Example sentences of "was [prep] be [adj] and " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Robert Walpole explained to his brother : " Their cry and complaint was of being underworked and starved by the Irish . " |
| 2 | In the course of the evening we had sampled a wide variety of wines , and were now experiencing a woozy sense of disassociation that was like being drunk and hung-over at the same time . |
| 3 | Patsy had always told Mrs Hogan that it was like being dead and going to Heaven to have a room of your own . |
| 4 | A dictionary of alchemical symbols is rather formidable , and indicates how many synonyms ( full or approximate ) there were , and how far this language was from being clear and distinct . |
| 5 | It shows that the total cost was to be 11650 and that a Grant of £300 had been received from a private Debt Extinction Fund subscribed by a few individuals to assist poor congregations . |
| 6 | At least Ferdinando 's reaction was to be penitent and vow he would not visit the caffè again . |
| 7 | Royalty was to be one-twelfth and this to be paid at the end of every half-year : the said ore to be weighed up every three months and the banks to be cleared at the end of every such three months after weighing up . |
| 8 | The peak associations of business and labour were important in the economic sphere as they controlled resources that were needed by government if public policy was to be effective and capable of implementation and enforcement . |
| 9 | It was to be topical and polemical , and among other things a direct challenge to Fathers and Children . |
| 10 | At the conference Mr Berge was flanked by Daniel Bareboim 's replacement , the Korean conductor , Myung-Whun Chung Mr Berge 's role was to be cocky and confident and dismiss scepticism about the chances of the opera house becoming a permanent reality . |
| 11 | All the accountants in the case were said to be acting as experts and not as arbitrators , and the determination was to be final and binding for all purposes . |
| 12 | In Arenson v Casson Beckman Rutley & Co [ 1975 ] 3 WLR 815 an agreement provided that shares in a private company had to be sold back to the plaintiff 's uncle on the plaintiff leaving the business ; the price of the shares was to be the fair value as determined by the company 's auditors , whose valuation acting as experts and not as arbitrators was to be final and binding on all parties . |
| 13 | The unifying factor between them was to be dynastic and personal . |
| 14 | Its institutional structure was to be complex and far-reaching , with a European Executive Council , a Council of National Ministers , a Court of Justice and a popularly elected Parliament . |
| 15 | The livery for trams was to be red and cream similar to the L.C.C . |
| 16 | The paper was to be open and frank on political as well as personal issues ; it was to be investigative and campaigning , internationalist , but also accessible , and radical but clearly independent of any political current or party . ’ |
| 17 | The effect was to be startling and highly visible . |
| 18 | The paper was to be open and frank on political as well as personal issues ; it was to be investigative and campaigning , internationalist , but also accessible , and radical but clearly independent of any political current or party . ’ |
| 19 | The emphasis of the open discussion was on being positive and being aware of crime preventation responsibilities . |