Example sentences of "[noun sg] there [was/were] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Tambov town there were reported to be as few as three Bolsheviks on the very eve of the October Revolution . |
| 2 | The benefit to be assessed on teachers at Malvern College in respect of their children 's education there was held to be the marginal cost to the school of providing the education , less any contribution the teachers made . |
| 3 | Before the present conflict there were thought to be as many as 4,000 elephants in Sri Lanka , though 3,000 is a more likely total . |
| 4 | The refugee camp there was said to be acting as a " magnet " , encouraging more Haitians to put to sea , and it was confirmed that the camp would be phased out . |
| 5 | It 's just that I have n't had time to think about it and I only thought that with all those shepherds in the area there was bound to be some traffic in illegally slaughtered lamb . |
| 6 | When Richard was a young man there was reckoned to be a tournament about once a fortnight on the Continent ; in England they were prohibited on the orders of Henry II . |
| 7 | Now , you are too young to be aware of this but in the past there was held to be a linkage between so-called ‘ self-abuse ’ and the sebaceous rigours of your time of life . |
| 8 | He said in any system there was bound to be a turnover leading to some vacant homes . |
| 9 | He said in any system there was bound to be a turnover leading to some vacant homes . |