Example sentences of "the [noun] [was/were] going [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In fact it became clear that a considerable part of the defence was going to be that of justification , that the laws and usages of war permitted reprisals to be taken against hostages . |
| 2 | In 1919 , Longstaff Dennison had claimed that the NCOAP was going to be ‘ a trade union for pensioners ’ . |
| 3 | If the Prince was going to be able to live off it when he finished his naval career and support the wife that everyone seemed so desperate for him to acquire , something radical had to be done . |
| 4 | From the point of view of consumers of produce grown by slave labour the advantage was going to be equally clear ; supplies of cotton from free-labour sources had begun to enter the British market and were substantially effective in reducing prices . |
| 5 | ‘ The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 6 | The acceptance of our presence throughout the Caribbean was going to be the most vital thing , because the people here took the anti-apartheid struggle very seriously . |
| 7 | On a Wednesday there was a rumour flying around Jersey House that the building was going to be sold ; on the following Monday , the rumour was confirmed as fact . |
| 8 | That farewell to the coaches was going to be ‘ Hello ’ until a few minutes ago when the British Olympic Association suddenly cancelled a meet-the-press day . |
| 9 | Okay having done that we discussed what the content of the course was going to be and then I asked you to make a first presentation . |
| 10 | I mean I actually voted for this contract , erm , rather reluctantly , but it seemed better than not , doing so at the time , but we were given assurances , and it was very well understood by absolutely everybody , that vigorous management would be needed in order to achieve the targetising and that was the only way that the savings were going to be made , and it does seem that , that , erm that has not been going on . |
| 11 | As far as myself , Mike and Marius were concerned , this was a good thing , as it meant that the march was going to be tough and that those of us who finished would deserve their white képis . |
| 12 | Here I was all excited that my favourite magazine in the States was going to be published here in England … it would be as avant-garde and as much on the literary cutting edge as its American counterpart , but with an added British flair . |
| 13 | ‘ The album was going to be called NO BOLLOCKS ! , ’ laughs Cris Bonacci , ‘ but in the end we decided to call it simply Girlschool , because we realised we 'd never used the name of the band as a title before … ’ |
| 14 | It was clear that the pace of the interview was going to be determined by this slow , strong man . |
| 15 | Gordon Carlisle , chairman of the Law Society of Scotland 's planning committee , and a partner in Glasgow firm McClure Naismith Anderson & Gardiner , said : ‘ The result was going to be something nobody could rely on but which would , nevertheless , affect land values and cause blight . |
| 16 | The Western-financed dams received all the attention ; the numerous jobs that needed to be done if the dams were going to be of any use had scant priority . |
| 17 | Whatever happened , the losses were going to be his responsibility . |
| 18 | Lord only knew when the telephone was going to be installed in the house , but if that man thought that he could speak to her however he wanted , safe in the knowledge that she was incommunicado , then he had another think coming . |
| 19 | ‘ The girl was going to be unconscious in another two seconds , or have to submit . |
| 20 | Mozart began work on Tito in late July , not knowing at that stage who the singers were going to be . |
| 21 | AFTER a period when it looked as if airworthy examples of the type were going to be extinct in the UK , Hawker 's Sea Fury is making a comeback . |
| 22 | The first thing explained exactly what the process was going to be |
| 23 | She was told that the charge was going to be for four days and Ganley was going to save the business . |
| 24 | As we ate , Dr Jaffery promised to give me a ring the following morning to confirm that the festival was going to be celebrated . |
| 25 | Just as the record was going to be released , Dave came round and told us he 'd got another manager for us and it turned out to be Ralph Horton who we 'd auditioned for at The Roebuck Pub in Tottenham Court Road . |
| 26 | After this remarkable visit , the volcano continued to be active for a week or two , but the explosive activity died down somewhat , and it began to look as though the eruption was going to be just a nine-days ' wonder , and would soon fade away and be forgotten . |
| 27 | However carefully and reverently the job was going to be handled , obviously he expected nothing but disaster . |
| 28 | As the constitutional reforms were to a very great degree imposed on the Japanese , the lead given by US authorities on interpreting the reforms was going to be crucial to post-Occupation Japan . |
| 29 | It was still early in the evening and the night was going to be very long . |
| 30 | The calculations I must have performed to decide where the ball was going to be , and to hit it , are staggering , but I managed ( so long as I did not stop to ask how I was doing it ) . |