Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] to be [vb pp] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was to be preferred to the more rigid prescriptions of schools like the large 11–18 Welsh comprehensive which allocated young pupils to sharply divided courses within the school : one group advancing fast to O level in four years , four groups in five years , the next four to CSE ( for which see Chapter 7 ) in five years , four groups following special technical courses , two following general technical courses , two or three on commercial courses , and finally two groups for ‘ low ability ’ pupils . |
| 2 | Likewise , when he secured a thirty-mark annual pension from the church of Wigan , he assigned ten marks to the fabric fund of the cathedral and twenty marks to the sacrist , of which half was to be assigned to six boys appointed by the bishop . |
| 3 | Basic unemployment benefits were reduced , while other supplementary benefits for unemployed people , for single parents and for the sick were to be subjected to means testing . |
| 4 | Stages I and II were to be directed to the improvement of tribunals by the strengthening of their personnel , and in particular by appointing lawyer chairmen , with a senior chairman appointed for each region . |
| 5 | Of the 168 vacancies thus created , 42 were to be filled by new borough seats , including eight new London seats and seats for Manchester , Leeds , and Birmingham ; 55 were to be devoted to the provision of additional members for countries , to augment what had traditionally been regarded as the most " independent " element in the representative system ; and nine new places were to be given to Scotland , Ireland and Wales . |
| 6 | Furthermore , in February 1711 , as part of a general move to increase revenue , it was decided to sell the " Commons and Waste Grounds " of Stockport , sufficient to yield about £60 a year ; of this , one sixth was to be paid to the Mayor towards defrayment of the costs of his office , and another sixth to the Schoolmaster , while the remaining two thirds were devoted to the poor of the town . |
| 7 | An advertisement was put out requesting that no relief be given to beggars ; the really needy were to be referred to Mr. Chapman at the House of Industry . |