Example sentences of "were [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is one of the many strengths of Coetzee 's work that he recognizes the disruptive potential of the new organizations , but he concludes that ultimately they were of benefit to the Conservatives . |
| 2 | Two aspects of Wimpey Construction 's business were of benefit to us . |
| 3 | Mothers were generally confident enough about the product not to show much spontaneous concern , but these characteristics were of significance to them . |
| 4 | The Committee concluded , however , that whilst these factors were of relevance to sentencing , it was less clear that they could form an appropriate basis for distinguishing one offence from another . |
| 5 | At the outset , five hypotheses were selected prospectively on the grounds that they were refutable within the context of the study design , that they were of relevance to current duodenal ulcer research , or that they were of potential importance for both ulcer healing and ulcer recurrence . |
| 6 | And it concentrated on the famous sites , the ones that amused the excursionists — while ignoring the thousands of lesser earthworks that were of value to the scientific archaeologist . |
| 7 | Not , of course , that such things were of interest to me . |
| 8 | Those illustrations were like admission to someone else 's dreams — at times glowing with visionary fire , at others the pitchblende hallucinations of a tormented mind . |
| 9 | He was itching to get further inside and check on Ari , yet appreciated Quincx 's robots were like children to the man . |
| 10 | They were like children to him . |
| 11 | They were like beacons to those that preyed on them . |
| 12 | It 's been estimated again that almost half of all Chinese peasants were in debt to the money lenders . |
| 13 | Announcing the figures , Environment Minister David Trippier claimed that heavy rains were in part to blame for overloading coastal sewage treatment systems , while the preceding drought meant that a higher density of sewage bacteria had been carried in rivers . |
| 14 | The letters were in response to a decision by ambulance workers to refuse all calls from controllers for 24 hours on New Year 's Eve . |
| 15 | The arrests were in response to these demands , the radio said . |
| 16 | As Paris et al performed their measurements by instant manometry using the solid or liquid bolus , the difference between their results and ours is entirely attributable to the positive effect of the arrival of the liquid or solid bolus in the segment of colon in their studies , while in our patients the propulsive waves were in response to the contents of the colonic segment at the time . |
| 17 | The recent merger proposals were in response to the Secretary of State 's consultation paper on the future of tourism in Scotland . |
| 18 | These were in contrast to upland permanent pasture , where arable farming could only be undertaken infrequently , in special circumstances . |
| 19 | He turned her hand over , palm uppermost , and she could n't help noticing how strong and tanned his fingers were in contrast to her own . |
| 20 | The two new prisons were in addition to the eight new ones opened since 1985 and another 18 at various stages of completion . |
| 21 | These were in addition to the eleven then occupied by the lessees oil a 21 year term at a gross rental of £27 : 10s. a year . |
| 22 | Several of the Feltham type cars were in use to the end and were driven to the demolition site at Penhall Road , temporarily , while awaiting transport to Leeds . |
| 23 | Of course , our bodily forms and somewhat disorganized working systems were in contradiction to their understanding of the correct codes of policing . |
| 24 | ‘ According to the witnesses we have consulted , it seems likely that the growth expectations set forth in the Second National Plan ( 1954–57 ) were in contradiction to the conventional wisdom at the beginning of the 1950s , which expected that only low rates of growth were possible … |
| 25 | The contemporary debate on energy policy and the sales effort of the Boards concentrated on the domestic sector , though two-thirds of electricity sales were in fact to other consumers ; industry , commerce , transport and farms . |
| 26 | She also had severe perceptual problems and found it hard to recognize the different parts of her body or to know where objects were in relation to herself . |
| 27 | Then one could spin it round when news , travel or holiday programmes on radio and television specify certain places and you could see where they were in relation to Britain and the rest of the world . |
| 28 | Again it depends on how many large carnivores there were in relation to the herbivores . |
| 29 | Sorry chair my comments were in relation to the West Yorkshire greenbelt of course . |
| 30 | Among the senior naval officers with Scottish political interests some were in opposition to the Administration , and one at least , Admiral Lord Keith , because of the importance of the commands which he held , was able to utilise naval patronage to sustain the political interest of the Elphinstone family of which he was a member . |