Example sentences of "[noun] [noun pl] was [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | A sixth round of the ongoing peace negotiations was due to be held soon in Portugal , and both sides predicted that the talks would lead to the agreement of a ceasefire . |
| 2 | No one from Office Cleaning Services was available to be interviewed today , but a spokesman pointed out that Mrs Hampton had been advised by her doctor that the work was too stressful for her . |
| 3 | On Jan. 30 Schwarzkopf declared that the allies had achieved complete air supremacy and that the air offensive against enemy ground units was due to be intensified still further . |
| 4 | But this would be so only if trade between Member States was liable to be affected . |
| 5 | Eric [ Varley ] talked about energy extremely competently , though he insisted that looking for major energy savings was likely to be ‘ extremely disappointing ’ . |