Example sentences of "[det] [noun pl] were [adv] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only difference between the groups was that those in E were generally a little older and a few females were also to be found there . |
| 2 | The Japanese colonial empire was swiftly dismantled even though some regrets were later to be expressed at the Japanese departure from Korea and Taiwan . |
| 3 | Such arguments were soon to be developed in the State Department . |
| 4 | These funds were only to be disbursed when the compact agreement had been signed . |
| 5 | Some 10,000 students from these republics were also to be given places in Turkish lycées and universities . |
| 6 | The reason was that it was not at that time ascertained that those materials were definitely to be used . |
| 7 | Occasionally she half hoped to see him again , she would find herself watching faces rising towards her on the escalator of the Tube and wonder what she would feel if one of those faces were suddenly to be his . |