Example sentences of "there was [vb pp] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | COUNTY councillor David Clark warned of significant changes to bus services affecting Liss residents at the parish council annual general meeting last week , saying that there was bound to be some confusion for a time . |
| 2 | He is n't a rapist but there was bound to be some sexual element . ’ |
| 3 | There was bound to be some tension when he teamed with Marlon Brando for Guys and Dolls in 1955 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | There was bound to be some tension between the governmental bureaucracy and that of the CPSU . |
| 6 | ‘ I suppose you would have liked to drive down together , but of course he had to deposit Emma at her cousin 's house first , so there was bound to be some delay . ’ |
| 7 | There was reported to be strong personal rivalry between Demirel and Özal , who had been Demirel 's economic adviser in 1979-80 before acting as an adviser to the military regime of 1980-82 and founding the ANAP in 1983 . |
| 8 | Thought there was meant to be four . |