Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] [was/were] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The pulpit was to the side . |
| 2 | While there was a chancel and a holy table the chancel was not long and the table was not put against the east wall ; the pulpit was to the side , an unusual feature in Baptist Gothic buildings . |
| 3 | The kitchen was to the left of the hall ; Robyn could hear the bang of a cupboard door , smell the distinctive aroma of fresh coffee . |
| 4 | Sometimes you 'd maybe not get a steamer for maybe maybe six weeks if the wind was to the South East . |
| 5 | The site was to the west of , though some way from , a residential area . |
| 6 | These curves were concave to the origin : the nearer the curve was to the origin the higher the level of social welfare . |
| 7 | Just how important the station was to the life of the community can be gauged from the numerous stretches of approach road and land that were improved at the ratepayers ' expense — widened , often given pavements which look particularly incongruous leading from nowhere today , and lit with gas lamps . |
| 8 | One of the letters from the King was to the Pope , introducing an emissary who was to commit the King to abolish penal laws against Roman Catholics in England , to appoint a Roman Catholic Governor-General of Ireland and to admit Roman Catholic bishops to its Parliament . |
| 9 | The tomb was to the left , embedded in the earth , the great white tablet stretching out towards its open mouth . |
| 10 | Now these and similar comments would require careful scrutiny if the thrust of the argument were to the effect that Parliament could not have intended to establish an inquisitorial régime of this kind in relation to serious or complex fraud alone . |
| 11 | The tour was to the Worth Valley , via Blackburn , the Settle and Carlisle , Newcastle and Keighley . |
| 12 | ( S. ) 84 that the sentencer must consider the extent to which the offender 's presence in the country was to the detriment of the country , and the effect of the recommendation on the members of the offender 's family . |
| 13 | However , the general rule was that the closer , the more visible , or the more audible the learner was to the teacher , the fewer teachers were prepared to go all the way with the shocks . |
| 14 | The appeal was to the cab driver . |
| 15 | One estate recently had the press along on a PR day and , among other things , pointed out how vital the estate was to the district . |