Example sentences of "was [adj] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , potency was preferable to impotence . |
| 2 | There was n't much on the box , but that night it was preferable to conversation . |
| 3 | But it was preferable to Orange . |
| 4 | Even some ILEA officials agreed that abolition was preferable to attrition . |
| 5 | Rostov knew that he did not believe that his failure to resolve matters with Alexei was due to karma , or fate , any more than Yuan did . |
| 6 | Similarly some measure of Pakistan 's eventual triumph was due to Imran Khan 's unconventional tactics and the confidence which he demonstrated in his leg-spinner Mushtaq Ahmed by slotting him into his team 's battle plan at an early stage of proceedings . |
| 7 | One of the most comprehensive studies of the results of randomization trials that has been reported was due to Kaimann . |
| 8 | The rapid expansion was due to development of the country 's mineral resources , dominated by diamonds ( which contributed over 84 per cent of export earnings ) and the beef industry ( which accounts for most of agriculture 's 3 per cent contribution to GDP ) . |
| 9 | Cleveland coroner Michael Sheffield said death was due to drowning and recorded an open verdict . |
| 10 | Consultant pathologist Dr Brian Rogers said that death was due to drowning . |
| 11 | It would be nice to know who these nobles were ; or even to know whether the chronicler 's choice of phrase was due to ignorance or a desire for brevity or for the sake of discretion . |
| 12 | While he did not exactly oppose this suggestion , he added , somewhat enigmatically , that he believed Liza 's trouble was due to circumstances quite beyond her control and that she needed the help not so much of a specialist but a sympathetic friend personally acquainted with her predicament . |
| 13 | The remainder was due to clearance for cultivation and pasture . |
| 14 | I imagine that Eliot 's early admiration , if that was not too strong a word , was due to Berdyaev 's excellent little book on the Russian Revolution ; a movement of which four years ' personal experience was enough to dispel early hopes . |
| 15 | The high figure from the farm was due to government support and this might fall in the near future . |
| 16 | Whether this was due to Wilko 's tactics I do nt know , but noone ever looked to get behind their defence … noone was making darting runs across and behind . |
| 17 | At the time , I decided that the slight tremor as he placed two cups on his office desk was due to nervousness at giving his first national magazine interview . |
| 18 | A post-mortem examination revealed that death was due to hanging . |
| 19 | It was due to scholars such as Lazarsfeld in providing a logic of social research which encouraged the making of the connection between research problems in biology , particularly eugenics , which had stimulated the development of inductive statistics , and those of social research . |
| 20 | Most of this was due to PR work from the financial side of the company , Lowe Bell Financial , which has been bought out by management since the period end . |
| 21 | Although it is sometimes difficult to decide how an objective can be measured , an obvious objective can be cited in terms of increased sales , although it is sometimes difficult to determine whether such an increase in sales was due to PR activity or to some other marketing activity . |
| 22 | Granada UK Rental chief executive Mr Wallace , based at the firm 's HQ in Bedford , said the closure programme was due to rationalisation . |
| 23 | She realised that Urquhart had neither the grace nor sensitivity to apologise and she wondered whether it was due to shyness or boorishness . |
| 24 | No doubt this was due to thoughts of loved ones , such as old parents , destined to die alone , amidst an apathetic people , of a savage regime . |
| 25 | If their activities are unsuccessful , only another professional can say whether this was due to incompetence or to the inevitable workings of nature or society by which even the most competent practitioner would have been stymied . |
| 26 | Whether that was due to incompetence or corruption , we shall never know , but we know that public assets were sold off cheaply to be sold on dear . |
| 27 | In his report , Coleman suggested that the ‘ prodigious loss of horses was due to expert advice not having been sought when the outbreak started ’ . |
| 28 | Now she understood his failure to add two and two and make the obvious four ; it was due to Simon doctoring the facts . |
| 29 | The sterling crisis was a natural consequence of trying to maintain domestic demand without import controls ; the investors ' strike was due to unease about the social changes , including the effects of rapid inflation , which it was feared would result from the government 's restoration of full employment . |
| 30 | Nicholas says his delayed return — he was released last Novemebr , but only came back to Britain a fortnight ago — was due to difficulties in getting back his passport from the Goan authorities . |