Example sentences of "[letter] [vb mod] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The L M S used to be the biggest of the railways you see . |
| 2 | ‘ Q P used to be well-known for its banners . |
| 3 | Protectionism since the Second World War , particularly , erm , has grown rapidly , however , there was , you know , we , agricultural protectionism is n't a thing erm , is n't a , a recent phenomenon , agricultural protectionism was around in the U K er , in the last century , eighteen twenties , erm , the , the corn laws , as they , as they were called , that was erm , a major , major set of tariffs on imports of er wheat primarily into the U K , prior , prior to that erm , in the seventeenth century , in sort of sixteen hundreds , alright , the U K used to be a net exporter , of our wheat , and we had a comparative advantage in those , in those times . |
| 4 | If the C of E used to be the Tory Party at prayer ( and is now the Democrats ) , the Methodists are the Labour Party at prayer . |
| 5 | Vitamin A used to be called the anti-infective vitamin because a deficiency reduces the resistance of certain parts of the body to infection . |