Example sentences of "[conj] was [vb pp] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , any subjective concept of time that was related to consciousness or the ability to perform measurements would come to an end . |
| 2 | He played a part that was made to measure , a scarf-wearing , nose-blowing hypochondriac who Dr Jacques was to put firmly in his place . |
| 3 | United Kingdom confectionery trade is worth two point six billion pounds , billion , and two years ago a figure that really astonished me when I saw it was that the total of all money that was given to development charities in the United Kingdom , including CAFOD , Christian Aid and Oxfam was equal to what Britain spent on one product made in York and that 's KitKat . |
| 4 | All my hon. Friends will remember the reception that was given to Labour 's alternative to the poll tax . |
| 5 | But the caveat that was applied to affection applies even more strongly to status : it only acts as a constraint in settings where criminal activity is generally unfavourably evaluated . |
| 6 | A pet pig that was taken to school could have spread disease through Britain 's pig population , according to health officials . |
| 7 | A pet pig that was taken to school could have spread disease through Britain 's pig population , according to health officials . |
| 8 | The report that was put to committee by the the officers have arguments which I feel are fatuous , fallacious , erroneous and at best equivocal . |
| 9 | A synthetic dodecapeptide of A-gliadin ( residues 206–217 ) was kindly provided by Dr D Jewell , Radcliffe Infirmary , Oxford , and was conjugated to tuberculin purified protein derivative ( PPD ) to act as a carrier using 0.05% gluteraldehyde . |
| 10 | And was sent to hell-–re . |
| 11 | He landed on the person 's head who had given the ring to Tim in front of him and was sent to court at Newgate . |
| 12 | Finally James Paine committed an assault on the master , and was sent to gaol for two months whereupon his wife Sarah , who had by then been herself admitted , ‘ maliciously broke a square of glass in the dining hall window and was very violent ’ . |
| 13 | Watkinson was struck during his innings of 27 and was sent to hospital for a precautionary X-ray Lancashire taking no chances ahead of next month 's Benson and Hedges final . |
| 14 | Norman Bayles was a cousin to my father and was related to Mother through the Tallentire family . |
| 15 | The proportion was higher in manual social classes ( 58/198 , 29% ) than in non-manual social classes ( 55/683 , 8% , difference 14.6% to 27.9% ) and was related to disease severity . |
| 16 | Malvern Mill started life as a corn mill and was converted to silk in around 1840 . |
| 17 | Mottram was an original drunken sailor and was condemned to death for stealing a boat . |
| 18 | ‘ On the Saturday I got the pins and needles back and was rushed to casualty . |
| 19 | He continued to hide this condition for almost a week , until he collapsed during a break in rehearsals , and was rushed to hospital . |
| 20 | At seven months pregnant , she started bleeding a lot and was rushed to hospital . |
| 21 | He lived quietly in half his old house , he sometimes went to visit friends in other parts of the country , and occasionally to London , where he stayed in the Dorchester Hotel and was asked to luncheon by Churchill , whose venom was reserved for the index of his book . |
| 22 | She no longer felt any animosity towards him and was moved to tenderness by his obvious misery . |
| 23 | In 1957 Bomberg became seriously ill and was moved to hospital in Gibraltar , and later to England . |
| 24 | I.C.A.C. decided to postpone inquiries , to avoid collision with another agency which was investigating the affairs of Carrian , but eventually Mr. Turner was charged with , pleaded guilty to and was sentenced to imprisonment for , a total of four charges arising from these transactions . |
| 25 | On 10 April 1985 , Stephen John Price pleaded guilty in Sweden to aggravated drug offences relating to the distribution in Sweden of a substantial quantity ( believed to be about 140 kilogrammes ) of cannabis imported from abroad , and was sentenced to imprisonment for seven years . |
| 26 | Coulton , of Ajax Way , Normanby , Middlesbrough , was convicted of murder and was sentenced to life imprisonment in October last year . |
| 27 | Then , some time later , Francis Greenway was accused of forgery in connection with a building contract made shortly before the failure ; and , tried at Bristol assizes on 23 March 1812 , he pleaded guilty and was sentenced to transportation for life . |
| 28 | MacBride was court-martialled after the rebels ' surrender and was sentenced to death . |
| 29 | Joanna had dislocated her hip and was admitted to hospital . |
| 30 | Withdrawing support , or not putting in support , was of course sometimes straightforward ( for example the clients ' residential place came up , he or she became physically ill and was admitted to hospital , existing support at home was adequate ) . |