Example sentences of "[det] [was/were] [vb pp] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know that they could live in extremely shallow to very deep-water environments , that most lived on or near the sea bottom , but a few were adapted to open-ocean swimming . |
| 2 | Some were evacuated to other locations on Aug. 24 ; many of those who remained in the building were Vietnamese . |
| 3 | This was geared to communal audiences , such as factory workers , who wanted background listening , and it was broadcast from the factory floor . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | This was seen to notable effect at 3-3 and deuce on Chesnokov 's serve in the second set . |
| 6 | This was directed to civil servants as an introduction to the basic principles of judicial review . |
| 7 | This was attributed to reduced export demand because of falling output in trading partner countries and the strength of the franc , and to a fall in domestic demand because of the Gulf crisis . |
| 8 | The state was concerned with the alleviation of poverty but its direct participation in welfare programmes was small ; most of this was left to private charity . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | The SSM is only one part of the total FAOR package , and as such was used to good effect to identify and select a specific problem area in the client organisation , and to complement the other analytical instruments . |
| 11 | Although the Romans maintained a number of marching camps across the Lowlands such as those at Pennymuir , Roxburgh , and Glenlochar in Kirkcudbrightshire , signal stations on heights such as the Eildon Hills , and sentinel forts substantially reinforced at one time and another , these were subjected to repeated tribal attacks and occasionally a combined assault . |
| 12 | Particular attention will be paid to how these were linked to civil research and development and industrial policies . |
| 13 | Developed countries agreed to assist LDCs in implementing development policies provided that these were linked to political reform and respect for human rights . |
| 14 | Many were sent to psychiatric hospitals and put in overcrowded wards with real mental patients and only a few overworked nuns to supervise them . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Lumsden replaced Eden in 1970 when the latter was transferred to Continental Shelf work and E. G. Poole succeeded Lawrie in 1973 . |
| 17 | ( This latter was used to good effect by the hard-up Gordon Comstock in Keep the Aspidistra Flying ; he would go to a party with a single cigarette in a packet and get free smokes all night long on the strength of it . ) |
| 18 | Several were rebuilt to various extents , where necessary receiving replacements from the large stock of spare parts for Metropolitan cars , held at Hendon Works . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Afterwards , the exposed board is processed with a readily available developer which will wash away all the etch-resist that was exposed to UV light . |
| 21 | That was seen to maximum effect two years ago when just a hint from McGuinness that the IRA might declare a ceasefire in return for talks with the Government was hailed by Whitehall as a major breakthrough . |
| 22 | Surely any comparison between past and present must take into account the £4.25 billion that was added to value-added tax . |