Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , that a high proportion of the contributors to avant-garde movements were immigrants to such a metropolis , not only from outlying national regions but from other and smaller national cultures , now often seen as culturally provincial in relation to the metropolis ( e.g. , the typical figure of Guillaume Apollinaire — born Wilhelm Apollinaris de Kostrovwitzki and his eventual role in Paris ) . |
| 2 | Their companies were advisers to the employment agency 's cash call . |
| 3 | Pagans were as much atheists to Christians as Christians were atheists to pagans . |
| 4 | It was very much an artisan street this , but with a smattering of richer folk , too , so the shearmen , scribblers , shoemakers , carpenters and shop-keepers were neighbours to an attorney and two well-heeled clothiers — Thomas Clement , employing 11 scribblers and 12 shearmen , and Henry Sheppard , who even described himself as a ‘ Gentleman ’ . |
| 5 | The number of people who have been convicted of an offence and whose life stories were inspirations to others , or who have produced literature in , or after imprisonment is large . ) |
| 6 | While Keynes 's ideas overlapped with Liberalism , his philosophy taught him that all political principles were expedients to be adopted or discarded on ethical grounds . |
| 7 | These hatches were openings to an underground stream running from Castle Street via Scots Lane and Bedwin Street then , after a right hand diversion via Rollestone Street , Brown Street and the Friary to join the River Avon again near Riverside Walk . |
| 8 | The results of the 1983 and 1987 general elections were pointers to this problem . |
| 9 | His only other commitments were visits to the Pritchetts . |
| 10 | Central to these events were invitations to a number of Norseman operators and owners to bring their aircraft to Red Lake for the weekend and join in with the festivities . |