Example sentences of "and were [vb pp] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Birth weights had been recorded in pounds ( 2.2 lb=1 kg ) and were converted to the nearest gram . |
| 2 | Both boys faced South Sefton Youth Court in Bootle on Monday and were remanded to the care of Liverpool City Council . |
| 3 | These contrasted the Western models with the sorts of restrictions that could and were applied to the media in other political systems : the media were not free to publish , the expression of opinion was controlled , the Party/government could dictate the content of the media , and the essential freedoms associated with the Western models were obviously absent . |
| 4 | Some very wide wheels 16 inch diameter were fitted to One Ten and Forward Control vehicles and 15 inch diameter were an option with sand tyres and were fitted to the Pink Panthers . |
| 5 | We were warmly invited to stay with them for the duration of the festival , and were conducted to the top floor for a rather formal preliminary audience with Ranteallo and his elders . |
| 6 | From 1 September 1988 to 1 May 1991 , 194 consecutive patients were eligible for participation in the study and were invited to the outpatient clinic for an extra visit to answer a structured questionnaire and to have a cervical scrape taken for analysis for human papillomavirus . |
| 7 | In 1893 they changed their name from Royal Arsenal to Woolwich Arsenal , adopted professional status and were elected to the Second Division . |
| 8 | Three of them had serious face and hand burns and were transferred to the burns unit of Glasgow Royal Infirmary . |
| 9 | In December 1982 Jim 's family started squatting in council housing and were referred to the social work department by the housing department . |
| 10 | All 18 appeared before magistrates in Kampala on May 7 and were referred to the High Court . |
| 11 | Lisabeth and Fenella were coo-ing sympathetic noises and tut-tutting a lot and were riveted to the porthole window like two old men sharing a What the Butler Saw machine . |
| 12 | In the autumn of 1897 seven children contracted diphtheria and were sent to the Isolation Hospital . |
| 13 | The incomes of these basic organizations thereafter belonged to the area in which they were located and were lost to the parent organization . |
| 14 | Debbie Avis and a representative from the Amro Bank attended a lavish function at the Guildhall and were presented to the Lord Mayor and Lady Mayoress . |
| 15 | The proposals were reported to have been agreed upon by the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front ( EPRDF ) and the Oromo Liberation Front ( OLF ) on Oct. 19 and were presented to the Council of Representatives on Nov. 18 . |
| 16 | One school , deciding that extra space for resource-based learning was a priority , took over a classroom for use in unstructured individualized work , with the result that other classrooms including some specialist rooms were more heavily used than before ; teachers complained that they could not get in to put up work on the blackboard beforehand , and were introduced to the more thorough use of the overhead projector ; the timetabler had to bear in mind the needs of some practical subjects where the previous laying-out of equipment was vital , but the exercise was valuable in focusing attention on such priorities and making them clear to everyone . |
| 17 | Ninety three patients fulfilled the entry criteria ( see below ) and were admitted to the trial . |
| 18 | In November 1941 they became 101 Troop of 6 Commando , with Lieutenant Smith in command , and were attached to the naval shore base HMS Lynx , from which they operated , with MTBs , submarines , or other carriers taking them to the area of their target beaches . |
| 19 | The tanks at Green Lane were built c1887 and were linked to the Ledsam Street tank . |
| 20 | Pleasure and enjoyment were seen as natural , legitimate and God-given , provided they were not excessive and were linked to the desire for procreation . |
| 21 | The quarries were situated just below Upper Halling and were linked to the factory by a tramway which crossed the A 228 by level crossing just south of the Church and then passed across the S.E. Railway line by means of a bridge . |
| 22 | Several of the Feltham type cars were in use to the end and were driven to the demolition site at Penhall Road , temporarily , while awaiting transport to Leeds . |
| 23 | After the arrest , Hamadan and Sami Jafaar returned to Limassol in the launch and were driven to the American Embassy in Nicosia . |
| 24 | Or it may have been that the shares were not purchased but were subscribed for and were issued to the investors by Euramco . |
| 25 | ( During the late nineteenth century , single pregnant women were sometimes assumed to be insane and were confined to the workhouse under the 1890 Lunacy Act . ) |
| 26 | The remainder of L Detachment finally clambered on to the trucks of Jake Easonsmith 's patrol and were taken to the LRDG base at Siwa Oasis , just to the north of the Great Sand Sea . |
| 27 | After preparing for our morning 's activities we got on the coach and were taken to the suitable sites arranged for rock climbing and cycling . |