Example sentences of "[was/were] host to " in BNC.
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| 1 | DURING December last year Wood Group Engineering Contractors [ Peterhead ] Ltd were host to a graduate engineer from Thailand . |
| 2 | In October Tacoma was host to the first North American conference on needle exchanges ; the participants studied European programmes , including one in Wales where the chemist 's department of a supermarket serves as a needle-exchange centre . |
| 3 | During her maiden voyage to Belfast , the Rhein Trader was host to many of the customers that support TR Shipping on this ever popular route . |
| 4 | In 1951 the course was host to some archaeologists who extended the digging started in 1909 in the garden of Harpsden Wood House ( overlooking the carry of the 13th hole ) . |
| 5 | Morrison was host to such Victorian worthies as Ruskin , the great art critic , and Charles Kingsley , who is said to have been inspired to write his book The Water Babies by his visits to the Dales ( Vendale being based on Littondale ) and who once told somebody that the black marks on the face of Malham Cove were made by " the fingers of little chimney boys " . |
| 6 | In that year he was host to the Princess Anne , who came to the synagogue during Passover , the first occasion on which a member of the royal family visited the Jews at prayer . |
| 7 | Djibouti officials said in late 1989 that their country was host to some 30,000 Somali refugees , most of whom had settled in the capital . |
| 8 | Hawkstone Park in Shropshire was host to the Pandora Golf Day recently , where UK Sales Manager , David Richmond received the Central Tyres Challenge Cup for the best gross score of 81 . |
| 9 | The Palladium opened in 1940 to the mellow trombone of Tommy Dorsey and was once home to the big band sounds of the Lawrence Welk Show , was host to five presidents and featured entertainment from ballroom dancing to rap music . |
| 10 | The prestigious venue was host to 46 teams on a muggy Sunday . |