Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Forms of alliance were developed to enlist the service of nobles whose lands lay beyond its own lordships .
2 Diaphragm ballvalves were developed to overcome the noise of ordinary piston types .
3 In anesthetised rats , models were developed to study the effects of intra-aortic ( ia ) serotonin on ileocolonic and colonic transit , and the effects on transit of a number of 5HT receptor antagonists .
4 Nor would it appear that these awful prophecies from her Majesty 's Chief Inspector were calculated to depress the spirits of the royal household .
5 These were arranged to allow the morning feeding to be carried out and a one-and-a-half hour break for tea allowed many farmers to return for the second feed and to check the stock .
6 Torrens also points out that many of the early masonic lodges were ‘ orientated to the setting or rising sun ’ and ‘ others were aligned to receive the light from certain stars ’ .
7 Three reasons were given to explain the observation that samples of lobon-gur mixture from Phase 1 unions were less likely to contain dangerously high amounts of salt than samples from Phase 2 unions .
8 As early as the Third dynasty of Ur officials were designated to supervise the production of gold vessels and jewellery for use in the temple .
9 During 1992 initiatives were undertaken to raise the profile and image of the Association , promote membership and improve awareness of the benefits and services offered .
10 ‘ We simply went to work like normal citizens during martial law and now it seems that 's a crime , ’ he went on , gesturing at the 20 heads of party factory cells who were gathered to discuss the future of communism in Poland .
11 We were taught to replace the turf at the bottom of the bank to preserve grazing and to leave the face of the newly-cut bank as smooth as possible .
12 The authors also report that a group of 12 teachers were taught to score the LIT with 90 per cent accuracy .
13 As a result of the successful implementation of the " persons ' system , requests were received to extend the PMIS to cover new areas of work .
14 Articles were amended to encourage the development of the private sector and increased foreign investment .
15 The corpses of 56 cetaceans washed up on Welsh beaches since 1989 were examined to determine the cause of death .
16 Local Clubs were formed to discuss the topics raised in the monthly selection .
17 The result was that all New York fares could now be reduced , bringing them to a level only slightly above that of Virgin 's competing New York fare , and fares on the Boston route were adjusted to match the New York level .
18 If the focus of helping young people in residential care were redefined to identify the development of personal self-worth as a primary aim , then it would be possible to achieve this by including both dimensions , neither to the exclusion of the other .
19 Water , being a basic necessity for life itself , was highly venerated , and pagan ceremonies and offerings were intended to placate the water deities believed to inhabit springs and wells .
20 These succeeded the foundation of the NATO alliance in Europe and were intended to constrain the influence of Soviet and Chinese communism .
21 These direct contacts with the people and with the maquis were intended to replicate the effect of his arrival in the capital , to demonstrate by his presence that the state had been restored .
22 The examples of conscription and taxation were intended to give the dependence thesis some plausibility , and in particular to disprove the suggestion that dependence is the mark of adjudication .
23 The two small cars seated only 32 inside , and it has been speculated that they were intended to draw the trailers during summer operation .
24 And , further , how does it appear that the testator 's implied request , if it could be implied , or his promise , if that promise alone would suffice , or both together , were intended to cause the marriage , or did cause it , so that the marriage can be said to have taken place at the testator 's request , or , in other words , in consequence of that request ?
25 Paglia asks why the British refuse to acknowledge her sexuality and the drawings were intended to illustrate the point .
26 Causation in defective product cases works on the basis of showing that the goods were intended to reach the consumer in the form in which they left the manufacturer ( alternative cause ) and that there was no reasonable possibility of intermediate examination .
27 There had been an attempt , through Acts of Parliament , to revive the election of local Forest officers and the holding of local Forest courts in some forests ; these measures were intended to preserve the forest woods and to increase timber production by enclosure of the forest wastes .
28 The dams were intended to control the flooding which affects the river in winter , but they were strongly opposed by local people and environmental groups .
29 The frescoes and furnishings of the Throne Sanctuary were intended to simulate the environment of the peak sanctuary at Juktas ; perhaps the treatment of the many pillars supporting the ceilings was intended to symbolize the stalactites of the cave sanctuary at Skotino ( Plate 18 ) .
30 The bank mergers , which followed a wave of company mergers in 1989 , were intended to improve the competitiveness of the financial sector in the European single market due to come into being in 1992 .
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