Example sentences of "and this was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | PUPILS and staff at Newlands School , Middlesbrough , FCJ raised £1,550 for CAFOD 's work in Somalia and this was given to Mark Harris , the regional co-ordinator for CAFOD in November . |
| 2 | In intact experimental animals prostacyclin has a vasodepressor effect and this was observed to an equal degree when injected intravenously or intra-arterially ( Armstrong et al , 1978 ) . |
| 3 | During the 1960s , ozone concentrations generally increased by up to 10 per cent at some monitoring stations ( Komhyr et al. , 1971 ) , and this was believed to be associated with variation in solar radiation over the 11-year cycle ( Keating , 1978 ) . |
| 4 | Even major institutions with developing reputations were unsuccessful in their first-time submissions — and this was bound to be particularly true in arts and social studies where members were anxious to ensure appropriate standards of course content and all that related to it — including staffing and other resources . |
| 5 | The final phase in the procedure involved giving parents advice about prospective job opportunities for their children , and this was considered to be the most difficult part of the work as it meant balancing all the different factors in an attempt to situate the best applicant in the best position . |
| 6 | He applied for a grant of land and this was sold to him for a nominal sum . |
| 7 | Beset with cooling and undercarriage problems , the Keiun made one flight only , on May 8 , 1945 and this was brought to a premature close by high engine temperatures . |
| 8 | In 1940 , there were about 400000 km 2 of forest in Central America and this was reduced to about half by 1987 , compared with perhaps 500000km 2 standing at the time of the arrival of Europeans in the early sixteenth century , when there was a large population : the Mayas with shifting cultivation and intensive terraced agriculture . |
| 9 | Productivity had to go up and this was going to be achieved through the introduction of new capital rather than the introduction of new labour . |
| 10 | There were all sorts of jokes about National Service and this was going to be one of them — the barracks filled with misfits who no more wanted to wear a khaki uniform than they felt like taking poison ( which some of them thought was what they were given three times a day in the cookhouse ) . |
| 11 | Peterson already had an agenda of his own drawn up and this was agreed to with the proviso that it included a brief historical summary of research done at Brigham Young University . |
| 12 | Prior to the introduction of the T.4 there had been a number of fatal accidents with aircraft crashing short of the runway on approach and this was attributed to lack of familiarity with the effects of acceleration . |
| 13 | Most of the practices making savings had done so on their hospital budgets , and this was attributed to a combination of setting favourable contracts , making fewer referrals , and doing more minor surgery in house . |
| 14 | The company had special display boxes made which would take the complete range and this was distributed to the homes of leading food writers and journalists . |
| 15 | The early mortality for elected admissions was point four percent and this was found to be significantly lower than the early mortality rate for emergency admissions which was two point four percent , some six times higher . |
| 16 | And this was put to particularly good service in the context of intestacy . |
| 17 | Council approved a five-year Corporate Plan for the Institute , and this was circulated to members . |
| 18 | One of the brown immigrants deliberately poured some of his coffee over the pale slab of sugar crusted fruit pie he was eating , and this was thought to be a brilliant piece of improvised humour . |