Example sentences of "was [verb] [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At one time the beliefs held about woman in the church , that she might not be ordained , that she was placed subordinate to man , that she had her ‘ own ’ sphere of motherhood , were simply at one with the beliefs of the world in which the church was situated . |
| 2 | A spank on the bottom never failed to produce its first howl of protest , then the cleansing process took place , and the ‘ miracle ’ was wrapped inside a cosy , warm blanket — then it was placed next to Mother for the first looks of adoration and wonder . |
| 3 | He was posted first to Reading , and was soon proving himself a soldier and horseman of rare incompetence . |
| 4 | The band , invited on to the main stage at Reading by Teenage Fanclub after their appearance in the club tent was cancelled due to inclement weather , play Newport TJ 's , and appear as special guests of Pavement at London Astoria . |
| 5 | Club championship second round was cancelled due to inclement weather , and it final round . |
| 6 | Limited gains were made in 1930 when the government agreed to make information available to sick women for whom pregnancy was deemed detrimental to health . |
| 7 | Siddhi , who had been Foreign Minister for 10 years but was considered hostile to Chatichai 's Cambodia policy and to any rapprochement with Vietnam [ see p. 37654 ] , was dropped altogether from the government . |
| 8 | " And the little bear 's chair was smashed all to pieces by the little girl . |
| 9 | The echoing chord of fond exasperation was becoming familiar to Meryl . |
| 10 | Even though I thought I was becoming immune to surprises from this species , what happened came as something of a shock . |
| 11 | Compensating financing facility Set up in 1963 , this line of credit was made available to countries which had exceptional balance of payments problems caused by special factors , such as a major crop failure , and beyond the control of a particular government . |
| 12 | That is only reasonable given that , in the new age of investor protection , the aim of a new system would be to improve the quality of information which was made available to shareholders . |
| 13 | A ‘ Food Safety Update ’ sheet was launched in January to ensure that early clarification of the progress of regulations was made available to Operations ' Management . |
| 14 | About a century ago , fresh clean piped water was made available to houses and sewage was removed via the water closet ( W.C. ) . |
| 15 | It was a privilege which the state guarded jealously and which was made available to business enterprises whose purposes aimed to benefit the public in general as well as enrich the corporators . |
| 16 | They should have declared a state of emergency and ensured that Bellwin money was made available to councils so that they could take emergency action . |
| 17 | Opren was made available to hospitals here in May 1980 , and pharmacists had stocks from which to dispense GPs prescriptions in October . |
| 18 | The loan was made prior to Mr Johnson 's appointment to the board and remained at £14,000 throughout the year . |
| 19 | The idea was not new ; it had been first put into operation in the preceding reign of Louis-Philippe , but during that period it was made clear to France that she must play second fiddle in the European concert otherwise Britain would turn her out of the orchestra . |
| 20 | The position was made clear to Adolf in 1205 . |
| 21 | The force of this argument was recognised to some extent by the OFT , who went on to state that a limit on each claim was preferable to an overall limit , providing the extent of the former was made clear to clients . |
| 22 | This article was written prior to publication of the Finance Act and is , therefore , subject to any amendments appearing therein . |
| 23 | The drinking-up time is half an hour for people taking meals if the liquor was supplied ancillary to meals . |
| 24 | Late request for the use of the hall for a Cub Disco on Friday 25 June was approved subject to availability . |
| 25 | Late request for the use of the hall for a Cub Disco on Friday 25 June was approved subject to availability . |
| 26 | In the final Mike McFarlane was drawn adjacent to Chidi and he also was disqualified , for the same offence as Cameron . |
| 27 | The Irish team was lying second to Germany following Friday 's dressage but a fall on cross country by Karen Connelly to incur 60 penalties and a refusal by Sasha Harrison which cost them 20 penalties sent them out of the reckoning . |
| 28 | Then I felt my sleeve being tugged downwards and my feet swept from under me and suddenly I was lying next to Werewolf . |
| 29 | Note that a ten-fold higher amount of Dcm/Cys177Ser was used relative to Dcm. [ cpm ] : counts per minute . |
| 30 | Mr Jack Meredith , chairman of the AMA 's public transport committee , said that while bus patronage was declining prior to deregulation , the Tyson report showed that the fall in journeys was between 100 and 200 million more than would have been expected . |