Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [verb] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | A marquis , Ridolfi was related to the Medici family through the marriage of one of his ancestors to a daughter of Lorenzo the Magnificent ; another member of the family , Cosimo Rodolfi , was a leading figure of the 19th century Risorgimento and the founder of Florence 's first savings bank . |
| 2 | In 1963 Earp returned to England , Lawrie was transferred to the North Lowlands Unit and Johnstone became the District Geologist for the Highlands and Islands . |
| 3 | In a reshuffle on June 14 ( i ) Aguinaldo Jaime replaced Augusto Teixeira de Matos as Minister of Finance ; ( ii ) Boavista da Silva Cardoso was appointed to the new portfolio of Information ; and ( iii ) José de Franca Dias Van Dúnem was appointed Minister of Planning in place of António Henriques da Silva . |
| 4 | The programme , which Gorbachev was to present to the G-7 summit in London , was said to combine elements of the rival plans widely canvassed in June [ see p. 38272 ] , i.e. the official " anti-crisis " programme of Prime Minister Pavlov , and the radical " grand bargain " proposals of economist Grigory Yavlinsky . |
| 5 | Dr. Goldsmith did n't want to certify the man at first , but later relented , and Sabey was sent to the asylum . |
| 6 | However , things began to take a downward turn in 1923/4 ; and Young Buffalo was taking to the firewater . |
| 7 | At a humbler level , it gave him the service of Richard Barnby of Great Gonerby , whom Richard was to add to the Lincolnshire commission of array in winter 1484 . |
| 8 | At a humbler level , it gave him the service of Richard Barnby of Great Gonerby , whom Richard was to add to the Lincolnshire commission of array in winter 1484 . |
| 9 | Kathleen was called to the phone and discovered her mother crying and laughing all at once , with all the family , it seemed , lined up behind her waiting to talk . |
| 10 | After a period supporting Coastal Command based at Predannock , Cornwall , in 1943 Braham was switched to the experimental task of escorting bomber streams over Europe . |
| 11 | Leule Selase Tamamum was appointed to the Cabinet , but it was unclear what portfolio he was to hold . |
| 12 | Soper was displeasing to the Free Presbyterians for a number of reasons — his commitment to ecumenism , his left-wing politics — but more than anything it was his rationalism which provoked the ire of conservatives . |
| 13 | Leader of the State Council Eduard Shevardnadze was elected to the latter position — effectively a presidential role — with over 95 per cent of the vote . |
| 14 | A past chairman and managing director of the well-known Merseyside bakery firm , Mr Scott was elected to the Everton board in 1968 , and became chairman eight years later , in succession to Mr Alan Waterworth . |
| 15 | When the raids died down after May 1941 Scott was moved to the Ministry of Home Security , first as deputy ( 1941–2 ) and then as permanent secretary ( 1942–3 ) . |
| 16 | When the human teacher of the chimpanzee Nim Chimsky could no longer afford to continue his researches , Nim was returned to the community of zoo chimpanzees from which he had originally come . |
| 17 | Donald P. Brennan was appointed to the Board on 22 May 1991 and to the board of Waterford Wedgwood U.K. plc on 14 June 1991 . |
| 18 | Businessman Ian Brennan was added to the Hibs board today taking their directorial strength up to six . |
| 19 | In 1758 , four years after he had added the clerkship of Richmond New Park Lodge to that he held at Hampton Court , when the comptroller of the works , Thomas Ripley [ q.v. ] , was dying , he wrote to Newcastle to apply for his post ; and although in the event the preferment went to Henry Flitcroft [ q.v. ] , it was by Newcastle 's ‘ immediate appointment ’ that Wright was promoted to the posts of master mason and deputy surveyor vacated by the latter . |
| 20 | Sales agent Lindsay Wright was driving to the village supermarket with his wife Sally and sons Daniel , 10 , and Thomas , 7 , when he spotted the thief roaring away from the jeweller 's shop . |
| 21 | Whilst Hennessy was talking to the soldier outside , Donaldson found a light switch for three unshaded bulbs high in the rafters . |
| 22 | ‘ There , Mr Cottle , ’ Mary Ann was saying to the traveller in jelly , as she passed him the bread and butter , ‘ this 'll put roses in your cheeks . ’ |
| 23 | Toby was referring to the clause which was usually written into contracts between golfers and the manufacturer who supplies their equipment . |
| 24 | Kuwait was admitted to the Arab League and to the United Nations . |
| 25 | Hungary was admitted to the Eureka initiative on co-operation in high-technology projects , as the organization 's 21st member ( and the first from eastern Europe ) , at the 10th Eureka ministerial conference , held in Tampere , Finland , on May 23 . |
| 26 | On 7 April Irwin was writing to the Secretary of State that the Mahatma 's health was poor and that his horoscope had predicted he would die that year , which would be , he said , ‘ a very happy solution ’ . |
| 27 | In June 1917 Maitland was appointed to the DSO for ‘ extremely valuable and gallant work in connection with airships and parachutes ’ . |
| 28 | Fifty-eight year old Daniel Brady from Northfield Avenue was admitted to the Southern General suffering from head injuries , but died last night . |
| 29 | At the Dissolution of the Monasteries , the manor of Poulton was granted to the Pagets . |
| 30 | The debt problem was solved by someone he hardly knew paying his debt and Seawright was elected to the Assembly where he turned out to be a thorn in the DUP 's flesh . |