Example sentences of "was [adv] [vb pp] [verb] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Work was highly differentiated according to sex . |
| 2 | The outbreak of war in 1914 meant that he was regarded as an alien in Britain , though he was soon allowed to move to Rome , where he joined the senate . |
| 3 | By good fortune , Jean Coulter was already booked to travel to Glasgow the following day and very courageously agreed to go to the hotel with a male friend . |
| 4 | The clerk was also instructed to write to Orkney 's Director of Social Work , Paul Lee , the Chairman of the Social Work Committee , Councillor Mrs Mairhi Trickett , and Councillor Jackie Tait , Convener of Orkney Islands Council . |
| 5 | Their journey was severely delayed owing to Leopold , Nannerl and Mozart suffering illnesses . |
| 6 | It was originally invented to apply to Brown . |
| 7 | It was almost bound to lead to differences of opinion with almost all those around her who she viewed in an authoritative light . |
| 8 | Mrs Johnson also suffered a reduction in net pay and increased travelling time and was therefore deemed entitled to redundancy pay by the tribunal . |