Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The proposal , described in the report as " unprecedented " , was apparently intended to signal the Hinduja 's long-term confidence in the Indian economy . |
| 2 | Gorbachev was not invited to attend the Alma Ata meeting , but sent a letter setting out his views on the new developments . |
| 3 | Miss Foley reminded Brenda of Mona Rigby at school , who was always chosen to play the Madonna in the Christmas nativity play . |
| 4 | It was further agreed to ask the UN Security Council to endorse this decision and to make the application of sanctions mandatory for all UN member states . |
| 5 | He was also authorized to urge the South African government to end violence " with the utmost urgency " . |
| 6 | It was also decided to involve the VHWs more directly in the health centre . |
| 7 | In 1985 legislation was also passed to abolish the GLC and the metropolitan counties ( all of which were Labour controlled ) . |
| 8 | A second round of PCR was then used to generate the PCR products shown in Fig. 5 a and discussed in the text . |
| 9 | This was then used to modify the December climatology to approximate a doubled CO 2 climatology . |