Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [vb pp] to [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some were evacuated to other locations on Aug. 24 ; many of those who remained in the building were Vietnamese . |
| 2 | This was geared to communal audiences , such as factory workers , who wanted background listening , and it was broadcast from the factory floor . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | This was directed to civil servants as an introduction to the basic principles of judicial review . |
| 5 | As in Babylonia , this calendar was adapted to the sun by intercalating a thirteenth month from time to time , but this was left to local officials in the different cities to decide , and they did this individually and arbitrarily . |
| 6 | Many were sent to psychiatric hospitals and put in overcrowded wards with real mental patients and only a few overworked nuns to supervise them . |
| 7 | Although many were appointed to established societies and institutes some were to found their own missions — such was the case of George Annand Mackenzie , the first born-deaf man in Britain to get a M.A. degree . |
| 8 | Several were rebuilt to various extents , where necessary receiving replacements from the large stock of spare parts for Metropolitan cars , held at Hendon Works . |
| 9 | The company has not laid off any employees , but overtime has been cut out and some work that was given to outside contractors , e.g. final ‘ shearing ’ up of carpets , is now done in the company . |