Example sentences of "[noun] was [vb pp] to [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A further boost was given to these hopes by Göring 's speech , four days later , at the Harvest Thanksgiving Festival , promising an improvement in the availability of foodstuffs . |
| 2 | Its one recommendation was confined to this area : |
| 3 | Earlier , it had emerged that an investigation being undertaken in South Africa into alleged South African Defence Force ( SADF ) " hit squads " [ see p. 37234 ] would not attempt to discover whether the Lubowski murder was linked to such squads . |
| 4 | This optimism was shared to some extent by students , especially those learning technical subjects . |
| 5 | But Clifford Barnett , the head of the anthropology department which voted in closed session last week to expel Mosher from his PhD candidature , denies that the department was subjected to any pressure . |
| 6 | At the outset of the research project , after initial discussions with the Officer-in-charge , a formal briefing was given to all staff explaining the aims of the project and the approach to be taken , giving the opportunity for any questions to be raised . |
| 7 | Nevertheless , the involvement of the students in the whole school development programme was confined to these interviews . |
| 8 | In 1983 , in order to extend the international scope of our work , a survey questionnaire that had been pre-tested with social work educators from Australia , India , Israel , and the United States was mailed to all member colleges , universities , and national affiliate associations of the International Association of Schools of Social Work and to a list of individuals who had been identified as experts on paraprofessional social welfare personnel in their own countries or internationally . |
| 9 | Phase 1 of the RIBA 's Strategic Study was publicised to much acclaim in May . |
| 10 | Goldschmidt was transferred to this group . |
| 11 | In Evans v Lufthansa Airlines ( 1981 ) NLJ 1166 the Shaw v Vauxhall Motors guidance was applied to this type of application . |
| 12 | The vote was extended to all women aged 21 and over in 1928 . |
| 13 | The willow was put to many uses by millers . |
| 14 | Travis was transferred to another area and the life of the signal box returned to normal . |
| 15 | A royal pardon was granted to all men outlawed for such offences before the king 's coronation in 1216 , and also for all assarts , purprestures and waste in the forests before then . |
| 16 | A substantial part of Hampshire Bus the operative side was sold to another owner . |
| 17 | However in both these cases the State responsible had exclusive competence over the territory from where harm was caused to another State . |
| 18 | An hour later , an ambulance was called to this house on Oxford 's Barton estate . |
| 19 | The plates were then rapidly washed and 10 ml fresh αMEM with 1% FBS was added to each plate . |
| 20 | For example , on 11th Night a vehicle was called to some youths at a bonfire near to a middle-class suburban area , and a young recruit was keen to act , but an older constable urged against it : |
| 21 | The digest was circulated to all staff and to governors together with a questionnaire asking for comments under headings such as : organisation of the curriculum ; aims of faculties/subjects ; core and options in years 4/5 . |
| 22 | In the spring of 1922 their management was decentralized to some extent and subjected to khozraschet ( strict accounting principles ) . |
| 23 | A similar attitude was taken to another example of agreed machinery for resolving disputes , a liquidated damages clause , in Temloc v Errill Properties Ltd ( 1989 ) 39 BLR 30 : see 17.2.2 . |
| 24 | To offset the effects of disproportionate increases , the Government implemented as an interim measure a scheme whereby two thirds of the medical rate of MDO subscriptions was reimbursed to those practitioners employed full time in the NHS . |
| 25 | In the nineteenth century such ice-houses tended to become redundant when ice was imported to this country from Norway and North America throughout the year . |
| 26 | Altogether teachers from 36 schools participated in these groups ; a member of the project team was assigned to each group and meetings were initially held once or twice a term . |
| 27 | A right of first refusal was granted to former land and home owners when their expropriated property came on the market . |
| 28 | Obviously it had been a fight , but since Fairbrother was a newcomer to the school , aggressive and ever ready to defend himself with insults , no particular motive was assigned to either party . |
| 29 | Many of these advertisements were undoubtedly genuine , but during the late nineteenth century attention was drawn to several court cases involving ‘ baby-farming ’ for profit , which had resulted in the death of the infants concerned . |
| 30 | How much importance was attached to these initiatives in terms of overall company strategy ? |