Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The brief period of time in which the words were presented to the subject in our experiment , however , limited the kinds of words that could be used as stimuli . |
| 2 | Precisely because the composition of phonolexical sets can not be specified on phonological grounds , it is difficult to find a principled way of specifying the lexical input to the variable ( u ) ; eventually eighteen words were assigned to the set simply on the basis of observation . |
| 3 | But since on this occasion the words were dictated to the child it is more likely to be the child 's efforts to repeat the sound to herself and to write down her idea of a phonic equivalent . |
| 4 | Problems relating to Châteauroux and other lands in dispute in Berry and Auvergne were referred to a panel of arbitrators ; Richard was to marry Alice ; finally both Louis and Henry agreed to go on crusade and , in the meantime , made a mutual non-aggression pact . |
| 5 | The membrane vesicles were added to the assay buffer containing 20mM HEPES/arginine , pH7.4 , 5% sucrose , 0.5mMDTT , 30μM neutral red , 1μM trifluoromethoxycarbonylcyanide phenylhydrazone and with or without 400nM calmodulin to make up a total volume of 2ml and a concentration of 0.5mg protein per ml . |
| 6 | Backstage at the Brixton Academy two fans were kicked to the ground while attempting to gain admittance to the dressing room . |
| 7 | Her legs were curled to the side , slender with dainty ankles curving to small , arched feet . |
| 8 | How far Marx and Engels were wedded to the idea is not clear and Engels did note that this sequence did not apply to the New World . |
| 9 | About 60 children aged 10–12 from 16 schools were invited to the University of East Anglia for a Paint investigation day , organised by Dr J. Nicholson of the School of chemical Sciences , UEA , and supported by ICI Paints Division with a donation of paint materials . |
| 10 | Mr Orange warned that the costs involved in addressing environmental pressures on the worldwide oil industry were rising to a point where they would soon equal revenues . |
| 11 | When the state took over recruitment under the Military Service Acts , the party continued to be involved : many agents were transferred to the army , where they continued to do the same job , and many party offices were lent to the government as recruitment centres . |
| 12 | In 1786 the city 's administrative offices were transferred to the Palazzo del Carmagnoli — which instantly became know as the Broletto Nuovissino , the very new Broletto ! |
| 13 | As the first group of pulses were directed to the satellite high above the Indian Ocean , mixed up with all the other transmissions going out to the Far East , they were snatched out of the ether by the NSA 's giant aerials at Morwenstow 60 miles up the coast to the east of Goonhilly , and compared with the watch lists of ‘ interesting ’ numbers on their computer memories . |
| 14 | All hand written domiciliary prescriptions were transferred to the computer and recorded in the study . |
| 15 | Papers produced by Rudolf Schaffer summarising the results of the YPS programme and by Harry McGurk discussing design possibilities for the longitudinal study were circulated to the research community and comments were invited on how the initiative should be developed . |
| 16 | Plasma prorenin concentrations were related to the degree of retinopathy before active treatment ( r '=0.51 , p=0.026 ; n=21 ) . |
| 17 | After dinner , all six finalists were treated to an evening at the West End award-winning musical The Forbidden Planet and each of them took home a Supersoft goodie bag , full of luxurious styling and finishing products from the range . |
| 18 | Towards the end of the Christmas term 1990 , the staff of the Modern Languages Department were invited to a buffet dinner in Crescent House by Professor Noel Thomas , who was retiring after some 25 years as a member — and for much of that period a key member — of the Department . |
| 19 | His pal May and Atkins also deejayed on the show , playing an electric mix of house and European electronic music they 'd got into in high school when all the other kids were listening to the Gap Band and Prince . |
| 20 | Burning car : Fire fighters were called to a car on fire at Hillside Avenue , Middlesbrough . |
| 21 | The ladders were bracketted to the side of the shaft or to woodwork . |
| 22 | The parade of Ing C Olivetti & Co SpA managers should finally be concluded , says a report in La Repubblica , after the Milan judges interrogated Antonio Garrani , Daniele Mosca and Carlo Lombardoni last week : the three confirmed that other bribes for the supply of computers were paid to the Ministry of Justice through the administrator of a quasi-governmental agency . |
| 23 | During December 1989 new heads were appointed to the NVA , the Navy and the Air Force . |
| 24 | Even from this distance Mungo also noticed that their heads were shaved to a line well above the ears , like medieval monks . |
| 25 | Also , ‘ for the first time since 1906 union funds were exposed to the threat of damages claims if official support was even to action which was no longer immune ’ . |
| 26 | Many long-standing personal crises were brought to a head because of the existence of CHE . |
| 27 | Although displaced by 70 seaters in the Bexley area , the 60 seaters were retained to the end in the Croydon area , Nos. 64–93 and latterly all of the 489–493 batch . |
| 28 | Det Chief Insp George Brown , who is leading the police operation , said calls were still coming in after the pictures were released to the press and shown on BBC 's Crimewatch UK . |
| 29 | In all , a record 1,387 entries were submitted to the Editing for Industry Awards coming from throughout the United Kingdom , Europe , Africa , India , South east Asia and the United States . |
| 30 | In 1985 the Star , Guardian , Observer , Mail on Sunday , Sunday Mirror , Coventry Evening Telegraph , Lancashire Evening Post , Lancaster Guardian and Middlesex Chronicle were added to the sample . |