Example sentences of "[prep] [Wh det] [vb past] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Medieval times all the city 's most important public buildings were here , standing in a closed square linked with the rest of the city and reached only through one of six gates or vaults , each of which corresponded to a gate in the old city wall . |
| 2 | In an extensive reshuffle of the Supreme Military Council ( now composed principally of civilians ) on Oct. 14 , 1989 , President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo created three Ministries of State at the Presidency , one of which went to a newcomer to the Council , Alejandro Evuna Asangono . |
| 3 | Craig Luxton , a New Zealand-born scrum-half on the England periphery , rubbed salt into the self-inflicted wounds with a series of tap-penalties and darting thrusts , one of which led to a 90-metre break-out and a second try for Gavin Thompson — one of the game 's few high points . |
| 4 | I listened carefully to the hon. Gentleman 's remarks , the latter part of which related to a court case that has not yet been concluded , so it would be inappropriate and imprudent of me to comment on it now . |
| 5 | Scott J did not hint at the reason for such a conclusion , leaving one to speculate as to whether the continued liability of L1 derives from the fact that he is an original party to the lease and therefore subject to the continued liability imposed by the doctrine of privity of contract , or if the important fact is that it was L1 who granted the right of way ( to B ) the exercise of which amounted to a breach of covenant . |
| 6 | The severe military tribunals of War Communism for railway discipline were not disbanded until 1923 , so potential strikers could be discouraged by the threat of what amounted to a court martial . |
| 7 | Although trenches had been constructed on a limited scale in the Russo-Japanese War of 1904–5 , they became a significant factor in warfare only in World War I. By the end of 1914 , the conflict had developed into what amounted to a siege and both Allied and German soldiers dug trenches to protect themselves from enemy small-arms and machine-gun fire . |
| 8 | The court had heard how his wife Margaret had woken in their house at 3 a.m. to find her husband crouching over her bed with what amounted to a home made gas chamber . |
| 9 | As Fulbright presented it , in what amounted to a proclamation of American innocence and British guilt , the US had been had' by her allies ; and while this may not appear to be entirely convincing , Fulbright had picked up the importance of what Acheson had described as the danger of Ho Chi Minh 's ‘ direct communist connection ’ — and might , indeed , have gone further . |
| 10 | Zander later acknowledged that the decisions as to what amounted to a need for advice in each category were conservative , highly artificial and suitable only for research purposes , and he described the test as ‘ … necessarily crude and inadequate . ’ |
| 11 | A storm erupted when he was payed a reputed £2,250,000 for what amounted to a cameo appearance in Superman the Movie in 1979 . |
| 12 | The first-half , however , may be best remembered for what happened to a player who hardly touched the ball . |
| 13 | The dominion status declaration was made in October 1929 and met on the Congress side by what amounted to a demand that it take immediate effect . |