Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [be] [adj] to [noun pl] " in BNC.

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1 These authors considered that the antiplatelet action observed was unrelated to effects on glycaemic control as the two effects were dissociated in time ( Poari et al , 1979 ) .
2 As the world warmed , the global sea level rose at rates which certainly were without parallel in the last 100,000 years , but until this month no continuous record of this sea-level change had been available to scientists .
3 In the GLC case , which was the last in which a cinema film had been subject to charges of indecency , Lord Justice Bridge agreed with Lord Denning that the common-law test still applied to films , but went on :
4 Margaret had been close to tears as she 'd responded to her elder daughter 's terse demand for further information — a phenomenon in itself , as Gina knew her mother rarely allowed emotion to disturb the still beautiful contours of her face .
5 Already Hodai was starting to adopt the mannerisms which Rostov supposed were common to teachers everywhere .
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