Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [prep] be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Henceforward British subjects were to be the sum total of the citizens of those territories — some independent and some not independent as yet — which had formerly been within the allegiance as dominions of the Crown . |
| 2 | The new charters were to be a staging post . |
| 3 | Subsidiaries were to be no more than 50 per cent foreign-owned , in order , according to Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov , to prevent the monopoly of branches of industry by foreign companies . |
| 4 | The next few decades were to be a period of accelerating changes for the mills of the area as Hicks , who in 1806 became Lord of the Manor , systematically extended his empire . |
| 5 | The Japanese invasion brought an end to this initial stage of Holy Cross ; the war years were to be a severe testing of the training given . |
| 6 | Such individuals were to be the standard-bearers of an agricultural revolution based on a farming system which overcame the limitations of African soils by the scientific rotation of crops and their integration with livestock . |
| 7 | Dossy 's earliest ambitions were to be a writer after he was told at school that he had literary talent . |
| 8 | Sad to say , these successes were to be the prelude to the downfall of Leeds City . |
| 9 | Their festivals were to be a commemoration of God 's acts and even some of their clothes were to carry a reminder : ‘ Into this tassel you shall work a violet thread , and whenever you see this in the tassel , you shall remember all the Lord 's commands and obey them . ’ |
| 10 | Within each school , PNP coordinators were to be the LEA 's main agent for interpreting , explaining and implementing the goals of the programme . |
| 11 | In fact , the first Labour government which took office in January 1924 , after Baldwin had been defeated on an amendment to the Address , lasted until October , when the new government in turn was defeated on a Liberal amendment to a Conservative motion which MacDonald chose to regard as a matter of confidence ; and the Conservatives rather than the Liberals were to be the beneficiaries of MacDonald 's fall . |
| 12 | Pageants were to be the salvation of the studios . |
| 13 | Since older miners were usually no longer fit to work at the coal-face and did less well-remunerated jobs on or near the surface , this meant that in old age — if they reached it — their pensions were to be a calculated on the basis of their more poorly paid years at work ! |
| 14 | Some of these institutions were to be the outcome of local amalgamations — including colleges of art . |
| 15 | The local authorities were to be the main organisers of hospital provision , combining together in joint authorities to plan care in their areas , including the voluntary sector . |
| 16 | In 455 the Goths were to be the prime movers in his elevation to imperial office . |
| 17 | Thomas was to be retained by the duke , and all the servants , tenants and inhabitants of the Scrope estates were to be the duke 's men . |
| 18 | Thomas was to be retained by the duke , and all the servants , tenants and inhabitants of the Scrope estates were to be the duke 's men . |
| 19 | The Founders were to be the guardians of the purity of the paper , protecting it and keeping it in touch with the grass roots which they represented . |
| 20 | If fundholders were to be a lever for change in the reorganised National Health Service there is evidence from this study that they are achieving this objective . |
| 21 | The story of the Frome Titfords properly ends with the youngest of the four brothers whose fortunes we have been following ; his children were to be the last Titfords in the town , and he himself outlived William , Thomas and Charles . |
| 22 | The ecology wall charts were to be the most recent in a series of a dozen or so published by the Natural History Museum with sponsorship from BP and featured in their educational catalogue . |
| 23 | Kawanishi were to be the main assemblers . |
| 24 | Outstanding agenda items at the reconvened Rome talks were to be the integration of the two forces , a date for general elections , and the withdrawal of the estimated 7,000 Zimbabwean troops guarding the Beira and Limpopo transport corridors to landlocked central Africa . |
| 25 | Whether NoS could be classified as ‘ Loony Left ’ or not , the majority of its council backers were to be the big names on the Sun hit list . |
| 26 | When the French dukes made peace among themselves at Auxerre three months later , the only losers were to be the English . |