Example sentences of "[was/were] attach to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small number of us who were attached to the building itself either retired or were offered work elsewhere with the authority . |
| 2 | He was one of my friends of the French Commando who were attached to No. 4 Commando . |
| 3 | The time of Godunov has already begun , when the peasants were attached to the landowners . |
| 4 | Consequently no clearly visible political strings were attached to relief operations there . |
| 5 | We were given three weeks to make ready and our curiosity was heightened when four American cypher sergeants from Headquarters Squadron , Middle East US Forces , were attached to our unit . |
| 6 | Most brachiopods were attached to the substrate by a stalk , and the hole through which the stalk entered the shell can often be seen on the fossils . |
| 7 | There may have been some species which were attached to floating seaweed . |
| 8 | Although most brachiopods were attached to a firm substrate by a stalk which emerges through a hole in the pointed end of the animal , there are some in the fossil record in which there is no opening for such a stalk . |
| 9 | Some experts maintain that these molluscs were able to swim in the open ocean , or that they were attached to floating seaweed : some such mechanism has to be invoked to explain how these bivalves came into an environment that lacked bottom-living animals . |
| 10 | These hauling and balance ropes were attached to the tanks through ‘ cataract ’ cylinders which were hydraulically interconnected . |
| 11 | The two bombs were attached to the hull of the Rainbow Warrior , berthed at Marsden Wharf , at around 8.30 p.m. and at about 9.30 p.m. a man wearing a red woollen hat was seen abandoning a Zodiac dinghy near the Outboard Boating Club in Hobson 's Bay and then climbing up the embankment to Tamaki Drive where he was picked up and driven off in a camper van . |
| 12 | As we have seen , the SAS came under the orders of the Commander-in-Chief , but were attached to the Eighth Army for immediate operational control . |
| 13 | It is hoped that appropriate qualifiers were attached to the data . |
| 14 | Miss Tylee 's courtesy was unfailing — she was a neatly dressed lady who wore a velvet neckband and her ‘ pince-nez ’ or pinchers as we called them were attached to a thin gold necklet , ready to be placed at the end of her nose when she was searching for something required by her customers . |
| 15 | Two saloons were attached to a morning train from Llandudno and an evening train from Manchester . |
| 16 | Dining cars were attached to each train . |
| 17 | Research by other scientists showed that birds spent more time on the nest and laid more eggs when peckable objects were attached to the wall beside it . |
| 18 | Many observers from national radio societies were attached to official delegations and , according to the W5Y1 Report , more than 100 radio amateurs from about 40 countries were among the delegates , clearly demonstrating how an early interest in amateur radio can lead to success in a telecommunications career . |
| 19 | Imitation white cuffs were attached to the ends of the jacket sleeves .. |
| 20 | Many of the grisliest stories about Nicu 's alleged brutal debauchery were attached to the gymnast , Nadia Comanecj , whom rumour had it that he claimed was ‘ state property ’ and that he even ripped out her nails for refusing his attentions . |
| 21 | In November 1941 they became 101 Troop of 6 Commando , with Lieutenant Smith in command , and were attached to the naval shore base HMS Lynx , from which they operated , with MTBs , submarines , or other carriers taking them to the area of their target beaches . |
| 22 | The bright red benches were attached to the ground by bolts set in concrete . |
| 23 | To help sort things out , little comments such as ‘ sincere/wet ’ , ‘ overzealous ’ , and ‘ pompous ’ were attached to the more promising applications . |
| 24 | Passenger saloons built by the GNR were attached to these power units to form articulated railcars , a speciality of Walkers , which greatly reduced noise and vibration levels for passengers . |
| 25 | On the one hand , there were those who , once the prospect of redundancy had been raised , were reconciled to early retirement and to a greater or lesser extent relieved at leaving work , although they were attached to their employer and would not in all probability have left prematurely of their own volition . |
| 26 | He emerged from a culture in which positive values were attached to sport and , in a black perspective , for good reasons — that was where other blacks were making it . |
| 27 | Fibreglass wheel pants were moulded and fitted to the landing gears and fake cowl flaps were attached to a re-worked AT–6 cowling . |
| 28 | The busy galleries were attached to the ribs of the leviathan . |
| 29 | By these means all officials , whether they were attached to lawcourts , the Privy Council , the Privy Seal , the Signet , or the Ordnance , accumulated substantial revenues . |
| 30 | In the afternoon , during the winter months , I played football for one of the local junior teams , The Blues or BAAC , who were attached to one of the two rowing clubs in the area just to confuse you ) . |