Example sentences of "this was [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was perceived to be a ‘ loophole ’ in the previous law , and according to the White Paper , the new formulation under consideration is designed to resolve this problem . |
| 2 | This was communicated to Mr. Cooper by letter dated 31 March 1983 in these terms : |
| 3 | Even though we have no record of how this was communicated to 5 Corps , we assume that in view of the urgency of the situation , the decision was passed on from HQ Eighth Army by telephone . |
| 4 | There had always been bad blood between Robert and Edward Bruce ; now this was transmitted to the next generation apparently . |
| 5 | In one shape or size this was said to me often in writing this book , and always by women and girls themselves . |
| 6 | In addition , Wagaddon , publishers of the magazine , had its own legal bill , but this was said to be less than £35,000 . |
| 7 | This was said to be because of the risk of radioactive iodine emitted during the fire getting into people 's thyroid glands . |
| 8 | This was said to be ‘ the first Peruvian book of poetry that does not make tribute to a colonial aesthetic . ’ |
| 9 | This was said to be ‘ erring wildly on the cautious side . ’ |
| 10 | Too much sugar was being produced , so the excess was made into aguardente ( sugarcane rum ) but this was said to be causing alcoholism as the unemployed took to drinking cheap aguardente . |
| 11 | On the one occasion this was said to me , my reply was : ‘ OK , imagine I go out to dinner and do n't get back . |
| 12 | This was said to me a year after the announcement at the press conference when Fleischmann and Pons still did not know what caused the heat . |
| 13 | A 1986 U.S. study found an increased risk to expectant mothers , but this was said to be a small sample , which was followed by two further studies . |
| 14 | This was said to me , not by me , at a seminar on joint planning the other week and it was said over lunch by the director of another voluntary organisation which shall remain nameless . |
| 15 | The Maréchal de Bassompierre , again a military man , after another brief embassy to London five years later , was given by Charles I " four diamonds set in a lozenge , and a great stone at the end " : this was said to be worth £7,000 and was perhaps the most valuable present ever given by any English ruler to a foreign diplomat . |
| 16 | This was amended to $100bn in a 1987 revision of the law , and now the Congressional Budget Office , which keeps track of such things , tells us that this too will be overshot , resulting in a deficit estimated at $117.8bn . |
| 17 | This was announced to the waiting press and supporters by Dr Helen Martini , who was to play an important role in the fight to get the children home in the weeks that followed . |
| 18 | The justification for this was expressed to be that it would thus be open to a court at a later date to review the matter of sex determination Ormrod J. 's decision , much cited and approved of in the House of Commons debate , evidently will remain the law . |
| 19 | Indeed , in Tolson this was expressed to be the case even where the crime was held to be one requiring proof of a mental element . |
| 20 | Revenues grew 16% to £1,870m , though 14% of this was related to acquisitions , most notably Nokia Data . |
| 21 | Although the judgment of how well a film shows what normally happens at a junction was used differently in Study 3 and in Groeger and Chapman ( 1992 , in preparation a ) there was no evidence in either case that this was related to recognition sensitivity . |
| 22 | This was diluted to working concentrations immediately before use . |
| 23 | This was geared to helping him to behave likewise with a failing pupil , so that both he and the child had less need to make others feel useless . |
| 24 | This was geared to communal audiences , such as factory workers , who wanted background listening , and it was broadcast from the factory floor . |
| 25 | She said , ‘ You see , before the war , this was given to me as a present , and it was full of chocolates . ’ |
| 26 | Initially this was given to both individual home buyers and investors , although this policy was later reviewed to exclude investors . |
| 27 | This was given to the DC-10 as ‘ 51 , you are cleared to FL180 ’ but was miss-heard by the Concorde as ‘ 01 , you are cleared to FL180 ’ . |
| 28 | PUPILS and staff at Newlands School , Middlesbrough , FCJ raised £1,550 for CAFOD 's work in Somalia and this was given to Mark Harris , the regional co-ordinator for CAFOD in November . |
| 29 | All- trans retinoic acid ( 25mgml -1 in dimethylsulphoxide ) was diluted 1/10 in sesame seed oil and 200μl of this was given to pregnant females at 7.5d.p.c. by gavage for a final dose of 20mgkg -1 as previously described . |
| 30 | I made copies of the information and these this was given to Superintendent . |