Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pers pn] [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EC negotiator Ray MacSharry quit , claiming the Frenchman vetoed an accord just before it was to be signed on Tuesday . |
| 2 | An evangelical of great piety and a man of gentle character and inflexible integrity , Johnson was charged with a mission beyond the powers of most because he was to be custodian of the morals of the infant settlement but he had also to conform to the pragmatism of Arthur Phillip [ q.v. ] , the first governor of New South Wales . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't you ever touch me again ! ’ she yelled , rather inauspiciously if they were to be cast as lovers . |
| 4 | Even if they were to be separated , one would know that Susan was somewhere . |
| 5 | But even if they were to be drawn up from scratch with the express aim of reducing the level of severity in sentencing , there would still be a danger that discretion might simply be displaced to an earlier point in the system , such as the prosecutorial decision . |
| 6 | But even if it were to be brought in , there would still be a need for the factor 's services , says Alan Hughes , chairman of the ABFD and managing director of Griffin Factors , part of Midland Bank . |
| 7 | Even if it were to be deduced that there is an outstanding shortfall in the HP4 supply , this appeal , while being determined in the context of policy HP4 , would require to be consistent with the specific terms of policy HP6 , which refers to non-Local Plan proposals . |
| 8 | He clearly had strong forebodings about Wolfgang 's future in Salzburg : Archbishop Colloredo was not only less tolerant than his predecessor , but unwilling to recognize and appreciate genius , even when it was to be found on his own doorstep . |
| 9 | New Times has pondered whether there would be such vehement opposition about sending ‘ our boys ’ abroad again if they were to be sent to fight for Iraq . |