Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 'd known that it was bound to lead to Arnie . |
| 2 | Gosport was found to be ‘ virtually without defence , protected on the landward side only by an ill-maintained entrenchment … which would fall at the first assault ’ , while the Isle of Wight contained so few troops , so thinly scattered , that it was bound to succumb to a determined attack . |
| 3 | In recent years there had been growing calls for a reform of the federal system of government , which it was argued led to costly duplication between federal , state and territorial authorities . |
| 4 | It shared the fate with many others of its kind , and was one of the suppressed chantries in the reign of Edward VI and the lands and revenues with which it was endowed coming to the crown were , in the first year of Queen Mary , let to the family of Levesons of Whornes Place . |
| 5 | The 375 years since it was unearthed seems to be short when compared to the 900 years or more it had lain buried . |
| 6 | Thus in 1779 , when it was desired to refer to Choiseul 's despatches relating to the Family Compact of 1761 , they could not be found and copies had to be obtained from Madrid . |
| 7 | With tempers fraying , it was decided to return to the question today . |
| 8 | Only a short time after Joe left , the ‘ phoney war ’ as it was called seemed to be over when Hitler invaded Norway and Denmark . |
| 9 | The task for a green turtle ( Figure 4.3 ) to find a tiny island in the expanse of the Atlantic Ocean , or a salmon to find the exact river tributary in which it was born appear to us exceedingly difficult . |
| 10 | Edinburgh was totally different from London ; a royal burgh , it was built according to some sort of plan : long narrow streets with timbered and stone houses on either side , some joined together , others separated by narrow runnels or alleyways which led to a small garden or croft behind each tenement . |
| 11 | It was intended to go to Cserka , where 25,000 Muslims are trapped by besieging Serbs . |
| 12 | When the offence of obstructing a constable was first enacted by Parliament , it seems reasonably clear that it was intended to refer to physical obstruction only . |
| 13 | The world would be a better place if it was predisposed to listen to Blackwomen 's voices . |
| 14 | In other areas , however , land could be used for arable , arable and pasture , pasture , or wood , and how it was used depended to a large extent on the proximity of settlements and in what sort of economy the local farmers were engaged . |
| 15 | How may it speak to us , as it was designed to speak to Torquatus the Roman ? |
| 16 | Nobel is now seeking repayment of the SKr19 200m capital contribution it was pressurised to make to a 14-bank consortium to save Gamlestaden . |
| 17 | It was expected to lead to the appointment of an impartial body to determine responsibility for the conflict . |
| 18 | How to make government responsive to the choices of those it was expected to cater to ? |
| 19 | Now , Fiona was thought to be a suitable bride for my father-just the right age , pretty and vivacious enough it was thought to appeal to a man who was beginning to be known as a confirmed bachelor . ’ |
| 20 | A second Expeditionary Force was despatched across the Channel to France , but it WAS forced to return to Britain almost immediately because the French government asked Germany for an armistice , on 17th . |
| 21 | In October last year it was forced to turn to its shareholders and bankers to ask for £18 million to sort out its difficulties . |