Example sentences of "was [vb pp] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when discovered it was assigned by its excavators to the late-third or early-fourth century ( Britannia VIII ( 1977 ) , 413 ) : a dating subsequently accepted by Neal ( 1981 , no. 63 ) and Swain and Ling ( Britannia XII ( 1981 ) , 168 : where the wall paintings from the same room as the mosaic are considered to be of late-third/early-fourth century date ) . |
| 2 | Fineview was considered by its residents to be an old-established family neighbourhood but it was generally felt that the cohesion was being destroyed by the increasing numbers of properties converted to the rental market . |
| 3 | Here an attack was launched on neo-Malthusianism which was considered by its critics to be politically conservative and which , it was claimed , shifted the burden of blame for underdevelopment to those with the largest families . |
| 4 | A plaque and certificate was presented by our branches to thirteen local projects each judged to have successfully protected or enhanced the visual appearance of the countryside . |
| 5 | The Erembald family , of which the chancellor of St Donatian 's and the castellan of Bruges were members in 1127 , was alleged by its opponents to be of servile origin ; that its members chose to murder Charles the Good rather than dispute the allegation suggests its truth . |
| 6 | Although Macmillan 's diary entries for 12 and 13 May provide the main direct contemporary source for what was discussed on his visits to Eighth Army , 13 Corps and 5 Corps ( there is no military source reflecting the contents of those discussions ) , it should be stated that Macmillan 's account tallies directly with all the contextual evidence for the range of problems which must have been put forward by each side . |
| 7 | Part of the deficit of the mainland colonies with Britain was covered by their exports to the sugar islands , part of it by increased indebtedness to British merchants . |
| 8 | Three days after that , a plaster jacket was fitted from her shoulders to her hips . |
| 9 | At an early age she was sent with her cousins to a school in London run by her paternal aunt and her husband , Alphonse Hartog , a French teacher . |
| 10 | In desperation , Nicky was sent by his parents to New York to stay with his older brother . |
| 11 | In 1950 he was knighted for his services to Greek ( he had been appointed MBE in 1919 ) . |