Example sentences of "[noun sg] there be to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In return there was to be a Commission of Inquiry into hospital workers ' pay . |
| 2 | On Saturday evening there is to be a special party here : an orchestra , dancing , and several important guests . |
| 3 | At officer level there was to be a chief executive ( in place of the former town clerk ) whose role was to advise the Policy and Resources Committee and head a small management team ( consisting mainly of chief departmental officers ) which would prepare plans and programmes as well as co-ordinate policy implementation . |
| 4 | In the autumn there was to be a break in his usual routine . |
| 5 | This year there were to be no festivities , however meagre . |
| 6 | Edward had won over the industrial towns of Flanders in 1340 , and the maintenance of the English position there was to be a basic strategic principle until its decisive failure in 1385 . |
| 7 | This time there is to be no law or sanctions . |
| 8 | At each stage there was to be a reshuffle of cars in depôts , so that the worst cars in the fleet were scrapped first and the better cars from a depôt closing were moved to another one . |