Example sentences of "was [verb] to [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time the oil was replenished to at least the original amount . |
| 2 | Take Boris Yeltsin 's description of the official dacha he was treated to on joining the Soviet politburo in 1985 : |
| 3 | The Groves were an old West Country family , among whom Miss Phillipa was referred to as ‘ Aunt Grove ’ . |
| 4 | Port Salut is a washed rind cheese of a fairly mild flavour , originally made by Trappist monks when it was referred to as Port du Salut . |
| 5 | In Wales , Caerphilly was referred to as ‘ new cheese ’ , as it could be ready for sale within ten days of making . |
| 6 | Brentford has a colourful history , its Market and Fair being recorded at the beginning of the fourteenth century , when the area was referred to as ‘ the Manor of Bratnford ’ . |
| 7 | Eventually the day consecrated by the Romans to the sun was identified with the Jewish first day , and given a Christian interpretation where Christ was referred to as the ‘ Sun of Righteousness ’ . |
| 8 | His fielding was also , to put it mildly , pedestrian , and for many years , in local club cricket , a leisurely single to a none-too-agile mid-on was referred to as ‘ One to Sir Julien ’ ! |
| 9 | He was about to explain , how a whoremaster in Glasgow slang , was referred to as a stickman , when Winnie said , ‘ I think I understand . ’ |
| 10 | In those days , the model was referred to as the Saber and boasted one of the thinnest necks around . |
| 11 | Anne 's ex was referred to as Captain Phillips and her children — unlike all the other young royals — are untitled despite being the Queen 's eldest grandchildren . |
| 12 | He used to be in the board meeting with us , and was referred to as the ‘ sleeping partner ’ by the directors ! ’ |
| 13 | Time , in Frederick Bissett 's private world , the world of H3 , was referred to as a ‘ shake ’ . |
| 14 | What Americans came to call ‘ the movies ’ and what in Britain was referred to as ‘ the pictures ’ had emerged out of a complex and distinctive metropolitan and urban culture which was very much achieving its quiddity as the nineteenth century came to a close . |
| 15 | What was referred to as the ‘ second kind of discrimination in West Belfast ’ i.e. discrimination against women was a recurring theme . |
| 16 | The room in which we lunched was referred to as the ‘ salon ’ . |
| 17 | The house in Long Island was referred to as Xanadu in the specialized trade that supplied her . |
| 18 | ‘ I always found it very funny when I was referred to as Mr Laura Ashley , especially as I hated my own name , Bernard . ’ |
| 19 | It consisted of a stage , a small open space which was referred to as the dance floor , and a bar selling a limited selection of alcoholic drinks in plastic beakers . |
| 20 | In later work it was referred to as a " contiguity factor . " |
| 21 | Scarborough , adequate flexibility of land supply , that 's a quote , it was referred to as a reason for greatly increasing the allocation above that which emerged from the er statistical work , paragraph seventy six of N Y seven and erm in Selby 's case erm , land potentially available is recognized to be an important consideration , paragraph seventy eight of N Y seven . |
| 22 | In a manifesto published in the Co-operative paper Reynolds News on 20 March 1938 , this projected coalition was referred to as the " United Peace Alliance " . |
| 23 | Occasionally he was referred to by those who saw him at services as ‘ the old canon ’ though he was much the youngest of the canons . |
| 24 | This bond was referred to by Pavlov as ‘ unconditional ’ meaning innate and not dependent on previous learning . |
| 25 | He believed that this was referred to by Geoffrey of Monmouth in the twelfth century . |
| 26 | All the library schools were mentioned , but CLW ( College of Librarianship Wales ) in particular was referred to by almost half of the authorities mentioning library schools , as providing on-site courses , as requested — and in total making a significant contribution to training in the Welsh county libraries , and some neighbouring authorities , e.g. : ‘ Up to 50% of our courses held annually are arranged by ( CLW ) or contributed into ’ . |
| 27 | The radio was referred to by Governor Rimi 's opponents as ‘ Radio Rimi ’ . |
| 28 | She and Giancarlo sat at a table with a distinguished-looking woman in her fifties , whose name Constance could not remember but who was referred to by everyone as Contessa , and her son , Pino , who laughed a lot and told Constance anecdotes about the other guests . |
| 29 | The global restructuring of capital was referred to by another participant . |
| 30 | In developing his argument that the taxpayer was exploiting property assets which were only capable of use abroad Mr. Park sought to draw an analogy between letting a property which was referred to by Lord Bridge in the Hang Seng Bank case [ 1991 ] 1 A.C. 306 , 323 , and licensing of intellectual property rights . |