Example sentences of "the [noun sg] was to the [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The pulpit was to the side . |
2 | While there was a chancel and a holy table the chancel was not long and the table was not put against the east wall ; the pulpit was to the side , an unusual feature in Baptist Gothic buildings . |
3 | The kitchen was to the left of the hall ; Robyn could hear the bang of a cupboard door , smell the distinctive aroma of fresh coffee . |
4 | Sometimes you 'd maybe not get a steamer for maybe maybe six weeks if the wind was to the South East . |
5 | The site was to the west of , though some way from , a residential area . |
6 | These curves were concave to the origin : the nearer the curve was to the origin the higher the level of social welfare . |
7 | Just how important the station was to the life of the community can be gauged from the numerous stretches of approach road and land that were improved at the ratepayers ' expense — widened , often given pavements which look particularly incongruous leading from nowhere today , and lit with gas lamps . |
8 | One of the letters from the King was to the Pope , introducing an emissary who was to commit the King to abolish penal laws against Roman Catholics in England , to appoint a Roman Catholic Governor-General of Ireland and to admit Roman Catholic bishops to its Parliament . |
9 | The tomb was to the left , embedded in the earth , the great white tablet stretching out towards its open mouth . |
10 | The tour was to the Worth Valley , via Blackburn , the Settle and Carlisle , Newcastle and Keighley . |
11 | ( S. ) 84 that the sentencer must consider the extent to which the offender 's presence in the country was to the detriment of the country , and the effect of the recommendation on the members of the offender 's family . |
12 | However , the general rule was that the closer , the more visible , or the more audible the learner was to the teacher , the fewer teachers were prepared to go all the way with the shocks . |
13 | The appeal was to the cab driver . |
14 | One estate recently had the press along on a PR day and , among other things , pointed out how vital the estate was to the district . |