in a strange inter-club arrangement he was retained at Starks Park for a further three months . |
| 12 | With the CEDA 's accidentalist tactic shattered by election defeat , the initiative on the right was passing to advocates of anti-Republican violence and conspiracy . |
| 13 | Racking was used to store the goods both on the warehouse floor and on the platform and was bolted to supports for safety . |
| 14 | Though a little patchy , there is more than enough to keep fans happy and several killer cuts that show Nirvana already distilling the heady brew of metal , punk and pop which was to lead to Smells Like Teen Spirit — the track critics have called the best rock song ever . |
| 15 | The latter was related to concerns about homelessness among people with mental health problems . |
| 16 | Did n't know why Summerchild should have gone to the Admiralty on the morning of June 24th , but his work was related to conditions of employment in the Civil Service and involved liaison with other departments , so nothing particularly surprising about it … |
| 17 | The other factor that was related to assessments of quality of life was whether people had been in a residential home for a year or more or for a shorter time . |
| 18 | This failure was attributed to defects of language or of home background rather than to an educational system that only valued one kind of language and actively discriminated against working-class culture . |
| 19 | In part this was attributed to inequalities in access and utilisation . |
| 20 | Having unequivocally given its support to child-centred learning , the Plowden Report also emphasised the responsibility which was entrusted to teachers by society . |
| 21 | The union was invited to talks by BR after Monday 's vote by members of RMT , the biggest rail union , to strike in protest at the threat of compulsory job losses . |
| 22 | After a long apprenticeship with Celtic Boys Club , playing as a winger then a defensive sweeper , Nicholas attracted the attention of several English league teams and was invited to trials at Ipswich , Wolves and Manchester City . |
| 23 | Having been stung in a similar situation in their last league game when Gregor McKechnie called their bluff over a kickable penalty and scuttled in for a try , Tukalo tried to do likewise after Joe Munro had been caught offside in the Watsonian 22 , as Scott Hastings was called to arms to police Linton . |
| 24 | A tour of Latin American countries by the US Vice-President , Dan Quayle , in January 1990 was reduced to visits to Honduras , Jamaica and Panama following warnings by the governments of Costa Rica , Mexico and Venezuela that the visit could foment anti-US feeling following the December 1989 US invasion of Panama [ see pp. 37112-13 ] . |
| 25 | A police officer also discounted speculation that the attack was linked to threats against prison staff . |
| 26 | This was linked to ideas of motherhood as confirming both male virility , and adult femininity . |
| 27 | Use of the mixing tank exhaust system was restricted to times of filling and all bag house emissions were processed through a special carbon filter . |
| 28 | We were disappointed not to have been invited to offer our views on this consultation paper when it was distributed to consultees in January . |
| 29 | Don ‘ t be a soft target will complement the Pushover video which was distributed to branches in November 1988 . |
| 30 | Dog handlers wearing protective clothing , caged the dog and it was brought to kennels at Newhnam on Severn . |