Example sentences of "was [verb] to the [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect , it seems that genuine concern on the part of the experimenters was communicated to the subjects to provide a potent source of suggestion that they should suffer symptoms of paranoia and hallucinations , and a cumulative sleep loss over the six days of the experiment combined to provide a fertile ground for the production of these symptoms . |
| 2 | The loan , arranged by the Bank of Scotland and backed by the Government 's Export Credit Guarantee Department , was given to the company to rehabilitate an ailing state-run timber company in Ghana , African Timber and Plywood . |
| 3 | Particular attention was given to the ability to assemble the data in a wide variety of different ways . |
| 4 | The Village Hall Consideration was given to the need to paint the hall . |
| 5 | The Village Hall Consideration was given to the need to paint the hall . |
| 6 | From his moneys , each school was to pay a master £10 per annum and forty shillings was to go to the trustees to cover expenses of their meetings . |
| 7 | 9 N KOH was added to the supernatant to remove perchlorate ions followed by succinic anhydride ( 6.15 mg/ml ) . |
| 8 | Coffee was a nauseous substitute concocted from acorns ; bread had already been rationed by the beginning of 1915 to about 2 Ibs a week , and goodness knows what was added to the flour to make it so grey and gritty ! |
| 9 | Sometimes , rosemary or balm was added to the bran to counteract the smell of decomposition . |
| 10 | Mousse was applied to the hair to give body and firmness . |
| 11 | Pelham 's experience in trade was recognized speedily in the Commons , for on 7 June 1641 he was named to the committee to regulate trade with Scotland . |
| 12 | A treaty was agreed in 1490 , although a concession was made to the Venetians to exempt them from the Staple . |
| 13 | An ultimatum was presented to the president to appoint Tan Malaka head of the government with Sudirman in total control of the armed forces . |
| 14 | In 1948/1949 TE566 was sold to the Israelis to become 20–32 ( or ‘ 32 ’ of 101 Squadron ) . |
| 15 | ‘ I assumed he was going to the apartment to pick up some papers , ’ she said vaguely . |
| 16 | He got off with him and he knew he was going to the station to sign off and he asked him , ‘ Did you pay your fare on the car ? ’ |
| 17 | He want out at half-seven and told Sarah he was going to the yard to work on the books . ’ |
| 18 | Having seen me she had also seen that I was alone , and watching me from cover as she undoubtedly was , she would assume I was going to the pool to drink as she had done . |
| 19 | I remember imagining I was going to the market to buy food , and suddenly felt this agonising pain in my bottom , and saw my skirt all ripped , and blood — I thought I was revolted , and yet it was followed by masturbation . |
| 20 | A number of troops were stationed in the town , some in the grounds of the workhouse , and others at the Bedford Infirmary , and in January 1915 the master 's attention was called to the need to disinfect military blankets and clothing , and to the provision of baths for verminous soldiers . |
| 21 | The Renault lorry 's trailer became wedged under the bridge 's archway and a crane was brought to the scene to pull the vehicle free . |
| 22 | It was left to the Hercules to unload help to the hungry . |
| 23 | It was left to the cantons to decide whether to follow suit on the local level . |
| 24 | Terrell says the duplication was left to the accountants to sort out . |
| 25 | The early , nineteenth-century experiments in artificial lighting , including that held in Sheffield in the year of Chapman 's birth , had been forgotten , and it was left to the Europeans to develop the idea of floodlit football . |
| 26 | In rejecting such an approach it was left to the Communists to challenge both British fascism and capitalism in the 1930s . |
| 27 | In spite of which , the impression they gave was of being identical , and it was left to the owners to give their property whatever signs of individuality they could , by making neat little gardens , or by not doing so , by cleaning the windows once a month , or by not doing so . |
| 28 | We had a word in their ears and it was left to the hospital to deal with them , ’ said the police spokesman . |
| 29 | In many parts of the country , it was left to the peasants to apportion both land and the payments due to the landlord and the State . |
| 30 | Further permission for publication of the report was left to the department to give . |