Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] [noun pl] was to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Bank 's commitment to fostering environmentally sound development projects was to be underscored by a pilot programme of concessional lending for projects which would yield benefits on matters of key international environmental concern , amounting to between $1,000 million and $1,200 million over the next three years . |
| 2 | The social fund was significant for three main reasons : it replaced individual rights based on regulations with discretion which was to be applied by social fund officers ; the budget for social fund payments was to be cash-limited ; and most payments would be in the form of loans rather than grants . |
| 3 | The number of subsidised child-minding places was to be increased , but this would not provide the group experience that is such a valuable aspect of day centre provision . |
| 4 | Following a presidential announcement on Dec. 7 , 1989 , that national service for white adult males was to be reduced from two years to one from 1990 , Defence Minister Gen. Magnus A. Malan announced on Jan. 29 , 1990 , that the period of community service for religious objectors was being halved and that those serving a mandatory six-year prison sentence for refusing the draft would be eligible for remission of up to 50 per cent . |
| 5 | For a time the decline in Canada 's conventional oil reserves was to be met by the development of Western Canada 's gigantic oil sands deposits . |
| 6 | None of France 's nuclear deterrent programmes was to be affected except that nuclear tests on the Mururoa atoll in the South Pacific would be reduced from eight per year to six . |