Example sentences of "there was [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In practice there was resistance to the levying of the first instalment and collection proved increasingly difficult . |
| 2 | On the contrary , there was attempts to the life of our Emir during the Iraq/Iran war because we were taking relatively trying to be neutral there , and there was a bomb attack on him , and he personally survived it , a few others died , and it had to do directly with the Iran/Iraq war . |
| 3 | There was war to the south , but our sector was quiet . |
| 4 | There was movement to the side of them , but I could not see what they were doing because of the size of the boulders . |
| 5 | On 6th January 1872 , a committee appointed by the local government board attended a meeting of the Guardians , and there was agreement to the joint enterprise ; a letter from Mr. J. T. Wing enclosing a rough plan for a smallpox hospital to accommodate 24 patients at an estimated cost of £300 was also considered . |
| 6 | None of these companies was a natural monopoly and hence the concerns about competition , described above , did not apply , although there was opposition to the privatisation proposals from the Labour Party and the trade unions on grounds of principle . |
| 7 | Although there was opposition to the Fiat-Alfa deal from some trade unionists who were concerned at the possible job losses caused by rationalisation after a merger , the Italian government was subjected to considerable political pressure of a nationalistic nature to support the Fiat bid — pressure similar to that which forced the British government to cancel the talks between Ford and Austin Rover — and eventually rejected the Ford overtures in favour of an ‘ all Italian solution ’ . |
| 8 | There was opposition to the idea of a joint parliament , but , as a compromise , a consultative interparliamentary body was set up . |
| 9 | There was opposition to the existing CET tariff rates which ranged from zero to 45 per cent , with Jamaica proposing new rates ranging between 5 and 20 per cent and the seven-country Organization of Eastern Caribbean States ( OECS ) arguing for rates ranging from zero to 30 per cent . |