Example sentences of "[conj] these were [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither writers nor architects were wholly unaware that these were to be houses for human beings to live in . |
| 2 | In other long-established deaf centres , members began to arrange day outings now that omnibuses were more readily available , and these were to be a feature of deaf life in the next few decades . |
| 3 | The factory which opened in 1986 at Washington , Tyne and Wear was capable of assembling 24,000 cars only and these were to be constructed from ‘ kits ’ imported from Japan . |
| 4 | Realism had flourished with Defoe , Richardson , Fielding and Smollett , and these were to be the presiding deities of the new British novel . |
| 5 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 6 | Other institutional supports for citizenship could include a more responsive system of local government , and national and regional assemblies if these were to be set up . |
| 7 | If these were to be conceded , they would rule out a number of technical options . |
| 8 | Director Tony Smith had just completed the prize-winning TV series Tutti Frutti , but these were to be some of his first commercials . |
| 9 | But these were to be men of non-noble birth or at best only from minor junker families , destined merely for posts such as Warsaw or The Hague where real aristocrats were not needed . |