Example sentences of "to [noun sg] was the " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was plain from the summing-up and the interview notes that the reason for the change of mind from denial to admission was the wish to prevent members of his family being interviewed , charged with or suspected of a crime which he was admitting . |
| 2 | Now , in the conditions of 1920 in Soviet Russia , to write about all those things that industry could supply to agriculture was the ‘ music of the future ’ and the reality was that coercion was the main means of provisioning the towns . |
| 3 | The only person who came to mind was the Substitute , but years of battling with arrogant , ambitious magistrates had taken their toll and he smiled ruefully at himself for having such a peculiar idea . |
| 4 | The State Council had released an 87-page White Paper on human rights on Oct. 31 which said that the right to subsistence was the " foremost human right " . |
| 5 | We saw that the chief consequence of the change from foraging to hunting was the restitution of the primal father in the totem-animal which was worshipped , and also in the totemic taboos in which his moral authority lived on . |
| 6 | Her rise to prominence was the culmination of a career which combined a feminist commitment to challenging male sexual behaviour , with traditional beliefs in moralizing philanthropy directed at the poor . |
| 7 | When he arrived , getting down to work was the last thing on his mind . |
| 8 | A similar pointer to opinion was the ‘ volunteer army ’ of post-war planners who launched a series of reconstruction projects in 1940–41 . |
| 9 | In fairness to the young girls who had come and gone over the years , he had deliberately picked well-stacked , dimwitted types whose only claim to fame was the fact that they were a good lay . |
| 10 | Predictably Michael Palin 's Pole to Pole was the runaway Christmas hit , proving once again that there is nothing like a television series to help sales of a book — Heffers sold between 1,300 and 1,400 copies . |
| 11 | In consequence the central objective of governmental concern prior to membership was the balance of payments . |
| 12 | Hence a major factor predisposing urban and rural families to poverty was the low pay of men and the still lower pay of women , whilst they were in regular work . |
| 13 | A speck on a rock halfway to heaven was the top cablecar station , I was told . |
| 14 | The extension of VAT to fuel was the ‘ meanest part of the Budget ’ , he said . |
| 15 | Ironically , the rescue craft which arrived to haul her to safety was the boat she was helping to pay for . |
| 16 | A further inducement to non-intervention was the knowledge that Austria would cede the Italian province of Venetia , which she still held , providing France kept Italy neutral . |
| 17 | All authorities agreed that adding the substance to water was the best way to limit the daily dosage . |
| 18 | No , what really frightened old Shallot and turned my innards to water was the thought of the beast Wolsey served , Henry VIII by the grace of God , King of England , Ireland and France . |
| 19 | Of crucial importance in the period of transition to democracy was the setting up of a specific negotiations commission under Cyril Ramaphosa , secretary-general of the ANC . |
| 20 | The commitment to devolution was the Trojan horse within Labour 's gates . |
| 21 | And asking him to supper was the only way she could do this . |
| 22 | His only concession to vanity was the delicately curled moustache beneath his patrician 's nose , which concealed an upper lip he 'd thought dubiously ripe in his youth , leaving the lower to jut in lieu of a chin . |
| 23 | An important part of his contribution to theory was the analysis of the demand for money and its differences with the quantity theory view . |
| 24 | The SLF has been pushing Government to ensure the interests of landlords are taken care of in the regulations but in the meantime , Mr Barlow said the advice not to relet was the only choice even although it would have a serious effect on entrants wanting to get into let holdings . |
| 25 | An appeal to nationalism was the best method of anchoring the Indonesians to the victory of Japan . |
| 26 | ‘ June 1980 , I was pushing 20 and part of Orange Juice , an early stone Roses prototype whose return to music was the resolve for a bad Seventies hangover . |
| 27 | Recognizing the right of Russia 's minorities to self-determination was the essence of repudiating the Tsarist inheritance and affirming democracy and the principle that peoples should not be compelled to co-operate by force . |
| 28 | Though many other features certainly were recognised by Banfield as relevant , the characteristic of these societies that he adopted as the key to explanation was the absence of concerted collective action by the peasants for improvement of their own position . |
| 29 | The mainsheet traveller tore off the deck and began a chain reaction : next to go was the boom vang , and this caused the boom to fracture at the gooseneck , overloading the mast check-stay which parted . |
| 30 | Her introduction to publishing was the publishing course at Oxford Polytechnic . |