Example sentences of "was [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last published pay figure for a governor of the Bank of England was £198,546 to Mr Leigh-Pemberton for the year ending February 28 , 1992 . |
| 2 | Nurse was link to Ward 4 deaths , says QC |
| 3 | This could arise if an aircraft crashed and there was damage to houses in the area . |
| 4 | Mr Mellish said it was believed relatively small explosive devices were used and the aim of the bombers was damage to property and to achieve publicity , rather than to cause injuries . |
| 5 | The storm also caused a landslide in the Tywyn and Bryncrug area of South Meirionnydd , where there was damage to property and part of the track of the narrow gauge Tal y Llyn Railway . |
| 6 | It was 9in to 10in long and it had a jagged edge like a saw blade . ’ |
| 7 | Gregorio was apprentice to Bernini , and — ’ |
| 8 | Again , it was thanks to people in the industry who were prepared to spend hours arguing in the committee rooms of Brussels that common sense prevailed . |
| 9 | For instance , they discovered how useful honey was in the treatment of wounds and it was thanks to people 's participation that the best ways of applying it to particular kinds of wounds were developed . |
| 10 | Well I think what came out of it firstly , was thanks to people like you , a tremendous amount of publicity for a problem that is certainly not a new one , one that has been going on for many many years . |
| 11 | He began life with strong connections with the Caroline Church : his father was half-brother to Archbishop William Laud [ q.v . ] . |
| 12 | Within North Yemen there was opposition to unification among some militant Moslem Brotherhood groups , on the grounds that the Islamic basis of legislation in the Moslem north could be undermined by the " pagan-dominated " Marxist southern Yemen Socialist Party ( YSP ) . |
| 13 | The most influential philosopher to think about the problem of the ownership of empty land , John Locke , served as a secretary and adviser to yet another of the courtier-backed expansion schemes of Charles II 's reign ; he was agent to Lord Ashley , who later on as Lord Shaftesbury became a famous Whig leader but in 1663 was a well-placed courtier and one of a group who got a charter for a colony south of Virginia to be called Carolina . |
| 14 | However , on three occasions I was witness to CAMRA members complaining loudly that they should not have to queue as long as non-members to get in , or that only CAMRA members should be allowed to attend . |
| 15 | Last year he was coach to Oxford . |
| 16 | Since becoming MP for Surrey South West in 1983 Mrs Bottomley has moved through the Department of Education and Science , where she was PPS to Mr Chris Patten , to the Ministry for Overseas Development and the Foreign Office . |
| 17 | Another West Indian , Ezra Moseley , was second to Pringle in the bowling averages . |
| 18 | Davidson , who was second to Richard Meade at Badminton 10 years ago on J J Babu , is among riders from 10 overseas countries taking on the British . |
| 19 | All Harry had to do was return to Swindon and await her word . |
| 20 | Currently she was Gertrude to Charsky 's Claudius . |
| 21 | ‘ His name is Hung Mien-lo and he was Chancellor to Wang Ta-hung before his recent death . ’ |
| 22 | It had been a long day for our guests , as they had left La Loupe at 1Opm on the Friday evening , so it was home to bed for a good night 's sleep , ready for a full day exploring on the Sunday . |
| 23 | CUMNOR PLACE WAS HOME TO DUDLEY , AND TO AMY ROBERTS . |
| 24 | And then she was home to Lisbeg . |
| 25 | He was home to lunch . |
| 26 | The Imperial Hotel in Darlington booked acts like the Jimi Hendrix Experience and Club A'Gogo on the site of the old Handyside Arcade in Percy Street , Newcastle was home to Geordie heroes The Animals . |
| 27 | Ironically AMS was home to Neuron Data competitor Visix Software Inc until Visix was spun out as a separate concern back in 1988 . |
| 28 | However , the main gur season was January to February , when up to 50% of households possessed gur . |
| 29 | I think it was February to April . |
| 30 | One strategy added by teachers was reference to curriculum publications , for example , the DES document The School Curriculum ( DES , 1981 ) , in connection with their review . |