Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] [v-ing] [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The funds were often borrowed by speculators who then reinvested them in strong currencies in the expectation of revaluations , a hideous spiral by which central banks were providing funds to speculators who stood to make a profit from them if the currency was revalued . |
| 2 | The trial collapsed after former Defence Minister Alan Clark admitted in court the Government knew firms were supplying machinery to Iraq and breaking an arms embargo . |
| 3 | A police constable caused great concern with his assertions , made for the first time some years ago , that some Kent police officers were offering inducements to prisoners to make false admissions to offences , and to confess to crimes that they had not committed , so that the force could then add to the number of crimes they had ‘ detected ’ , and thereby improve their crime clear-up statistics . |
| 4 | The attack took place about two miles beyond Johannesburg 's southern suburbs at 7.30am as commuters were streaming to work and mothers were delivering children to school . |
| 5 | Since most of the money being offered was raised through Federal taxation , especially income tax , these mechanisms were being used to try and ensure that State governments did operate the welfare programmes seen as desirable by the Federal government ; if they did not , then their residents were paying taxes to Washington , but receiving relatively little in return . |
| 6 | Of the 25 college and 20 special libraries that replied , the majority were already automated , and many others were planning conversion to automation in the near future . |