Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [prep] those " in BNC.
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| 1 | The katun , comprising twenty years of 360 days , was the most important unit of time in the Maya view , because the events in one katun were expected to approximate to those in a previous katun that had ended on a day with the same number . |
| 2 | The book was a popular success ; its sales at one time were said to compete with those of Marie Corelli [ q.v . ] . |
| 3 | There were two groups in East Africa who had a direct interest in discrediting Masai administration and suggesting that officials were ‘ soft ’ on the Masai : these were , most importantly , the white settlers who wanted Masai land for farming , and enthusiasts for wildlife conservation who wanted the Masai driven out of areas where their interests were believed to conflict with those of game . |
| 4 | He spent a lot of time swaggering about the place , flexing his muscles and telling everyone what he was going to do with those ‘ foolish little feller-me-lads ’ if they showed up . |
| 5 | ‘ We felt that if she was going to turn on those sort of tactics we were not going to be gentlemanly about it , and that she should just get on and do the job . ’ |
| 6 | Heavens , what was going to happen to those two ? |
| 7 | Brian told us that he was going to deal with those matters he did n't , he did n't build , he left out planning enforcement twenty five thousand and with the countryside thirty thousand . |
| 8 | The mood of the crowd was turning to anger against those responsible for taking the children of South Ronaldsay away on what appeared to be very flimsy evidence , which had not been checked out through the appropriate channels . |
| 9 | On the one hand , as far as the criminal law was concerned , they removed one set of controls entirely , whilst on the other hand , a new and sometimes increased set of controls was introduced to deal with those forms of homosexual conduct which were still considered to be ‘ public ’ and criminal . |
| 10 | It was certainly good to read that so many people had never felt healthier or had more energy ; and I was gratified to hear from those who had previously attempted to diet but without success that this diet had worked for them . |
| 11 | The Party was continuing to appeal to those who , in the past , had been regarded as least sympathetic to the labour movement . |
| 12 | The Bill took four years to get through Parliament , during which time Owen was subjected to abuse by those who opposed it , and on his deathbed in 1858 , a clergyman who came ( needlessly ) to offer him the consolations of religion asked him if he regretted having wasted his life in fruitless efforts ! |
| 13 | ASUTRAMES gave out leaflets , explaining what the government was trying to do with those " elections " . |
| 14 | Biset was ordered to go to those parts as soon as possible , and summon before him |