Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not all his arguments were entirely to the point , but he produced a confident and humorous speech . ’ |
| 2 | Abuse , suggestions of courses of action for me to follow that are physically and technologically impossible were much to the fore . |
| 3 | Third , by contrast with a modern bureaucracy , the departments of medieval government were only to a small extent defined by areas in which they worked . |
| 4 | Sh she pays me fifty pounds , she rang me up she were away to a funeral |
| 5 | My father 's nightly trips across the river were usually to the Colbert in Sheffield [ built around the time of Pearl Harbour , half a block from the Ritz , today a parking lot ] and the Tuscumbian [ built in 1950 , a block from the Strand , today part of a bank ] . |
| 6 | True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) . |
| 7 | To dismiss what happened as the Labour Party merely showing its true colours , does not explain why Labour actually supported legislation which was immediately condemned by many who were considerably to the right of Labour 's quite-right-enough Deputy Leader , Roy Hattersley . |
| 8 | The position of the casualty was still uncertain , but she had reported that she was somewhere to the west of Burtonport so the lifeboat set course to the NW at full speed , adjusting as necessary for the large swell , and calling the casualty on the VHF radio . |
| 9 | But it was all to no avail . |
| 10 | But it was all to no avail . |
| 11 | The former won , which was all to the good as far as the SAS was concerned . |
| 12 | She hung up on me , This was all to the good . |
| 13 | True , it was astonishingly heavy when one came to lift it , but — as the philosophical cook observed — that was all to the good , as one slice would be enough ! |
| 14 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 15 | Well , perhaps that was all to the good . |
| 16 | Even the photograph , she had to admit , was a good one : Hilda would never look attractive , Viola thought to herself , but at least she looked dignified , which was all to the good . |
| 17 | But that was all to the good . |
| 18 | Still , if he wanted to formally emphasise the gulf between them , it was all to the good . |
| 19 | Well , it was all to the good ; after he 'd finished skiing for the day they 'd return to the cottage , and she 'd set out for home . |
| 20 | It looked like somebody 's curtains cut up — which was what it probably was — and if it provided a talking-point — well , that was all to the good , was n't it ? |
| 21 | This meant all trains had to stop and , as Lydham Heath was our station , this was all to the good . |
| 22 | But men have had such experiences and done nothing further about them , either because they have decided that there was less to the experience than they at first supposed , or because they could not endure the ethical and spiritual demands which were implied in the unspoken , ineffable moment of divine knowledge . |
| 23 | True to the York principle his commitment was entirely to the person , sometimes causing exasperation to administrators . |
| 24 | It was greatly to the advantage of certain Gascon subjects of the king-duke to have a source of judicial appeal outside the duchy . |
| 25 | He was convinced that it was only to the true Catholic that God gave the power to write ‘ authentic and inspiring music ’ . |
| 26 | He says , ‘ My mind was much to the place as soon as it was described to me , because it was a full congregation … an ignorant , rude and revelling people for the greater part , who had need of preaching , and yet had among them a small company of converts , who were humble , godly and of good conversations , and not much hated by the rest , and therefore fitter to assist their teacher ; but above all , because they hardly ever had any lively , serious preaching among them . |
| 27 | This critical division , between the " basic " skill of the trade ( on which many male compositors also spent most of their time ) and the " more skilled " processes , was to persist after the " learning " stage , and was much to the employers " advantage . |
| 28 | This ambiguity was much to the taste of men whose drive was probably homosexual . |
| 29 | Their allegiance was thus to the king , who had appointed them and was the source of their power , and to their followers , for whom they sought offices , titles and pensions , rather than to their colleagues or to any leader amongst them . |
| 30 | The appeal of the New Connexion was largely to the industrial poor ; Primitive Methodism attracted humble folk not only in the towns but in the agricultural villages as well . |