Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Britain 's rescue drew it deeper into the American orbit , though with the introduction of Marshall Aid to promote the economic recovery of Europe by means of financing balance of payments deficits , this was to a degree common to western European countries [ Milward , 1984 ] . |
| 2 | As far as you could understand him , this was to the effect that since the Government was rejecting any suggestion that it was to blame for this scandal , since most of the alleged swindlers were difficult to bring to book , and since the investors who lost the money nearly all live in Tory marginals , then the one innocent party — the taxpayer — would foot the £150 million bill . |
| 3 | This was to the advantage of the young radicals ; like the leftists in the NILP , they were not hampered by tradition and did not have to placate their seniors before or after embracing heresy . |
| 4 | This was to the memory of a Cathedral Organist and his bride who were drowned when the motor vessel , Stella , hit the Casquet Rocks near Alderney as they went on honeymoon . |
| 5 | This was to the fundamental and long-term detriment of the financial base of the College . |
| 6 | This was to the effect that the lessees should be convenanted to place a " bunnin " of strong oak timber across any stope where the sole of the level was cut away ; this to be put in 4 ft. below the railway . |
| 7 | You 've got to be able to draw your own conclusions , that this was to an extent a personal vendetta . ’ |
| 8 | Among numerous objections , the strongest was to the rearrangement of the northern façade of the structure , generally considered the Spanish capital 's finest neo-classical building . |
| 9 | The second was to a number in Manchester . |
| 10 | One of these was to the main entry on " Interlanguage " ( M.Sharwood Smith ) . |
| 11 | Wycliffe said that he did , which was something of a record , for Franks 's secretaries came and went with bewildering frequency , though all were to a common stamp . |
| 12 | His first academic appointment in 1902 was to the metallurgy department of King 's College , London . |
| 13 | With supporters of human rights making waves in virtually every country of the world , perhaps it was appropriate that Mr Martin 's last foreign visit as secretary general was to the remote alpine kingdom of Bhutan where he discussed the plight of the Nepali-speaking people with King Jigme Wangchuck . |
| 14 | The first was to the area librarian whose responsibilities included the branch library where Peter worked . |
| 15 | Those coal heavers , weavers , sailors , labourers and others of the lower orders who took to the streets in 1768 were to a large extent caught up in a political moment which coincided with longer-running economic grievances . |
| 16 | His original leanings were towards railway engineering and he maintained an interest in the subject all his life , but his first appointment in 1869 was to the Indian government telegraph department in Karachi , on whose behalf he visited Baluchistan , Mesopotamia , and Turkey , receiving special mention for his proficiency in the testing of land line and submarine cables . |
| 17 | Now we find all that was to no avail , since nine times out of ten local authorities have pushed all thought aside of giving the relief . ’ |
| 18 | That was to the tune of 38–3 in an Arms Park qualifying match and sent the Dragons tumbling out of the World Cup . |
| 19 | We had one more day trip by boat before we left Praslin , and that was to the island of La Digue to try and see the black paradise flycatcher . |
| 20 | And er nearly every boy used to take a handkerchief along with him to the , that was to the Christmas party because that was the only party you had a meal at school . |
| 21 | And that was to the horse ? |
| 22 | I think that was to the detriment of the play , but was due to his absolute hero worship of Ken . ’ |
| 23 | That was to the Arsenal . |
| 24 | Mr Clarke told TUFL there were many voices in Scotland claiming that the Scottish economy had managed to avoid the recession and that was to the credit of the Scottish Secretary , Ian Lang , and his fellow ministers . |
| 25 | Mm , that was to the bits in the middle , do n't tell you that |