Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] to [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In themselves they were by no means new — they were indeed centuries old — but they constituted a direct challenge to the rather abstract and clear-cut penal theory which was much subscribed to on both sides of the Atlantic , and to this extent also reflected something of the atmosphere of the new age . |
| 2 | Although I have read only a summary of the one-day debate and not the full text of all the speeches , I believe that my impression is correct that the British hesitation over the two key areas was hardly referred to at all . |
| 3 | Any sound grain which was harvested was completely unusable for flour because of the fishy smell which accompanied the smut , ( hence it was often referred to as stinking smut ) . |
| 4 | The Court held that the acceptance of oral petitions would be legitimate , although this power had never been granted by the Council of the League , was not directly authorised by the mandate agreement , and was strongly objected to by all the mandatory powers . |
| 5 | This was strongly objected to by another person . |
| 6 | When the Foreign Office List made its first appearance " it was strongly objected to in certain quarters , as likely to afford information to the general public with regard to the office , which they thought it advisable they should not possess , and much information was for a time withheld " . |
| 7 | For years , the Clow surcharge was misleadingly referred to by electrical enthusiasts as proof that demand for electricity at peak times was completely inelastic within the relevant price ranges . |
| 8 | Uncle Fred left four sons , two of whom had followed him into the Marines and a widow , Aunt May , who suffered from what was then referred to as shaking palsy . |
| 9 | Mr George Henry Quarry , a Belfast solicitor was then applied to for some land at the top of Carrickblacker Road but initially there was no response from him and other possible sites investigated were some ground opposite where James 's Street now stands and land behind where the little Roman Catholic church was later built ( now Pritchard 's Motors ) and near the site of Edenderry Orange Hall . |
| 10 | Not surprisingly , such unselfish acts by a runner whose ability commands respect , have made Zarei one of the most popular figures in ultra running , and he was recently referred to by one of his rivals as ‘ Gentleman James ’ . |