Example sentences of "was [vb pp] to the [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Paul 's touching letters stood out and they met for the first time shortly before he was posted to the former Yugoslavia . |
| 2 | It collapsed in 1902 but was rebuilt to the same design . |
| 3 | But his confession to Merymose had a positive effect too , because permission was granted to the former scribe to talk to the bereaved families within the palace compound . |
| 4 | The screen was made to the same size as a photographic plate , and used as a contact filter in front of the negative during exposure . |
| 5 | The screen was made to the same size as a photographic plate , and used as a contact filter in front of the negative during exposure . |
| 6 | France was pushed to the same position in part because of the above considerations , and in part as a consequence of the French presidential election of 1965 in which de Gaulle , because he failed to win an absolute majority and was forced into a second run-off election against his nearest contender , suffered a not inconsiderable loss of prestige . |
| 7 | Some months after the murder of Henry of Almain at Viterbo on 13 March 1271 , his father was appointed to the same offices for a term of three years . |
| 8 | Foreign dependants of the Court continued to be appointed to important Forest wardenships — such as Amaury de St Amand , Steward of the Household 1233–40 , who was also warden of the Forest of Dean during the greater part of that time , and Peter Chaceporc , the able Poitevin Keeper of the Wardrobe 1241–54 , who was appointed to the same wardenship in May 1248 . |
| 9 | and if Geoffrey chose to conciliate in aristocratic disputes over property , he was forced to the same resort on matters of crime ; even powerful princes refrained from tough measures against those supporters essential to their own position . |
| 10 | He was taken to the same King 's Bench Prison in June 1810 to await his trial , not for debt but seditious libel in The Political Register . |
| 11 | The driver was taken to the same hospital , but later moved to Wolverhampton for his own protection as angry relatives and friends of the girls ' families gathered in corridors . |
| 12 | And she was subjected to the same technique Courtney used to ensnare women he assaulted after offering them drugged wine . |
| 13 | Leader of the State Council Eduard Shevardnadze was elected to the latter position — effectively a presidential role — with over 95 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | To be fair , that ‘ MSEITW ’ label was attached to the former electorate for the leadership , that is , Labour MPs alone . |
| 15 | Whenever the expression of the 3.3 kb mRNA was enhanced , the 2.4 kb mRNA was changed to the same extent . |