Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] were to " in BNC.
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| 31 | However as late as 1668 another Roman , Mario Savioni ( c. 1608–1685 ) brought out a book of five-part Madrigali morali e spirituali , explaining that they were to be sung each at the end of one of his previously published Concerti morali and adding that he had ‘ taken care to unite together the aria and the madrigal so as to conform with the character of the concertos ’ . |
| 32 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 33 | It is probably no accident that they were to be found in most classes of urban or other settlements and in military vici . |
| 34 | They could n't ignore the fact that they were to part , and neither of them made any attempt to avoid it in conversation . |
| 35 | By June 6 about 300 such detainees were being held under light security in Addis Ababa , and the interim government had stated that they were to be tried in the presence of international observers . |
| 36 | When it became known that they were to be repatriated , fighting broke out , the gates were forced , and Italian police opened fire after being attacked with stones and planks . |
| 37 | It was believed that they were to stage yet another demonstration at the Party conference , this time during tomorrow 's crucially important debate on immigration . |
| 38 | Blake realized that they were to be part of some evil black magic ceremony . |
| 39 | Was there any feeling when these letters were received that they were to be taken seriously or they were in fact a bluff ? |
| 40 | The disciples were told , before , ten days before they received the Holy Spirit that they were to be witnesses unto him . |
| 41 | George and I were to be victims , I was to be taken to the top floor and George to the third floor up . |
| 42 | Henniker and I were to be taken up to Mr. Ingard 's room , Spalding and Miss Robinson were to go to the offices allotted to us on the second floor . |
| 43 | ‘ If I were to be wrapped up warmly , and … ’ |
| 44 | ‘ Clive , what about if I were to … ’ |
| 45 | If I WERE to a take a bath I would not turn both taps fully on since this is bound to result in a freezing cold bath . |
| 46 | The nut appears to be plastic and , if I were to be really picky , has been cut a hair on the high side . |
| 47 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 48 | He said : ‘ If I were to single out any one project as a model of its kind , it is the car park in Chichester . ’ |
| 49 | ‘ Well , you see — I thought I explained this to you — if I were to eidetik now I would go into a kind of a trance . |
| 50 | If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up . |
| 51 | especially if I were to actually get , if I get that I 'd consider going if I could get a place in the halls , the residence |
| 52 | But it or if I were to be thinking I 'd say , Is n't he . |
| 53 | If someone were to be left alone in one of these structures , not only would the physical senses be deprived , but the individual would be in a psychic atmosphere well suited to the encouragement of inspirational and prophetic experiences . |
| 54 | If someone were to work part time for a corner shop keeper who had no other employees there would be no way of collecting tax at that employment . |
| 55 | It is vital that the system is regularly maintained to ensure safe operation — and it would be a disaster if someone were to ‘ bodge ’ a repair if , for example , one of the two relief valves had discharged water . |
| 56 | Parliament listed a number of goods , known as the ‘ enumerated articles ’ , which the colonies were not allowed to send anywhere outside the empire , and which were to be carried out only in ships from England or from the country of origin . |
| 57 | Soon Otis Ferguson was praising the star system for coming up with personalities like W. C. Fields , Jimmy Durante , Mae West , and now Jimmy Cagney , all of whom offered ‘ the sense of real people ’ and who were to his mind ‘ the best and most honest Americans ’ that he knew . |
| 58 | What would she do if she were to be discovered ? |
| 59 | What if she were to be stranded in the mountains — marooned by a blizzard ? |
| 60 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |