Example sentences of "was [adv] [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This clause was expressly agreed to by the shipper-consignor and the carrier at the moment of issuance of the CKR and to be effective had to be noted in the original or master bill of lading . |
| 2 | He was presumably known to at least some of his fellow members — who themselves became foundation members of the Veterinary College — in particular the Duke of Northumberland , first president of the College ; Granville Penn , active in the establishment of the College , who became a member of the Society of Arts in 1788 and was in 1791 a steward ; the Earl of Morton ( one of Vial 's patrons ) ; Thomas Pitt FSA , subsequently to be one of the most assiduous attenders of meetings of the College governors , and last , but not least , Arthur Young , a member of the Society of Arts since 1769 . |
| 3 | It would n't surprise me to hear it was locally referred to as the sugar sifter ( a metaphor at last ! ) , one of those useless gadgets dispensing too little or too much in cheap cafés . |
| 4 | The Soviet Union decided to endorse the expulsion of Escalante : Castro was henceforth referred to as ‘ comrade ’ and Cuba 's place in the Soviet bloc was officially acknowledged when it was listed along with the other ’ socialist' states in the traditional May Day slogans . |
| 5 | When the County School had moved to the Oxford side of the town in 1930 , generous provision of land had been made and that was prudently added to over the years . |
| 6 | In themselves they were by no means new — they were indeed centuries old — but they constituted a direct challenge to the rather abstract and clear-cut penal theory which was much subscribed to on both sides of the Atlantic , and to this extent also reflected something of the atmosphere of the new age . |
| 7 | In other words , Bukharin was cautiously calling for curbs on Stalin 's power , even if he was not referred to by name . |
| 8 | Section 2(3) was not referred to in the judgment in J. Barber & Sons v. |
| 9 | If such information was not attended to in the judgment phase then it is possible that when it is seen in the recognition phase it will be noticed for the first time . |
| 10 | However , the rights in all of the components of 's original work that was not provided to by , including but not limited to , curricular text , sound , graphics , screen design and layout incorporated in the Licensed Products remains with . |
| 11 | Fourthly , that the matter was not adverted to at all . |
| 12 | It was significant that the Official Secrets Act — the use of which would have been fatal to the publication — was not resorted to by the government . |
| 13 | Lhote , who had already established a certain independent reputation , mixed cautiously in Cubist circles , but from 1911 onwards was generally referred to as a Cubist , although his somewhat academic style often gained him exemption from the unfavourable criticism directed at the other painters . |
| 14 | In Bedfordshire , the earlier agreement over the Board 's assumption of providing powers for Chapter III courses in the rural areas was undeviatingly adhered to by Plaskitt , the university 's resident tutor . |
| 15 | It was what would be shown on the screens of the new theatres that would ultimately determine what was always referred to as ‘ the tone ’ of the movies as a social custom . |
| 16 | For some reason he was always referred to as " The Threarah " — perhaps because there happened to be only one threar , or rowan , near the warren , from which he took his name . |
| 17 | Philip 's father had served in the Irish Guards in the First World War , and was always referred to by his rank . |
| 18 | Although I have read only a summary of the one-day debate and not the full text of all the speeches , I believe that my impression is correct that the British hesitation over the two key areas was hardly referred to at all . |
| 19 | Hepatitis B was formerly referred to as ‘ serum hepatitis ’ because percutaneous exposure to contaminated blood has long been recognized as a major mode of transmission ; and cases of hepatitis B from blood transfusion , needlesticks , and sharing contaminated needles among drug abusers have been well documented . |
| 20 | " Problem solving " was also referred to as a more global idea , or a process which prompts active thought rather than a question designed to initiate rote-learning techniques . |
| 21 | That point enables me to raise with the Minister the matter of aid to mining areas , which was also referred to by my hon. Friend the Member for Hemsworth . |
| 22 | This was also adverted to by the county surveyor in a letter dated 7 February 1983 to Mr. Page , the borough engineer . |
| 23 | I was also spoken to by the Chief Whip who reiterated that the majority of the party were for Alec . |
| 24 | The establishment of an interstate bank to co-ordinate fiscal policy in the rouble zone was also agreed to in principle by six member states — Byelarus , Russia , Kirgizstan , Uzbekistan , Kazakhstan and Armenia . |
| 25 | The two-tier principle was strictly adhered to in the 1972 Act even when there seemed little justification for it in particular circumstances . |
| 26 | The definition of ‘ consecutive ’ or ‘ non-selected ’ asthmatics was strictly adhered to by excluding from the study all those referred for investigation because of gastrointestinal signs or symptoms . |
| 27 | From 1968 onwards Nicaragua was repeatedly referred to in the Reports of the Court to the General Assembly as a State that had accepted the compulsory jurisdiction of the Court , and the United Nations Secretariat had made similar listings . |
| 28 | When first introduced into Europe in the 14th century , sugar was reverently referred to as ‘ white gold ’ , and commanded a market price equal to that of silver . |
| 29 | During the UDI ( Unilateral Declaration of Independence ) years there was little love lost between the Smith regime and the university — indeed it was often referred to as ‘ the Kremlin on the hill ’ . |
| 30 | Because it was so small — no more than a Hamlet — it was often referred to as ‘ Little Sutton ’ . |