Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [vb past] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bibliography and acquisitions of valuable collections of Welsh books and manuscripts for Cardiff led to Ballinger 's appointment in 1908 as first librarian of the National Library of Wales at Aberystwyth , which was opened in 1909 . |
| 2 | The provision of concentrated data about data tended to information overload , but there were valuable tips to be picked up . |
| 3 | Some years ago , W. G. Hoskins argued that the Domesday Book entries for Devon referred to hamlets and farmsteads rather than villages , and that any particular vill comprised a whole series of villein farms . |
| 4 | Complete specifications for each of the new general SVQs were being printed as this issue of Update went to press . |
| 5 | If we ask why the ancestors of lions took to meat-eating , while the ancestors of antelopes took to grass-eating , the answer could be that originally it was an accident . |
| 6 | Two pints of lager and a pint of bitter came to £8.50 but what the hell , we were unlikely to ever visit the Hilton again . |
| 7 | The Duke of Wellington came to St Petersburg early in the new reign , and on 23 March / 4 April 1826 Britain and Russia signed a " Protocol " . |
| 8 | A hat-trick of titles fell to Ben Shaw ( Harrogate ) when the first of this year 's Yorkshire championships were staged at Leeds . |
| 9 | The canny ones , of course went to Greece . |
| 10 | Polythene had also been laid between carpets and solid , tiled , flooring which of course led to sweating and dampness and more black mould . |
| 11 | In the spring of 1990 particularly , trial runs of the assessment of 7-year-olds led to revelations about strain and frustration which led central government considerably to reduce its demands . |
| 12 | There were also pages of poems forced into some sort of rhyming structure so that they might conceivably have worked as songs , several paragraphs of references to critical works ( Barthes , especially ; Death of the Author ! shouted what looked like a headline over one entire page of notes devoted to ideas about a looseleaf novel/poem ? ? |
| 13 | In 1655 an expedition was sent out to attack Hispaniola ( San Domingo ) ; this was the first time the English government had sent a naval expedition to seize the colonies of another European nation , and lack of experience led to lack of success . |
| 14 | In 1990 around 58 per cent of exports went to EC countries and 74 per cent of imports came from the EC , while the country 's five EFTA partners accounted for only 7 per cent of trade . |
| 15 | When , for example , Alexander Gordon of Strathdon came to Elgin on 5 November 1539 to bind himself in manrent to George earl of Huntly , promising to serve him in peace and war , give him counsel , and protect him against harm , he was only one of many hundreds of men throughout the country during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries making such an obligation , and thereby creating strong personal relationships based always in theory and normally in reality not just on mutual self-interest but on mutual loyalty and trust . |
| 16 | ‘ No , ’ agreed Isabel , her sudden hope dying as the inevitable consequences of this course of action sprang to mind . |
| 17 | The President 's public changes of mind led to accusations of indecision and weakness , and public opinion polls showed a fall in his popularity from a high of 75 to 80 per cent at the start of the year to 56 per cent in October . |
| 18 | At a lower level , the portership of Beeston went to William Brenner after the death of the previous holder . |
| 19 | At a lower level , the portership of Beeston went to William Brenner after the death of the previous holder . |
| 20 | On the whole , the men of Fontanellato went to church only for feast days , funerals , christenings and weddings , or to ask some special favour of the Almighty . |
| 21 | Scores of journalists flew to Asia but the elusive star has been avoiding reporters . |
| 22 | The rediscovery of Molly led to Dublin Corporations ' decision to commission a sculpture of the heroine during the Dublin Millenium celebrations in 1988 . |
| 23 | The on-set problems of Freud led to Clift suing Universal , claiming they had n't paid him all of his $200,000 fee , and they counter-sued for nearly $700,000 . |
| 24 | About 85pc of SIDs happened to babies aged less than six months , of which 60pc were between one month and four months . |
| 25 | About 85% of SIDs happened to babies aged less than six months , of which 60% were between one and four months . |
| 26 | Thousands of Huguenots fled to England from the persecution which followed . |
| 27 | In the year 1733 Prince Rudolf of Ruritania came to England on a visit and he stayed for several months . |
| 28 | When Mary Queen of Scots went to Edinburgh she bewailed going out among savages , and she herself went from a sixteenthcentury court that held but a barbarous , or rather a drivelling and idiotic and superficial travesty of the Italian culture as it had been before the debacle of 1527 . |
| 29 | A rush of blood went to Rosheen 's head as the infection he had implanted did its work . |
| 30 | President Cristiani , who at the beginning of February flew to New York for meetings with UN representatives , agreed to the meeting but requested that while Pérez de Cuéllar could be present he should not participate . |