Example sentences of "[was/were] [art] [noun sg] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The great events of his administration were the return to the gold standard , the Treaty of Locarno , the General Strike , the Imperial Conference of 1926 which led on to the Statute of Westminster , and the measures originating in the Ministry of Health for the reform of local government and the extension of social security . |
| 2 | Among those the delegates met were the Adviser to the President on International Affairs , the Secretary to the Ministry of Defence , the Inspector General of Police , and the Commissioner General of Rehabilitation . |
| 3 | Branching and specialization were the key to the history of each class , not the ascent of a linear scale towards the next highest form . |
| 4 | Somehow Athelstan knew these texts were the key to the mystery . |
| 5 | The low cliffs were the key to the puzzle : we had been searching too far north . |
| 6 | He determined the fossils that were the key to the rock succession in the Southern Uplands , was for many years palaeontologist to the Scottish branch of the Geological Survey , and late in life wrote an important memoir on Carboniferous crustacea , a group that had fascinated him since he had searched rock pools for crabs with his father . |
| 7 | Slow rise in demand for workstations and severe pressure on prices were the key to the downturn , IDC believes , although the actual number of machines shipped in the mid-range and workstation sectors rose by 24% and 19% respectively . |
| 8 | ‘ They were a hazard to the Galapagos turtles , they were attacking the sand cranes and also the brown pelicans we brought in from the wild because they were injured , ’ said John Dreyer , for Disney World . |
| 9 | By the time of Dositej , the Austro-Serbian Church was led by narrow conservatives whose attitudes were a hindrance to the development of a popular Serbian culture appropriate to the needs of the nation struggling to be born . |
| 10 | The forest and the lapping water of the great river were a balm to the spirit . |
| 11 | Disappearing zoanthids were a clue to the presence of the most spectacular uninvited guest I 've yet observed in my system . |
| 12 | The agreements were a response to the Gulf crisis and the consequent use of Djibouti as a training ground for French helicopter crews . |
| 13 | The crowd were a credit to the game of golf . |
| 14 | He is the son of the phallic mother who has overcome her and fused with her to become a living equivalent of the perfect primal mother , not through self-castration ( the depressive alternative ) , but through manic self-assertion : a sentiment nicely summed up in the ritual of Cybele and her son Attis : ‘ a feeding on milk , as though we were born again ; after which rejoicing and garlands and as it were a return to the gods . |
| 15 | Three years of bloodshed and misery could not be justified if the outcome were a return to the pre-Republican status quo . |
| 16 | They , and all of life in India in its own way , are sacred , but the holes bored by the former and the mounds erected by the latter in the paddocks were a threat to the horses , Occidental logic demanded that the one could best be filled by the deposition of the other . |
| 17 | The squads from the Department of Public Security always did their work at night , taking into custody those they claimed were a threat to the regime . |
| 18 | In particular , the English dragons , known as Worms , were a menace to the countryside for they attacked stock and laid waste to villages by poisoning the water supply . |
| 19 | Not only was it an important factor in winning the Second World War , for its specific electrical insulating properties were a key to the development of radar , but it is one of those rare inventions which create an entirely new industrial development . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm coming — I 'm coming ! ’ she shouted back , wishing there were a key to the door as she quickly applied some light make-up . |
| 21 | Those statements were a testament to the life and spirit the plaintiff has within her . |
| 22 | His first words were a salute to the people of South Africa , to whom he declared : " I stand here before you not as a prophet but as a humble servant of you , the people . |
| 23 | The throbbing of the engines of hundreds of bombers overhead , the clatter of the Anti Aircraft guns , the crump as thousands of high explosive bombs , land mines and parachute bombs found their targets and buildings collapsed , were a background to the terror Anne felt that her mother was about to die . |
| 24 | If there were no damage to the bones there should be exact correspondence between the numbers of major limb bone elements like humerus and femur and numbers of mandibles and maxillae , and departure from this can arise from preferential damage to or selection against either group . |
| 25 | To the French it seemed as if there were no limit to the amount of men and shells the enemy was prepared to expend in order to gain possession of this one desolate hill . |
| 26 | Deborah told her new boss what she believed the company needed : ‘ Principally the clothes were an insult to the country girls they were trying to portray … they were n't suitable for country wear but they were selling very cheaply to secretaries in towns . |
| 27 | To Lucien , they were an insult to the Vibrancy ; common and coarse . |
| 28 | They were an insult to the learner-reader . |
| 29 | If record 113 were an addition to the file in fig. 7.15(a) , the new structure would be as in fig. 7.15(b) . |
| 30 | The boards she had broken through were an entrance to the cellar . |