Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] now to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The publicists , popularisers and ideologists were now to be found throughout the western world and wherever there was a local elite attracted by ‘ modernisation ’ . |
| 2 | Whole peoples were now to be regenerated , not by the patient labours of obscure administrators toiling at their life 's work in obscure places , but by the brilliant schemes of brilliant people flitting about the corridors of power . |
| 3 | Even if that figure were now to be drastically reduced orthodox interpretations of the fossil evidence together with orthodox evolutionary theory would require that the last generalized man/ape , the " missing link " of the early Darwinian imagination , must have died out an exceedingly long time ago . |
| 4 | The first meeting of the Governors was held on 12th August 1881 and the seven present decided to appoint Mr. Edward Walmsley to the Chair before proceeding to make arrangements for a Clerk , to deal with the accounts ( for which proper books were now to be kept ) , and to inspect the Deeds of the School with the Town Clerk . |
| 5 | Citrine was happy to tell them , in the traditional ( if somewhat imprecise ) formula , that the industry was now to be operated in the national interest and not for private gain . |
| 6 | An Irish relative had told her that Ireland was now to be known as Eire but she knew nothing of the reasons for this , or of what was happening in Germany . |
| 7 | Human biology was now to be studied as a series of stages in the process of evolution . |
| 8 | Whatever showmanship may have been developed in the CHAB productions was now to be used originating talks programmes and other current affairs features , including discussion groups , from the Vancouver studios of CBC to the forty-odd stations of the national network . |
| 9 | The emphasis was now to be increasingly on service , given to and paid for by the state , which assumed the right to appoint its commanders ( this was made easier by the fact that all accepted the state 's money for service in war ) and to demand that it got the best available in return for its money . |
| 10 | Public-sector loans were now to be repaid over 20 years and other loans over 15 years . |
| 11 | Bonar Law , backed by fewer MPs than any of the other three contenders at the beginning of the week was now to be the unanimous choice . |
| 12 | Standards were more likely to be improved , it was said , if parents had a greater choice of schools , and the new Technology Colleges were now to be among the choices on offer for those who lived in their catchment area . |
| 13 | There was also an attempt to ensure full and free participation in committee hearings by all members and restraints were imposed on the use of proxy votes by chairmen ; in addition , all votes in committee and on the floor were now to be recorded and open to public scrutiny . |
| 14 | The foreign intelligence operations were now to be conducted by a new and as yet unnamed state agency separate from the KGB ( although Primakov was also named first deputy chair of the KGB ) , and would concentrate on national security and on monitoring the international drugs trade and terrorism . |
| 15 | The presidential elections were now to be held on June 12 , 1993 , and not as scheduled on Dec. 5 , 1992 . |
| 16 | In 797 he wrote to the people of Kent lamenting that scarcely any ruler was now to be found of the old stock of kings . |
| 17 | Lastly , the School was now to be called " The Stockport Grammar and Free Schools " . |
| 18 | The position was now to be reviewed to ascertain whether production was at last to be increased and sustained . |
| 19 | Together with the kingdoms of Laos and Cambodia Vietnam was now to be joined in the Indochinese Union although the country itself was divided into three parts . |
| 20 | Six months later , in June 1951 , after de Lattre had halted the Vietminh offensive in Tonkin and with the immediate threat removed , Heath reported from Saigon that the current phase in Indo-China was now to be seen as a holding operation . |