Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [adv] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | The public gave it early notice : the critics were again kind to Burton . |
| 4 | But their offers were around £400m to £450m , while Littlewoods clearly expected the price of more than £500m . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | My dolls were never babies to be fed and bathed and kissed but the protagonists of enormous adventures . |