Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brief period of time in which the words were presented to the subject in our experiment , however , limited the kinds of words that could be used as stimuli . |
| 2 | Precisely because the composition of phonolexical sets can not be specified on phonological grounds , it is difficult to find a principled way of specifying the lexical input to the variable ( u ) ; eventually eighteen words were assigned to the set simply on the basis of observation . |
| 3 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 4 | The membrane vesicles were added to the assay buffer containing 20mM HEPES/arginine , pH7.4 , 5% sucrose , 0.5mMDTT , 30μM neutral red , 1μM trifluoromethoxycarbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone and with or without 400nM calmodulin to make up a total volume of 2ml and a concentration of 0.5mg protein per ml . |
| 5 | Backstage at the Brixton Academy two fans were kicked to the ground while attempting to gain admittance to the dressing room . |
| 6 | Her legs were curled to the side , slender with dainty ankles curving to small , arched feet . |
| 7 | The proposals for provinces were referred to the newly established Royal Commission on the Constitution , while the proposals for local councils were thought to add too much extra work to the already formidable task of local government reorganisation . |
| 8 | About 60 children aged 10–12 from 16 schools were invited to the University of East Anglia for a Paint investigation day , organised by Dr J. Nicholson of the School of chemical Sciences , UEA , and supported by ICI Paints Division with a donation of paint materials . |
| 9 | Both signals were sent to the Pentagon , the second one also going to the White House . |
| 10 | For samples of her verse readers were referred to the three that appeared in the earlier number . |
| 11 | When the state took over recruitment under the Military Service Acts , the party continued to be involved : many agents were transferred to the army , where they continued to do the same job , and many party offices were lent to the government as recruitment centres . |
| 12 | In 1786 the city 's administrative offices were transferred to the Palazzo del Carmagnoli — which instantly became know as the Broletto Nuovissino , the very new Broletto ! |
| 13 | Solon divided the citizen body into four classes on the basis of wealth or property ownership , and while most important political offices were confined to the higher of these classes , the lowest class were entitled to attend the Assembly or Ecclesia , and to make up the juries who decided both on guilt and innocence and on sentences in the courts . |
| 14 | The government in January 1990 gave up its attempt to join the Union monétaire ouest africaine ( UMOA ) , whose members ' currencies were linked to the French franc , and decided to turn to Portugal for help to make its currency convertible . |
| 15 | In the 17-month period from March 1980 to August 1981 alone , 15 units were connected to the national grid . |
| 16 | Aquitaine and Provence , once they came into the hands of the Franks , were also divided , but with less concern for geography , and the units were subordinated to the kingdoms of the north . |
| 17 | A wide range of such organizations were affiliated to the UDC during the war years , with a collective membership of 650,000 . |
| 18 | Although by the end of the century all four leading denominations had temperance committees and urged parliamentary action to curb ‘ the trade ’ , Teetotal organizations were confined to the Baptists and Congregationalists . |
| 19 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 20 | All hand written domiciliary prescriptions were transferred to the computer and recorded in the study . |
| 21 | Plasma prorenin concentrations were related to the degree of retinopathy before active treatment ( r '=0.51 , p=0.026 ; n=21 ) . |
| 22 | His pal May and Atkins also deejayed on the show , playing an electric mix of house and European electronic music they 'd got into in high school when all the other kids were listening to the Gap Band and Prince . |
| 23 | The ladders were bracketted to the side of the shaft or to woodwork . |
| 24 | The parade of Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA managers should finally be concluded , says a report in La Repubblica , after the Milan judges interrogated Antonio Garrani , Daniele Mosca and Carlo Lombardoni last week : the three confirmed that other bribes for the supply of computers were paid to the Ministry of Justice through the administrator of a quasi-governmental agency . |
| 25 | During December 1989 new heads were appointed to the NVA , the Navy and the Air Force . |
| 26 | Also , ‘ for the first time since 1906 union funds were exposed to the threat of damages claims if official support was even to action which was no longer immune ’ . |
| 27 | While £2,200 of the project funds were allocated to the main theme , £300 was reserved for use by the science department , whose pioneering work in integrating study skills within lower-school science teaching was acknowledged as an important base to build upon . |
| 28 | The Walks were forbidden to the villagers and in the final few weeks of pregnancy , Tamar spent much of her time strolling there , in such complete seclusion that she felt cut off from civilisation . |
| 29 | Although displaced by 70 seaters in the Bexley area , the 60 seaters were retained to the end in the Croydon area , Nos. 64–93 and latterly all of the 489–493 batch . |
| 30 | Det Chief Insp George Brown , who is leading the police operation , said calls were still coming in after the pictures were released to the press and shown on BBC 's Crimewatch UK . |