Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [verb] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Problems relating to Châteauroux and other lands in dispute in Berry and Auvergne were referred to a panel of arbitrators ; Richard was to marry Alice ; finally both Louis and Henry agreed to go on crusade and , in the meantime , made a mutual non-aggression pact . |
| 2 | At the same time in Nature ( vol 258 , p 548 ) John Parkinson , Leslie Morrison and Richard Stephenson were proclaiming to the scientific world ‘ The constancy of the solar diameter over the past 250 years ’ . |
| 3 | How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World . |
| 4 | United Sabah National Organization ( USNO , Sakaran Bin Dandai pres. ) ; the Sabah-based AKAR and LDP were admitted to the BN in July 1991 [ see p. 38344 ] . |
| 5 | The earldoms granted by Edward III in 1337 were all granted in tail male , and in the course of the century the earldoms of Oxford , Warwick , Arundel and Surrey were surrendered to the king and regranted in tail male . |
| 6 | Daddy and Neil were going to the |
| 7 | The lands of the lord of the manor at Hinton were reallocated to the peasants in the sixteenth century , and the manor house , now remaining as a moated site , was abandoned . |
| 8 | It was here that the kings of Hungary were presented to the people . |
| 9 | In the following year Malta and Constantinople were added to the number . |
| 10 | When Bonnie Prince Charlie left after a brief visit during his march on England in 1745 , the Earl of Traquair vowed that the resplendent Bear Gates ( the ‘ Steekit Yetts ’ ) should not be opened again until the Stuarts were restored to the throne . |
| 11 | With four minutes remaining of an ill-tempered game , Lazio were trailing to a 47th-minute goal scored by Roma favourite Giuseppe Giannini . |
| 12 | One day Victoria and Alexander were called to the drawing room after tea and saw a strange woman in a dress printed with yellow lemons sitting on the fender beside their father . |
| 13 | A number of Royalist prisoners from the civil wars in England and Ireland were transported to the sugar islands in the 1650s as convict labour with the prospect of eventual release to become part of the white garrison , but this barely covered the losses from death and emigration . |
| 14 | Representatives from every college in Scotland were invited to the latter . |
| 15 | The proceedings against Stratford were referred to a committee of two bishops and four earls , including Arundel and Salisbury , and nothing more was heard of them until 1343 , when the king ordered the charges to be annulled . |
| 16 | In recognition of this growing business orientation , the weapons activities of AEA were transferred to the Ministry of Defence in 1973 , at which time AEA staff numbered 16,000 . |
| 17 | If England were looking to the future then some of the players should have been selected years ago . |
| 18 | The more the eyes of Canada and Australia and England were directed to the train , the more Filmer might want to discredit it . |
| 19 | EUROPEAN champions Denmark were held to a goalless draw by Lithuania in a World Cup Group Three qualifier in Vilnius . |
| 20 | My researches into Tristram 's time in Spain were geared to the effect it had on his poetry . |
| 21 | Thus great areas of central Spain were condemned to the extensive farming of cereals for low yields at great expense of labour . |
| 22 | The powers of the GLC were passed to the London Boroughs , except in the cases of services that crossed boundaries , such as the fire services , which are managed under joint boards . |
| 23 | Mary came in , sat briefly with Alice , said she and Reggie were going to the cinema . |
| 24 | Petrol prices in Russia were deregulated to the extent of allowing prices to rise by a factor of about five from April 19 . |
| 25 | If the absurdity of the present position of the Death Grant were exposed to the public gaze , would not reform become easier ? |
| 26 | Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Udinese , but still stretched their lead at the top to four points following defeats for Inter and Juventus . |
| 27 | Champions AC Milan were held to a 1-1 draw by lowly Udinese , but still stretched their lead at the top to four points following defeats for Inter and Juventus , who were without the injured England international David Platt . |
| 28 | Third-placed Inter Milan were held to a goalless draw at home to Sampdoria , squandering their chance of victory when Sosa missed a penalty . |
| 29 | Zelah seemed to know everybody and the Wycliffes were introduced to a bewildering variety of people whom they never expected to see again . |
| 30 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |