Example sentences of "was [vb pp] a [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Stone argues that they have repelled both foreigners and foreign ideas ; that liberalism was junked before it was given a chance to work , socialism implanted without a bourgeoisie , communism introduced without a proletariat . |
| 2 | Well they , they had to do the , it had n't used to have very good drainage and far more of a slope , it , it 's far more level today than it used to be , it used to have a great slope towards the long end which was considered an advantage to Walsall and the water used to gather , but I believe the improved the drainage and had pipes put under which it , it does n't seem to gather water so much now down at the railway end . |
| 3 | Then the Muftilik was made an adjunct to Molla Arab , muderris . |
| 4 | Having noted that Molla Husrev held the combined posts until 877 , Katib Celebi then asserts first that the office of Mufti was made an adjunct to Molla Arab 's teaching at the Sahn ; second , he unaccountably inserts a chronogram for Molla Husrev 's death ; third , he makes the unadorned and apparently irrelevant statement that Abdulkerim was Multi in Edirne and died in 879 ; and fourth , he returns to Molla Arab , essentially repeating what he has already said . |
| 5 | Profits at the group continue their unbroken rise , adding 6% in the first half to £195m , as improved figures were rung up by all divisions and the dividend was upped a penny to 13.75p . |