Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] to do [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His ambitions were n't to do with television , however , we discovered . |
| 2 | Its impact upon the Church was considerable — especially perhaps in England ; its conclusions were chiefly to do with discipline , and its provision requiring annual confession and Communion , remains today . |
| 3 | It was all to do with instinct , unsullied intelligence and an innate ability to discount the higher promptings of reason . |
| 4 | Director Peter Smallridge claims this was less to do with ideology and more for the benefit of service users . |
| 5 | This was more to do with window dressing and the government 's need to be seen to be doing something , rather than a serious attempt to tackle the problems . |
| 6 | It was n't to do with change . ’ |