Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | These were referred to as the sentence completion condition and the open-ended condition respectively . |
| 2 | Those clerics and politicians remaining closer to the rhetoric of the immediate post-revolutionary years — emphasizing opposition to the USA , the struggle against " Zionism " , the export of the Islamic revolution , centralized control of the economy and consumer subsidies to protect the poorer classes — were referred to as the Rouhanyoun ( translated as the Combatant Ulema Association ) . |
| 3 | Before we learned the boys ' names they were referred to as the fair boy ; a positive attribute , and the fat boy ; a physical defect . |
| 4 | The ceramics particularly impressed her and she found that they were referred to in the catalogue as " agitational chinaware " . |
| 5 | The following additional cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton argument : |
| 6 | The following cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton argument : |
| 7 | The following cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 8 | The following additional cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 9 | The following additional cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments in the Court of Appeal : |
| 10 | The following additional cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 11 | The following cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 12 | The following additional cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 13 | The following additional cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 14 | The following cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 15 | The following cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 16 | The following cases , although not cited , were referred to in the skeleton arguments : |
| 17 | These included : — unrest in Sunderland against a colony of Mormons whose church was attacked with ‘ volleys of stones ’ — an exciting river rescue in South Park , Darlington , where an old man almost drowned — worries in Middlesbrough about dogs running loose and unmuzzled which were referred to in the Commons — the Guardians in Tynemouth were engaged in clearing out the workhouses , putting children in institutions or ‘ scattered homes ’ — a picture hall in Consett was fined for overcrowding ; — the oldest inhabitant of Coundon , Ralph Goundry , had died aged 97 . |
| 18 | The compartments were referred to by the ordinal numbers from 1 ( apex ) to 5 ( base ) and the labelling index calculated for each compartment . |
| 19 | He finds it sad that the USM and fund markets have not developed in the way that they were expected to at the outset . |
| 20 | At least 95pc of emergency calls were responded to within the agreed 19 minutes and the remaining 5pc were delayed due to exceptional circumstances . |
| 21 | Ramsay found the Regent Douglas installed in Edinburgh Castle , with a host of lords and chiefs , including no fewer than six earls , a most illustrious company , waiting there while their forces massed and were added to on the adjacent Burgh Muir . |
| 22 | From the eighth century these duties were attended to in the Lateran by seven bishops from the nearby dioceses and in four other basilicas by the priests of the titular churches , now increased to twenty-eight . |
| 23 | Whatever local radio you were listening to during the 3rd week of June , it is likely that you would have heard Delahunty 's editorial director , Paul Mace , on the hour , every hour , bringing you those live reports from the Pilkington Glass Ladies ' Championships at Eastbourne . |
| 24 | Desperate remedies were resorted to in the search for food . |
| 25 | I 've got enough just to manage , but things are n't what they should be and it 's not what we were used to in the old days . ’ |
| 26 | The nineteen twenty six strike , the o the thing that struck me most of all was , they were going to out the railway men . |
| 27 | If an error occurs within a procedure or function , the value of any PRIVATE variables will be the last value they were set to within the procedure or function which gave rise to the error . |
| 28 | Several rioters were killed during an attack on a mill using them at Salford in 1812 , but few manufacturers had as yet introduced them , or were intending to in the near future , and disturbances were intermingled with food riots and political agitation . |
| 29 | Eventually the day consecrated by the Romans to the sun was identified with the Jewish first day , and given a Christian interpretation where Christ was referred to as the ‘ Sun of Righteousness ’ . |
| 30 | In those days , the model was referred to as the Saber and boasted one of the thinnest necks around . |