Example sentences of "was [noun sg] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This effect was dur to the shorter MCTT after miglitol ( 107 ( 14 ) minutes ) as well as after acarbose ( 106 ( 13 ) ) in comparison with placebo ( 139 ( 18 ) minutes ) ( paired t =2.16 , p=0.023 and paired t =1.98 , p=0.032 respectively ) . |
| 2 | There was opposition to the existing CET tariff rates which ranged from zero to 45 per cent , with Jamaica proposing new rates ranging between 5 and 20 per cent and the seven-country Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) arguing for rates ranging from zero to 30 per cent . |
| 3 | A key material issue in Central Asia was opposition to the Russian seizure of the historic lands of minority peoples . |
| 4 | The memorial service at St Helen 's Bishopsgate , when 200 or more gathered , was witness to the wide circle of his interest and special gift of making and keeping friendships alive and fresh . |
| 5 | I 've spent 13 years travelling the world with badminton — I was coach to the Australian side at the last World Championships — and it will be nice to spend some time at home . |
| 6 | Northamptonshire was home to the 8th Air Force from 1942–1945 at seven airfields in the County . |
| 7 | Strathclyde was home to the largest number , followed closely by Lothian and Tayside . |
| 8 | But Felix Road was n't in the main town , nor yet on the outskirts ; it was situated to the north of the city and gave its name to the acres of housing that was home to the poor , the destitute , and the dregs of humanity . |
| 9 | In Weymouth , one of the casualties was the Toc H building , which amongst other things was home to the local deaf club . |
| 10 | You What some you were erm , erm , put off by there , was the fact that these senses , I referred to just by their noun , like smell and touch , and you did n't recognise there , was reference to the whole sense . |
| 11 | In 1977 , his playboy brother Nigel plunged to his death in his car on a mountain road in South of France — and David was heir to the multi-million empire then run by his father Cecil . |
| 12 | He was nephew to the unfortunate Admiral John Byng [ q.v. ] , who was executed in 1757 . |
| 13 | What a growing part of agriculture all over the world had in common was subjection to the industrial world economy . |
| 14 | The Professor was advisor to the Tory dominated Transport Committee , and he 's convinced the sell off will be a turn off . |
| 15 | Due either to age or lack of an appropriate patron , he held no central office again until 1668–9 , when he was secretary to the public accounts committee , the body charged with investigating whether financial malpractice had contributed to the naval disaster at the end of the second Dutch war . |
| 16 | She was secretary to the Conservative agent in Darlington for 17 years . |
| 17 | Her disenchantment with the Foreign Office , already evident over Rhodesia and the EEC , came to a head during the Falklands War and she brought in Sir Anthony Parsons ( who had impressed her during the war when he was ambassador to the United Nations ) to advise on foreign affairs and appointed Roger Jackling to advise on defence . |
| 18 | That the angel Gabriel was bawd to the Holy Ghost , because he brought the salutation to Mary . |
| 19 | That the angel Gabriel was bawd to the Holy Ghost , because he brought the salutation to Mary . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister could strengthen her growing reputation as a tough , determined champion of British national interests , one whose role in the transatlantic alliance was testimony to the growing influence of her nation after decades of consistent decline . |
| 21 | In October Tacoma was host to the first North American conference on needle exchanges ; the participants studied European programmes , including one in Wales where the chemist 's department of a supermarket serves as a needle-exchange centre . |
| 22 | Malc was still struggling to revive our ailing business , leaving me to travel alone and , despite my well-earned local reputation for purity — ‘ The only place Marti Caine performs is on stage ’ — I was prey to the occasional foreign wolf . |
| 23 | As well as being an ideal wife and mother , and a symbol of social reform , she also represented a strong Western influence which was anathema to the Shiite clergy and to many ordinary , conservative Iranians . |
| 24 | This was anathema to the predominant mentality of the time , and a stark contrast to the later argument of Job Throckmorton [ q.v. ] that Parliament had full competence in the matter . |
| 25 | It was goodbye to the last vestiges of pre-war LMS and LNER designs , and even the slam-door concept that the Southern Railway bequeathed to its nationalised successor was displaced from many important commuter routes . |
| 26 | On 6th January 1872 , a committee appointed by the local government board attended a meeting of the Guardians , and there was agreement to the joint enterprise ; a letter from Mr. J. T. Wing enclosing a rough plan for a smallpox hospital to accommodate 24 patients at an estimated cost of £300 was also considered . |
| 27 | Four years later , as I mentioned above , I was party to the same fear at Bramshill , in relation to the use of the Nato sweater . |
| 28 | Catholics were rebels who only wanted to destroy not only Northern Ireland but also the Protestant nature of the rest of the British Isles and the only thing which maintained civil liberties was adherence to the Protestant faith . |