Example sentences of "[unc] [noun sg] [was/were] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only if Denmark 's freedom were ever to be threatened , so the legend ran , would he reawaken in her defence . |
| 2 | The guilty offender 's freedom was still to be curtailed but outside of institutions . |
| 3 | But John 's heyday was not to be long-lived . |
| 4 | Only five weeks after having a baby , Sukey 's figure was back to an enviable slimness . |
| 5 | Lansdowne Road has seen some famous victories this year and the Dublin Sports & social Committee was not to be outdone as Lansdowne Football Club was the venue for its latest undertaking . |
| 6 | In compliance with the licensing laws the children 's rehearsal was n't to be held until later in the afternoon . |
| 7 | ‘ The dog 's heartbeat was down to 25 to 30 when the average is 75 to 80 for the needs of the body , ’ he said … |
| 8 | The term 's work was not to be seen as leading up to the audio tape . |
| 9 | Golden Girl 's lead was down to a quarter of a mile . |
| 10 | Badb 's cry was also to be feared as a death omen , it having been she who taught the BANSHEES to keen and wail . |
| 11 | Held , allowing the appeal , that the retraction by a witness in extradition proceedings of evidence previously given in the requesting state did not in itself discredit that evidence and , unless it was worthless , the magistrate was entitled to act upon it in deciding whether there was sufficient evidence to justify an order for committal ; that , equally , a witness 's evidence was not to be automatically discredited by virtue of that witness having been an alleged accomplice of the accused ; and that the magistrate had given proper consideration to the retraction of P. 's evidence and to his being an alleged accomplice when deciding if there was sufficient evidence to justify the applicant 's committal ; that , further , since the provision in article 1 of the Treaty allowing for extradition in respect of offences ‘ committed within the territory of the requesting party ’ having been extended by article 3(2) to cover participation in extradition offences punishable by the laws of both states , the lack of evidence of the applicant 's presence in Sweden at the relevant time did not take the offences outside the ambit of the Treaty ; that under Schedule 1 to the Act of 1989 the magistrate was concerned only with committal proceedings under English procedure in relation to the English crimes specified in the order to proceed and not with the jurisdiction of the Swedish court ; and that , accordingly , the magistrate had been entitled to commit the applicant ( post , pp. 846D–F , 850F — 851A , E — 852C , 853A ) . |
| 12 | Ken added : ‘ Marty 's angle was not to be afraid of anti-feeling , because we 're making people laugh and in laughter we 're making a kind of sanity . |
| 13 | Erm you 'll recall the City Council 's objection was both to the level and the distribution of employment land in North Yorkshire , er in particular as far as it relates to the likely effects on regeneration in West Yorkshire and in Leeds in particular . |
| 14 | Amal 's brother was not to be found . |
| 15 | TWENTY-FOUR hours after the Memorial Day celebrations , the Vietnam Veterans ' memorial was back to normal . |