Example sentences of "[pron] were to [be] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The nut appears to be plastic and , if I were to be really picky , has been cut a hair on the high side . |
| 2 | Although the Bill of Rights was important for enumerating various " Liberties of this Kingdom " ( Some of which were to be similarly expressed during the following century in the Bill of Rights of the United States Constitution ) , its essential purpose was to assert the position of Parliament in relation to the Crown . |
| 3 | The predominant over-view in this Department was that Television held a special kind of mystique ; that writing and producing drama for it demanded special levels of skill which were to be somewhere between the scopes of the Theatre and the Cinema . |
| 4 | In the original battle plans , which were to be strictly adhered to , ten minutes were allocated for the raid . |
| 5 | It was originally decreed that great economies had to be exercised in the provision of stations , which were to be mainly of wood . |
| 6 | The structure plans then provided a framework for local plans , which were to be more detailed strategies prepared at district level . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | His support came from a small group of household knights who were to be well rewarded for their work , but he was not indebted to any great noble for his position . |
| 9 | If we were to be totally cynical , we would say it lets Darlington MP Michael Fallon off a nasty hook . |
| 10 | In fact both treatments would work even if one were to be marginally better . |
| 11 | There were to be no drawn curtains , no signs of mourning , and certainly no black ties . |
| 12 | Soon there were to be further strains on the Anglo-Turkish relationship in Egypt . |
| 13 | Local education boards were established to have oversight of the day-to-day operation of the schools within their area , although they were to be firmly guided on the details of the curriculum by means of the Elementary Code of 1903 . |
| 14 | They were to be indirectly elected from the main local authorities . |
| 15 | ‘ Specialists ’ might have to enjoy even better conditions of life under socialism than they had under capitalism if they were to be well motivated . |
| 16 | As with the Merseyside Task Force , they were to be primarily concerned with project development and not with issues of strategy . |
| 17 | All were required to get official sanction for their enclosure and to provide evidence of the means by which they were to be physically provided for . |
| 18 | They expressed surprise at the figures I produced , and they were to be even more surprised in 1973 when a survey far more extensive than mine gave the number as 1,737,000 . |
| 19 | But if the Conservative Party thought that it was cornering the market in citizenship , they were to be quickly disillusioned . |
| 20 | Running costs were therefore not to be cut by NETRHA and indeed they were to be substantially increased . |
| 21 | ‘ They thanked me very much and said how pleased they were to be so well looked after , then they kicked us in the appropriate part of the anatomy . ’ |
| 22 | Part of the difficulty with the image came from the noisy fears of the critics , especially those who insisted that comprehensive schools would , if they were to be as good as grammar schools , have to be huge . |
| 23 | They were to be very ‘ diplomatic ’ with recalcitrant poor peasants , and on no account were they to take to court more than a small minority in any one area , even if a majority were guilty . |
| 24 | There are people now in the Wag Club whose musical digestive systems would probably collapse if they were to be inadvertently fed a powerchord . |
| 25 | But feminists rapidly became aware that the state itself was patriarchal and needed profound transformation if they were to be fully represented in the nation 's political and moral life . |
| 26 | The governor offered a formal , white-gloved hand to each member of the Sherman family in turn , but when the affably smiling senator began to say how pleased they were to be there , the aide-de-camp immediately cut him short and motioned the family aside so that the governor could begin a formal speech . |
| 27 | By 1802 John Wayland — a member of a famous Frome family , some of whom were to be very eminent in Baptist circles in America — was the new owner , and rates on it cost him 4d. ; lucky old Mrs. Muir , then , who had taken over by 1804 , and was only charged half the price … |
| 28 | Indeed , if it were to be as firmly and clearly drawn as some of our mentors would wish , I can not help feeling that a number of leading cases in your Lordships ' House would never have been decided the way they were . |
| 29 | Pastiche or not , ‘ Disco Dancer ’ lived in the kind of predictability that Morrissey , if he were to be truly distanced from The Smiths , would denounce fervently . |