Example sentences of "this was 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 . ’ |