Example sentences of "[noun sg] that it [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thenceforward it was to be taken that Parliament had only conferred the decision-making power on the basis that it was to be exercised on the correct legal basis : a misdirection in law in making the decision therefore rendered the decision ultra vires . |
| 2 | On the basis that it was to be a ‘ one-off ’ , and following conclusive proof that it could read DCA/RFT files directly off the company network , the syste was allowed . |
| 3 | In 1988 , customers , so cheesed off with the Line 's service , staged the famous so-called ‘ battle of Finchley Central , ’ occupying a train after an all-too-common announcement that it was to be diverted to Mill Hill East instead of ‘ speeding ’ to its original destination of High Barnet . |
| 4 | Bank workers went on strike on Feb. 4 and occupied the headquarters of the National Savings and Insurance Bank in the capital , Buenos Aires , in protest at the announcement that it was to be privatized , Cavallo withdrawing this intention on Feb. 5 . |
| 5 | The individuals concerned , including particularly Harold Wilson and Roy Jenkins , were persuaded to take part in the belief that it was to be a serious piece of film-making . |
| 6 | Where Richard was during these years of military and diplomatic manoeuvring we do not know , but it is a reasonable guess that he was with his mother , since Aquitaine was her duchy and it was by her wish that it was to be made over to him . |
| 7 | The objective of the operation was to arrest Mr with the proviso that it was to be done with the safety of the public to be paramount and that the safety of the police officers and Mr was also to be considered . |
| 8 | Would every ‘ past service ’ raise an implication that it was to be paid for , so as to allow action on a subsequent promise of payment ? |
| 9 | The future of Britain 's longest running chart show , Top Of The Pops , was in doubt tonight after a report that it was to be axed . |
| 10 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |