Example sentences of "to be [verb] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The temperature range of the fish to be kept was from 70°s ; F ( 21°s ; C ) to 82°s ; F ( 28°s ; C ) so the temperature was set at 79°s ; F ( 26°s ; C ) . |
| 2 | Already the various structural elements in Nizan 's psychology are becoming apparent : a brooding sense of death nurtured in his formative months and years as an infant and as a child ; a childhood admiration for the values and life-style of his father , a man exuding certainty , conviction and power , a man involved in the practical problems of everyday existence ; a corresponding indifference for the seemingly hollow existence of his mother preoccupied with family duties , social functions and religious rites ; an implicit recognition that the path to be followed was to be located somewhere in the dynamic working-class origins of his father rather than in the passive middle-class origins of his mother ; a sense of loneliness as a child compensated by a deeply experienced relationship with his father , an idol , the source of knowledge and truth . |
| 3 | Another engagement he was hoping to be offered was from Her Majesty — to be detained at her pleasure . |
| 4 | The last recorded nest with eggs to be found was in Norfolk , in 1868 . |
| 5 | The area to be distributed was to be set by individual republics . |
| 6 | It is thought that the first bitch to be imported was from England , Attila Bathsheba , who was imported in whelp to a good dog , Upend Gallant Alf . |
| 7 | At the same time , the " whole way of life " towards which this change seemed to be directed was in conflict with the values of the " literary tradition " of which most English teachers still considered themselves the guardians . |
| 8 | The first course to be approved was in fact in Scotland , and was submitted to the CNAA with the support of the Scottish Education Department in 1970 . |