Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] be [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If capital expenditure were to be ignored the surplus in April would be [ 53,340 + 52,560 ] £105,900 , in May [ 81,980 + 52,560 ] £134,540 and in June [ 150,000 - 27,200 ] £122,800 . |
| 2 | Although the 1944 Act did not provide detailed prescription for complementary relationships it was clear from the 1943 Education Bill that the LEAs were to be given the responsibility and duty to secure the development of adult education , in consultation with the universities and voluntary bodies . |
| 3 | It may have been no coincidence that the Government announced in March 1990 that industrial tribunals were to be given the power to hear claims for damages in respect of breaches of employment contract . |
| 4 | Soviets of people 's deputies were to be given the right to distribute land to individuals , to collective and state farms , to institutions and to enterprises . |
| 5 | If Moxon , still young in captaincy terms , were to be given the job there would be a strong argument in favour of a team manager and as Illingworth , perhaps wisely , has rejected one offer to return ( from Leicestershire ) Yorkshire might look at another native son who has , from all accounts , done an excellent job in his first year of managment at Somerset , Jack Birkenshaw . |
| 6 | All those who were familiar with the works of Kerschensteiner knew that the task of the schools was to educate their pupils to serve their fellow citizens ; they were to be taught the value of joy in work as service . |
| 7 | Offenders were to be denied the sacrament by the local priest . |
| 8 | If full employment were to be achieved the economy would suck in imports and exports would be diverted to the domestic market . |
| 9 | Below the £20 mark were to be found the mass of people , 90 per cent and more of the population . |
| 10 | In turning these principles into the means by which legal services were to be provided the Commission did not recommend any radical departure from the present ‘ mixed economy ’ in legal advice and information . |
| 11 | The most suitable fate for a philosopher was to be born the son of a banker , like George Lukacs . |
| 12 | The new party was to be called the Revival Party of Mongolia , and 300 MPRP members were said to have joined initially . |
| 13 | It was to be called the Cloister Group , and meet in the Cloisters . |
| 14 | In addition , we saw that if Christianity was to be made the source of values this would create a logical inconsistency in Professor Hayek 's defence of the spontaneous order . |
| 15 | Held , allowing the appeal , that where a driver was required to provide a specimen of blood or urine for one of the reasons set out in section 7(3) of the Act of 1988 , or claimed the right to provide such a specimen under section 8(2) , the constable was required by section 7(4) to inform him that the specimen was to be of blood or urine and that it was for the constable to decide which ; but that there was no requirement to invite the driver to express his preference for giving blood or urine ; that if the constable intended to require a specimen of blood , the driver was to be given the right to object on medical grounds to be determined by a medical practitioner or , if the requirement had been made under section 7(3) , for some other reason affording a ‘ reasonable excuse ’ within section 7(6) of the Act ; and that , accordingly , the requirement for the defendant to provide a specimen of blood had complied with section 7(4) ( post , pp. 885G–H , 890D–G , 891A–D , 895B–E , H — 896A ) . |
| 16 | His dubious reward was to be given the Department of the Environment . |
| 17 | However , this remarkable literary work — even given an army of fans as keen as his niece — would not have brought in very much income , nor would the journalism , and it was to be assumed the trust provided the rest . |
| 18 | It was this success story which prompted the Prime Minister 's Office to inform Laura that her name was on the forthcoming list of Queen 's Birthday Honours ; she was to be offered the OBE if this was ‘ agreeable ’ . |