Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mothers were generally confident enough about the product not to show much spontaneous concern , but these characteristics were of significance to them . |
| 2 | As Paris et al performed their measurements by instant manometry using the solid or liquid bolus , the difference between their results and ours is entirely attributable to the positive effect of the arrival of the liquid or solid bolus in the segment of colon in their studies , while in our patients the propulsive waves were in response to the contents of the colonic segment at the time . |
| 3 | The route has also changed , for the first walks were from Bradford to York , the winner of the first race taking 7 hours , 7 minutes and 50 seconds to cover the thirty-nine and a half miles . |
| 4 | Several of the Feltham type cars were in use to the end and were driven to the demolition site at Penhall Road , temporarily , while awaiting transport to Leeds . |
| 5 | Too often the curriculum of the comprehensive school was that of the grammar , high status academic subjects were on offer to the academically able child and the rest suffered a watered down version of ‘ studies ’ : European for those judged not capable of sustaining a foreign language , classical for those not taking Latin and Greek , social for the non-geographers and historians , and rural for those not taking ‘ proper ’ science . |
| 6 | The aid was in addition to grants of US$553,400,000 announced earlier in the month . |
| 7 | The real objection to the United States was in relation to US activities abroad rather than to their financing . |
| 8 | The area I covered as a national organizer was from Berwick to Stirling and everything in between . |
| 9 | Today 's stretch was from Sonning to Whitchurch , with stops at Caversham and Mapledurham Locks . |
| 10 | Increases in the OPV recipients were from 83% to 85% ( 2% ) for type 1 , from 91% to 94% for type 2 ( 3% ) , and no change ( 75% ) for type 3 . |
| 11 | Within three years the couple were established in London where Lillie became celebrated , not only as a ‘ professional beauty ’ — a society woman whose photographic likenesses were on sale to the public — but as the mistress of Albert Edward , Prince of Wales . |
| 12 | A theory of ducal sovereignty was in effect to be formulated between 1294 and 1300 , which was to set important precedents for other peers and magnates of France to follow . |
| 13 | I do n't think you will be surprised to learn that that in fact shows a very clear divergence between what was considered to be girls ' training and boys ' training and the most stark statistic was in relation to who was going into government training centres . |
| 14 | Erm my reference was in part to the Secretary of State 's notice of approval of the last alteration of the structure plan , where he said he accepted that some of the provision York provision would have to made outside the ci city boundaries . |
| 15 | The original plan was for Seawitch to be delivered to the marina by the tenth and we 'd fly in to join her there . ’ |
| 16 | This act was in opposition to Philip , who when the city had fallen , demanded that his own flag be raised over it , thus adding his own stake to any claim made upon Tancred . |
| 17 | Warrior indebtedness to the merchant class became endemic until , by the late Tokugawa period , the ruling stratum was in thrall to those it purported most to despise . |
| 18 | Kiyonga also announced that a black market for foreign exchange was in effect to be legalised , in a measure designed to increase availability of foreign currency and stimulate foreign investment and non-traditional exports . |
| 19 | Would you know it , the area 's one and only X-ray machine was on loan to a tyre salesman ( do n't ask ! ) . |
| 20 | He was itching to get further inside and check on Ari , yet appreciated Quincx 's robots were like children to the man . |
| 21 | As shown in table II , seronegative children who had received IPV were 2 to 14 times more likely to seroconvert than those who had received OPV ; seroconversion rates in the IPV group were from 67% to 100% , compared with only 5% to 53% in the OPV group ( p < 0.001 ) . |
| 22 | Two aspects of Wimpey Construction 's business were of benefit to us . |
| 23 | Namaliu claimed that the landing was in response to requests from local chiefs and village leaders , who feared for their safety following a spate of executions carried out by the BRA . |
| 24 | The announcement was in response to the enormous oil spill off the southern tip of the Shetland Islands : eleven million tons of oil destined for western European countries passes through the Venetian Lagoon each year , bound for the port of Marghera . |
| 25 | Liverpool 's next match was at home to Swansea , and shortly before kick-off the mourning Toshack appeared before the Kop in his old red No. 10 shirt . |
| 26 | The aim was for Skipper to be on the bridle , as racing people say : walking in a relaxed but energetic rhythm and accepting the bit . |
| 27 | The data period was from January to June 1983 . |
| 28 | Coleridge was under contract to the Morning Post , and had to spend some time in London ; but in October 1799 he walked in the Lake District with William and John Wordsworth , and after a certain period of indecision arrived at Greta Hall , Keswick , with his wife and family in August 1800 . |
| 29 | Grove also said that Pentium was on schedule to be introduced at the end of March and that it will be ‘ aggressively ’ priced . |
| 30 | Another innovation connected with transport was for travel to away games . |