Example sentences of "was also [verb] to [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Following the peasant habit of referring to any elder as ‘ Mother/Father ’ or ‘ Grandmother/Grandfather ’ , the word was also applied to any gathering of older folk .
2 He was also elected to honorary membership of the Institutions of Civil , Mechanical , and Electrical Engineers .
3 The proportion of subjects with coronary heart disease or who died during follow up was also related to periodontal class ( table II ) .
4 But it has been seen that Picasso was also attracted to tribal sculpture because he admired its conceptual quality .
5 The strength of the West German mark in the last quarter of 1989 and first quarter of 1990 , following the Bundesbank 's increase in its discount and Lombard rates [ see p.37165 ] , was also attributed to political optimism surrounding the economic and monetary union of East and West Germany .
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