Example sentences of "were [verb] to [be] in [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course in conformity with ecclesiological principles , schools were expected to be in the Gothic style . |
| 2 | Lang insists that the planned reforms were designed to be in the best interests of local government . |
| 3 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 4 | The two , both suffering from leg injuries , were said to be in a ‘ serious ’ condition . |
| 5 | Those purged were said to be in the pay of the CIA , and described as ‘ counter-revolutionary ’ . |
| 6 | Valuable though such concessions were felt to be in the short term , we concluded it was wrong to encourage prospecting in sensitive waters without an adequate understanding of the nature and level of the risks involved . |
| 7 | No German warships were thought to be in the immediate area and only some four squadrons of fighters and bombers — an estimated 37 planes — were flying from Herdia , Stavanger , and Trondheim . |
| 8 | Islington , Southwark , Camden and Hounslow were thought to be in the bag . |
| 9 | But that if they did not make progress we were going to be in a really difficult situation which might have military overtones as well . |
| 10 | Fifteen yeomen were stated to be in the service of some lord or other , four being ‘ reteyned ’ by them ; six acted as bailiffs of townships , and the remainder were simply ‘ servants ’ , like Christopher Lacy of Riddlington , ‘ Seruant in the Howsehold w the Lord Hastings ’ , who had £15 in goods , reduced to £8 in the subsidy , where he was described as husbandman . |