Example sentences of "the [noun] was [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | To address this difficulty the algorithm was changed to a depth-first one . |
| 2 | In fact it became clear that a considerable part of the defence was going to be that of justification , that the laws and usages of war permitted reprisals to be taken against hostages . |
| 3 | The foliage in the park was turning to burnished gold and Rachel knew that in a few short weeks the temperature would drop , the leaves would fall and once again her favourite time of year would be over . |
| 4 | Er , and the shelves were spiked onto the sa stand and , and the stand was butted to the floor . |
| 5 | At the forefront of his mind , no doubt , was an awareness of the relative inexperience of the civilian docking crew , coupled with a knowledge that accidental triggering of plasma weapons while they were inside the shield was guaranteed to be instantly fatal . |
| 6 | The headquarters was burnt to the ground . |
| 7 | In 1919 , Longstaff Dennison had claimed that the NCOAP was going to be ‘ a trade union for pensioners ’ . |
| 8 | It was unthinkable that a Bonaparte , the heir to the throne , should not receive a baptism of fire and the Prince was held to be old enough to face up to this . |
| 9 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 10 | Whilst Flora and Lady Clanranald prepared the disguise Prince Charles was to adopt as Flora 's maid , Betty Burke , the Prince was brought to Rossinish , and a boat organised with oarsmen , to carry the party ‘ Over the sea to Skye ’ . |
| 11 | From the coronation of Charlemagne , king of the Franks , as emperor , by the pope on Christmas Day 800 , the emperorship was removed to the West . |
| 12 | But on the plus side , there was only one channel , and the coverage was confined to a single 45-minute programme each night , called ‘ Telerevista ’ . |
| 13 | After the defeat of the battle of Hastings the parish was given along with others to Odo , Bishop of Bayeux , half brother to William I , but at an assembly at Penenden Heath in 1076 , led by Lanfranc , Archbishop of Canterbury , the Manor was returned to the Church of St. Andrew , Rochester . |
| 14 | A principal justification for the change was said to be that it unduly restricted the proper development of the law ( Practice Statement , ( Judicial Precedent ) , [ 1966 ] 1 WLR 1234 ) . |
| 15 | The change was thought to be a direct consequence of the protest action taken by conscripts in May . |
| 16 | With phosphatidylethanolamine most of the cholesterol was shifted to the vesicular carrier while phosphatidylserine shifted most of the cholesterol to the non-vesicular carrier(s) . |
| 17 | And on that very instant the waterfall was turned to red wine , and there were men with staves , making casks , men stoking furnaces to make bottles , men collecting the wine . |
| 18 | One may conclude that the motive of the writer was to add to the growing fascist propaganda which appeared in the 1920s and 1930s . |
| 19 | In Green 's Tourist 's New Guide 1819 , p.4. he says ‘ The writer was encouraged to the pursuit of painting by Mr. West , but why he knows not , his few sketches were humble , his mind untutored , and he knew none of the requisite theories , but geometry , perspective and architecture ’ . |
| 20 | Once eligible for inclusion in the study , the nature of the trial was explained to the patients and they were offered the treatment allocated by randomisation . |
| 21 | Leave was granted and the trial was ordered to be adjourned until the determination of the application for judicial review . |
| 22 | He set sentries , to watch in case of any raid , and the clachan was warned to be ready ; the MacIans might just try it , though they were sore hurt themselves . |
| 23 | In Scotland work in the Highlands was confined to the summer months allowing a full scale revision of the coalfields to be started . |
| 24 | Although the award was made to me , my thoughts were with the CCG crew that were on board the Tharos that night — I really was collecting it on their behalf ’ . |
| 25 | The award was presented to the company 's Managing Director , Dr. Faramarz Mahdjuri . |
| 26 | The award was presented to the company 's Managing Director , Mr. Gerry Barlow . |
| 27 | The award was presented to the club by Durham CIU vice- president Bill Laverick five years ago as an annual prize and he handed over the trophy at a special ceremony at the club . |
| 28 | He would clearly have preferred to be talking to Fiona on his other side , but the award was having to be paid for with politeness . |
| 29 | Margaret McGregor , who chairs the licensing board at Edinburgh District Council , said the board was responding to police reports that the incidence of violent crime was greater at the weekends and in the early hours . |
| 30 | The result was that the board was confined to the business of handling ships and cargo but required ministerial consent if , for example , it wished to develop the land attached to the sites . |