Example sentences of "of [adj] [be] [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.

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1 All- trans retinoic acid ( 25mgml -1 in dimethylsulphoxide ) was diluted 1/10 in sesame seed oil and 200μl of this was given to pregnant females at 7.5d.p.c. by gavage for a final dose of 20mgkg -1 as previously described .
2 The state was concerned with the alleviation of poverty but its direct participation in welfare programmes was small ; most of this was left to private charity .
3 The war of 1788–91 is known to Serbian historians as ‘ Koča 's War ’ , after Koča Andjelković , the military leader of the Serbian bands which joined in the insurrection against the Turks in Šumadija .
4 Three of these are allocated to different crops and the fourth lies fallow .
5 The conventions of working-class speech also have their uses , and one could provide an argument for some of these being taught to middle-class children .
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