Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Staff and resources allocated to it were redirected to a major project intended to regenerate east Glasgow . |
| 2 | Suddenly they met burnt chip contamination and had to shut down the production line , a major anxiety as they were producing to a tight schedule in a ‘ Just in time ’ situation . |
| 3 | There are a few works which I would have loved to have borrowed but which were simply too fragile to travel , and there were works which were prohibited by reasons of the terms under which they were given to a particular collection , the Barnes Foundation , for example . |
| 4 | Evaluation by pre-structured interviews Pre-structured telephone interviews were given to a random sample of students who had taken part in the undergraduate course in information retrieval . |
| 5 | This fairly low level of detection suggests that either K + channels were present at low density in the plasma membrane , or that K + channels were limited to a small subpopulation of cells withint the HGT-1 cell line . |
| 6 | It is true that there were first-class scientists at work in other countries but they were either greatly taken with large unprovable notions or were limited to a single field , whereas Galileo was original in dynamics , hydrostatics , mechanics ( strength of materials ) , optics and astronomy . |
| 7 | Only families whose own interests were limited to a single area of ducal or comital influence could afford to ignore the other lord . |
| 8 | Only families whose own interests were limited to a single area of ducal or comital influence could afford to ignore the other lord . |
| 9 | Female model crests were manipulated to a greater extent ( 24 mm ) than males ' ( 14mm ) because we suspected a priori that male mating preferences could be more difficult to detect . |
| 10 | Industrialized villages were naturally most numerous in the North and parts of the Midlands , but even in the South some nineteenth-century rural communities were sustained to a large extent by wages earned at a particular craft . |
| 11 | We were treated to a marvellous breakfast of bread , cheese and salami followed by ham and eggs and lashings of coffee … … … luxury ! |
| 12 | When the olive-skinned Valentino was seen kidnapping a white girl and taking her to his tent where he seduced her , cinema audiences were treated to a franker exposé of naked lust on the screen than they had ever seen before . |
| 13 | A flock of eight curlew rose and we were treated to a spectacular display flight of steep flapping rises , slow glides and bubbling trills . |
| 14 | We were treated to a pathetic song , whose sentiments we knew were real enough . |
| 15 | They were treated to a rare return to sparring in the middle of the street . |
| 16 | They were treated to a candlelit dinner , champagne , flowers and given £100 to spend . |
| 17 | THE children of Headley Playgroup were treated to a fancy dress Easter party on Friday of last week . |
| 18 | Those people who innocently came to my house this evening , expecting a pleasant dinner , good wine , enjoyable conversation — and instead were treated to a vulgar display ? ’ |
| 19 | In the evening , after a superb meal in the à la carte restaurant , we were treated to a Sunwing show followed by dancing to the latest sounds — only for those who were n't too tired after a hard day 's sunbathing ! |
| 20 | We were ushered into the boardroom at the back of the building and were treated to a few welcoming remarks from Derek Jefferson , in his familiar , cheerful and very effective style . |
| 21 | On arrival at Birmingham the Storm Force members were treated to a full day 's programme of displays , competitions and demonstrations — with an Inshore lifeboat carrying out ‘ rescues ’ on the lake at the Exhibition Centre . |
| 22 | After three weeks ’ hard pounding , both administered and received , the melancholy of the Conservative campaign ‘ A-team ’ suddenly lifted and journalists attending their morning news conference were treated to a double act worthy of The Two Ronnies . |
| 23 | The van doors swung open and as Antinou 's lads eased us out we were treated to a 6 a.m. view of Clapton . |
| 24 | Before the opening onlookers were treated to a free display of footballing skills in a seven-a-side contest between Cornard United and Sudbury Town , which Cornard won 5–2 . |
| 25 | In the evening delegates were treated to a Scottish Evening with dancing , a singer and Scottish dancing displays . |
| 26 | Around 50 retired employees attended the party and were treated to a three course dinner served up by committee volunteers . |
| 27 | As well as the cash and the cup they were treated to an executive night out at the scene of their triumphs , the Superbowl at Stoke-on-Trent 's Festival Park . |
| 28 | The toast to the Divisions has for some time been a ‘ musical geography tour ’ and this time people present were treated to an extra musical item being the toast to National Office , whereby gave an immaculate rendition of The Hippopotamus Song . |
| 29 | On the evening of the second day delegates were treated to an authentic Indonesian dinner and traditional dance performances . |
| 30 | For our final talk in the previously arranged programme ( note the earlier comment on the Shrewsbury signal box visit ) we were treated to an excellent talk on the Central Wales Line by Mr Tony Birdwood of Llanwrda . |