Example sentences of "[noun prp] were [adv] to be " in BNC.

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1 Porter and Paisley were frequently to be found leading such marches and various Ministers for Home Affairs found themselves being denounced by loyalists at Orange rallies .
2 Mr Bigg said speed restrictions on rail lines in East Anglia were about to be introduced because there was not enough money for line maintenance .
3 Yugoslavia and possibly Albania were also to be invited to the meeting , although neither was a COMECON member .
4 The wetlands and wastes of England were soon to be loud with their tumults .
5 There were at least a dozen big-wave specialists on the North Shore who , if the Eddie Aikau were actually to be held , could reasonably expect to make a small fortune .
6 With the last action of the match Ferguson reduced the deficit when he headed powerfully past Bonner , but Celtic were not to be denied a deserved victory .
7 ERCO were soon to be kept busy producing war materials , and it was not until August 1945 that production of the Ercoupe resumed .
8 Côte 304 and the Mort Homme were both to be assaulted simultaneously .
9 The prays … the dreams of the skipper the Reverend Bob Shepton were about to be fulfilled …
10 And on twenty five minutes , Nigel Mott got that opening goal as an excellent through ball from Paul Biddle found him in space and he placed the ball wide of the Fairmile goalkeeper Mark Carrigan ; Fairmile were not to be perturbed by this as on their half an hour Wayne Glossop went close for the home side .
11 If the WCC were not to be involved , then we would also have to fund air fares ( say £1000 ) .
12 Contributions to federal funds for the development of Kosovo and for disaster relief in Serbia proper and Vojvodina were also to be withheld .
13 By 1845 the Pennines between Manchester and Sheffield were about to be conquered , and a terminus in Sheffield was opened at Bridgehouses on July 14th of that year .
14 But Everton were not to be denied , and they produced another brilliant move as Beardsley and Warzycha combined to allow Cottee a simple tap-in .
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