Example sentences of "the [det] [was/were] [prep] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the EEC did wish to go beyond the 1962 agreement on agriculture , the arrangements of which were in any case due to expire in 1965 , if financing was permitted to come from the EEC 's own resources , and if the latter were to be levied on imports , then it was sensible for the EEC budget to come under the control of the European Parliament . |
| 2 | Finally , countries were no longer required to pay a quarter of their IMF quotas ( or quota increases ) in gold ; in future they were allowed to use foreign currencies or SDRs , assuming further allocations of the latter were to be made . |
| 3 | Six of the latter were to be elected by the two Irish universities . |
| 4 | The latter were to be encouraged by Party propaganda at the uezd level to send in supportive letters to the press . |
| 5 | The latter was to be achieved through the abolition of internal customs duties and the introduction of a joint external tariff on all imports into the three countries , and the unification of excise and other tax rates . |
| 6 | The latter was to be posted in a box , to which was attached an electric cord . |
| 7 | Lord Lane CJ stated : ( a ) If there was a conflict between Lawrence and Morris , the latter was to be preferred , but the Lords in Morris did not see a conflict . |
| 8 | These were the clause condemning the impanelling of partial , corrupt and unqualified jurors ( a reference to the Rye House Plot trials of 1683 ) , the clause condemning excessive fines ( a reference to the crippling fines levied on Whig dissidents during the Tory Reaction ) , and the clause condemning " Grants and promises made of fines and forfeitures before any Conviction and Judgment of the same against the persons upon whom the same were to be levied " ( a reference to James 's dealings with the Monmouth rebels ) . |