Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although the 1944 Act did not provide detailed prescription for complementary relationships it was clear from the 1943 Education Bill that the LEAs were to be given the responsibility and duty to secure the development of adult education , in consultation with the universities and voluntary bodies . |
| 2 | If McKinsey were to be taken literally , this structure would have to be taken apart and new structures created around the business units . |
| 3 | Aden radio reported on April 30 , 1990 , the decision that diplomatic relations between South Yemen and the United States were to be restored . |
| 4 | Last , all the vessels found in the island or fetched from Cherbourg were to be brought into Brading harbour laden with stones and sunk the 800-fathom [ 4800-ft ; 1460-m ] fairway that lies between … the outer road of St Helen 's and the inner one of Spithead . |
| 5 | It would seem that she and Johnny were to be allowed no souvenirs smuggled from that other world ; that place which their lives could touch but which they could not see . |
| 6 | Bristol and Plymouth were to be secured by local sympathisers and then James was to arrive somewhere on the south coast , to lead a march to London . |
| 7 | Party cells in the armed forces , the Interior Ministry and the KGB were to be disbanded . |
| 8 | Unable to establish any common ground between his proposals and the radical demands of the Left , Stolypin dissolved the Second Duma on 3 June 1907 and drastically altered the franchise on which subsequent Dumas were to be elected . |
| 9 | The Declaration envisaged the abolition of all tariffs within the zone , although Ecuador was to be permitted to dismantle its strongly protectionist system in two stages — 50 per cent of its tariffs would be lifted by the end of 1991 , and the remainder by June 30 , 1992 . |
| 10 | No longer the prop of an unjust social order , the God of the Magnificat was to be found on the side of the poor while the mighty trembled at the prospect of being toppled from their insecure thrones . |
| 11 | Mandela was to be assassinated by a sniper on his return from abroad in mid-July . |
| 12 | For the first time , the mighty strength of the United States was to be employed in a truly international conflict . |
| 13 | The co-ordinating body within the FAO was to be strengthened , with greater emphasis on quick response to requests for assistance . |
| 14 | Chatting yesterday to Steve Wright was to be taken back there . |
| 15 | Plaice , then , and two helpings — better make it three if Faustina was to be included — perhaps ‘ portions ’ was the word — and some chips . |
| 16 | The command of all forces at Verdun was to be taken over at midnight . |
| 17 | Back to Alice , then to Mary and eventually , indeed , to Exeter , where Killigrew was to be wed in the Cathedral to Amelia , daughter of Sir Richard Humpherson . |
| 18 | A subsidiary raid on Crete was to be carried out by Commandant Bergé , Lord Jellicoe and three Free French NCOs . |
| 19 | Reorganization of these two bodies into the RFMS was to be completed by July 1992 , and the Minister would be appointed by the President . |
| 20 | It was odd , Lucinda thought , that men should be doing a job more suited to women , but this was a real ship , was n't it , on which , if Molly was to be believed , women had yet to establish themselves . |
| 21 | Under the CIS agreement signed in December 1991 , all tactical nuclear weapons in Ukraine were to be dismantled by July 1 , 1992 , and all strategic weapons by the end of 1994 [ see p. 38655 ] . |
| 22 | The Commission observed that if the founding principles of the NHS were to be preserved ( health care for all , according to need , free at the point of service ) then the only insurance option would be a compulsory one . |
| 23 | She had hated Dierdriu on the terrible day that Dierdriu had told her that she and Fergus were to be parted . |
| 24 | The fifth Group at Vaagsö was to be carried by the destroyer HMS Oribi up the Ulvesund , part of the Indreled Channel , for a landing near Kapelnoes point north of the town , to cut the road in order to prevent reinforcements from North Vaagsö reaching South Vaagsö . |
| 25 | Under the terms of the new bases agreement Clark Field was to be handed over to the armed forces of the Philippines by Sept. 16 , 1992 , the date which the USA claimed marked the expiry of the current agreement . |
| 26 | The best thing that could have happened to IBM was to be broken up a decade or more ago . |
| 27 | On Jan. 16 , the central government informed the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir , Farooq Abdullah — whose National Congress ( Farooq ) party was allied to the formerly ruling Congress ( I ) — that Gen. ( retd ) K. V. Krishna Rao was to be replaced as state Governor . |
| 28 | The conclusion was that quote , Anna Jane was to be cared for primarily by her parents , I am not saying exhaustively , they wanted to be involved for as long as they were able to do . |
| 29 | Later in the same year , however , appearing on television in a news item on vandalism , Mr Rees was to be found closing the commonsense consensus . |
| 30 | A UDC was to be created — the LDDC — that was to concentrate on attracting in Private-sector investment , partly by attempting to overcome what were seen as major obstacles to regeneration : poor communications and infrastructure , a deteriorating physical environment , problems with land assembly and the area 's Poor image . |