Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Richard was now heir to the throne of the Angevin Empire . |
| 2 | Rey was probably heir to a long tradition in the matter of prompting : no prompt-box can be seen in the illustrations from the 1747 Palais-Royal performance ( illus.s ) or the 1745 Versailles performance ( illus.3 ) . |
| 3 | In the 1950s the UK was still second to the USA for its share of world manufacturing exports and produced half the world 's export of motor cars . |
| 4 | That Jesus was personally kind to women there is no reason to doubt . |
| 5 | As Lady Romsey gently cradled Holly in her arms , the girl 's mother Julie said : ‘ Both the Romseys and their nanny were particularly kind to us when Leonora and Holly were receiving treatment . |
| 6 | Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 7 | In the case of Esdaile v IRC 20 TC 700 , the taxpayer who received a number of sums from her trust sought to defeat assessments under Case III of Schedule D on the grounds that the payments were really loans to her . |
| 8 | The public gave it early notice : the critics were again kind to Burton . |
| 9 | But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m . |
| 10 | You saw , sir , by her fit , she was in terror , and although your honour intended her no harm , yet the apprehension was almost death to her . |
| 11 | The argument was put before the Court that since all the Member States were already parties to the 1950 Convention , there could be no need for action by the Community under Article 235 , since all the Member States would , by definition , already be applying the same rules . |
| 12 | The new group format was also kind to holders Llanelli , who entertain either St Albans or Bridgend Athletic — both junior clubs . |
| 13 | Aymer de Valence was therefore cousin to Edward II and played a prominent part in his reign as a defender of the monarchy ( see plate 2.3 ) . |
| 14 | The Catholic and especially Buddhist revivals were partially reactions to earlier activities of Protestant missionaries , who as part of their strategy to gain converts had produced polemical literature and established schools , including those which provided the best available English-language instruction . |
| 15 | Sharp was also appointment to be Canada 's delegate to the IRFB for the next two years . |
| 16 | But the fact that it eventually arrived in Germany was largely thanks to two German MPs , Ursula Seiler-Albring and Ina Albowitz . |
| 17 | My dolls were never babies to be fed and bathed and kissed but the protagonists of enormous adventures . |
| 18 | In fact he and his wife Rosemary were extremely kind to me when they lived in South Yorkshire and later when I stayed with then , in North Yorkshire whilst working in that area . |
| 19 | Of the new appointments , Abdulle was formerly ambassador to the UK , Yusuf was formerly a national planning director and Mohammad was assistant secretary-general of the ruling Somali Revolutionary Socialist Party ( SRSP ) . |
| 20 | Aunt M. nags and nags , and Uncle John said outright that he did n't see why they should have to be responsible for me , when Mother was only half-sister to Aunt Millicent . |