Example sentences of "[noun sg] was [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Shana was forced to resort to humouring me rather than getting into arguments with me . |
| 2 | A speaking decision was overturned in Johnston v Chestergate Hat Manufacturing Co Ltd [ 1915 ] 2 Ch 338 , where the auditors ' certificate showed that the amount due was calculated according to the wrong principle . |
| 3 | At baseline , the renin component characteristics in the studied subjects were consistent with those depicted in other studies : active renin concentration was normal , but prorenin concentration was raised according to retinopathy . |
| 4 | The serum cholesterol concentration was assayed according to the method of Richmond . |
| 5 | The tea was made according to the instruction given by the Tea Council in London — brewing the tea bag for three minutes then squeezing it . |
| 6 | But Senator William Stewart , the Unionist chairman of Dungannon Urban District Council , intervened and forecast that there would be trouble if the march was allowed to proceed to the centre of Dungannon . |
| 7 | The study was performed according to the second declaration of Helsinki and approved by the Ethical Committee of Aarhus county . |
| 8 | During the 1979 Parliament a very limited attempt was made to add to the flexibility of the committee stage . |
| 9 | The principle of orality was considered to contribute to unanimity in decision making because of the thorough sifting and testing of argument in unrestricted oral argument . |
| 10 | If the pound was expected to devalue to £1 = $2.4 then the holder of sterling balances could sell his £1,000 now ( at £1 = $2.8 ) , buy back pounds at a future date ( at £1 = $2.4 ) , and hence make a sterling capital gain of £167 . |
| 11 | The British aircraft industry was expected to shrink to only a fifth of its existing size , giving the USA an enormous head start . |
| 12 | Protein was determined according to Lowry . |
| 13 | Also in the series are An Uncommon Murder , which tells how an East End Jewish refugee was found battered to death on Clapham Common , and the story of Louise Masset , the first woman to be hanged this century after she was accused of killing her young son . |
| 14 | In 1989 , there were over 1000 long-term unemployed people on the Programme : this figure was planned to rise to 2000 in 1990 and over 3000 in 1991. 10 million have been allocated to JTP for 1990–1 ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Chapter 17 , Paras 44–5 ) . |
| 15 | The figure was predicted to rise to one billion by the year 2000 . |
| 16 | Biset was ordered to go to those parts as soon as possible , and summon before him |
| 17 | On the fifth day of mobilisation , Lieut-Colonel Deyns was able to report that the Field Ambulance was equipped according to scale , and ready to move . |
| 18 | What little ore was mined began to be processed as required by available day workers . |
| 19 | In 1974 an Advisory Committee on Safety , Hygiene and Health Protection at Work was established leading to a series of Safety at Work Directives , and in 1975 a European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions was created . |
| 20 | The test was administered according to the instructions , but instead of stopping after ten errors the child was asked to continue . |
| 21 | To obtain comparable groups a stratified randomisation was performed according to two variables : the VHAI ( <170 v 170 ) , and the location of the disease ( small bowel ( with or without colon involvement ) v exclusive colonic disease ) . |
| 22 | The Plant committee was expected to report to the Labour Party conference in the autumn , but Mr Kinnock denied that turning it into an official government commission was a delaying tactic . |
| 23 | The caretaker was heard saying to the professor of Hebrew , ‘ It 's only curiosity Sir ’ . |
| 24 | Based on pathological analysis of the resection specimens , postoperative staging was performed according to the pTNM classification of the UICC ( International Union Against Cancer ) 1987 ( Table I ) . |
| 25 | It is evident that no blame was felt to attach to Vlasov for his part in the battle , since on 11 November Stalin personally appointed him to command 20th Army , entrusting him with 15 precious tanks and a vital role under Zhukov in the planned defence of Moscow . |
| 26 | The Securitate was also anxious to make sure that any suffering on the part of a non-conformist at home was made known to the dissident 's contacts in the West . |
| 27 | Most often the younger child was forced to yield to the older , but most often it was the older who yielded voluntarily to the younger . |
| 28 | The average number of labelled cells ( x ) per 50 hemicrypts in the proliferation zone was used to extrapolate to the total crypt size . |
| 29 | The very terms in which the question was posed need to be critically reconsidered . |
| 30 | Calmodulin was iodinated by Bolton-Hunter reagent ( NEN ) and the labelling of the blot by calmodulin was done according to the method of Flanagan et al .. |