Example sentences of "it [was/were] [to-vb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to resist this wave of caesarism that Jovellanos pressed for the summoning of a general Cortes which would represent the nation against the generals . |
| 2 | It was to fill this need that John Tukey ( 1977 ) developed his exploratory statistics . |
| 3 | Indeed it was to escape this commotion of the house that young Tennyson sought sanctuary and solitude in the surrounding countryside , where he could be at peace with all he beheld and find the inspiration for his poetic thoughts which he conveyed to us by his pen . |
| 4 | ‘ It was to protect this operation that the press were not given a full briefing when the recent doping allegations were made . |
| 5 | It was to address this problem that AEA first developed a series of power fluidics devices including valves , pumps and diverters which , with no moving parts , were effectively maintenance-free . |