Example sentences of "was [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This effect was dur to the shorter MCTT after miglitol ( 107 ( 14 ) minutes ) as well as after acarbose ( 106 ( 13 ) ) in comparison with placebo ( 139 ( 18 ) minutes ) ( paired t =2.16 , p=0.023 and paired t =1.98 , p=0.032 respectively ) . |
| 2 | Maybe I said things I should not have done — it was over-reaction to the fact we lost two points we probably deserved , and to the manner they were lost . ’ |
| 3 | Woodville had seized £10,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 4 | Woodville had seized £1O,250 in English gold coin from the vessel on the grounds that it was forfeit to the crown , and by the indenture bound himself to give the patron its value in English merchandise if that proved not to be the case . |
| 5 | Nurse was link to Ward 4 deaths , says QC |
| 6 | At the end of the fifteenth century , one enterprising family realised there was money to be made from all the foreign merchants , and turned their house into sort of prototype stock exchange . |
| 7 | Simply , there was money to be made in research and development ( both public and private ) in these strongly growing economies . |
| 8 | The BBC recognised early on that there was money to be made from selling archive programmes on video . |
| 9 | There was money to be made out of the destruction of pests in a country place . |
| 10 | I was a rich man now , but what use was money to me ? |
| 11 | Even when the recession hit there was money to be made from liquidations and restructurings. is Britain 's largest law firm and occupies a plush new building in the city . |
| 12 | Still , it was a growing market and there was money to be made there somewhere by somebody . |
| 13 | On the other hand , there may obviously be cases where the plaintiff establishes a prima facie case by proving that he suffered damage from acts done in combination by the defendants the natural and probable outcome of which was damage to him . |
| 14 | ‘ That was damage to the churn . ’ |
| 15 | This could arise if an aircraft crashed and there was damage to houses in the area . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Duly a lease was issued to the satisfaction of the Lady of the Manor and partners John Taylor and William Richardson of Butterston in Staffordshire , who was clerk to the Grassington Mines . |
| 19 | They showed not only that for most elderly people the costs of community care were considerably lower than those of institutional care ( and that home care would therefore remain cost-effective for many even if service provision were greatly increased , when the alternative was admission to an institution ) , but also that community care was not necessarily cheaper , and that there were some elderly people for whom institutional care would be less expensive ( though not necessarily to be advocated solely on that account ) . |
| 20 | Gregorio was apprentice to Bernini , and — ’ |
| 21 | Grasmere was paradise to him and he settled here for several years at Dove cottage ( which is open to the public ) . |
| 22 | Christina Muir : ‘ Coming from a small boarding school evacuated and decimated by the war it was paradise to be with girls with intellectual interests . |
| 23 | Before the law received Royal Assent there was resistance to its implementation . |
| 24 | The fact that there was resistance to these proposals was entirely predictable . |
| 25 | In practice there was resistance to the levying of the first instalment and collection proved increasingly difficult . |
| 26 | Yes , he was very quick , as Cadfael had realized , paradox was pleasure to him . |
| 27 | It was enemy to the world , yet the world knew nothing of it ! |
| 28 | It was love that kept me going ; it was ambition to be a poet that fuelled Dana 's labour and yoked it with mine . |
| 29 | He began life with strong connections with the Caroline Church : his father was half-brother to Archbishop William Laud [ q.v . ] . |
| 30 | I was dumbstruck to be honest . |