Example sentences of "service was [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has already been stated that the main aim of the service was to be the construction of flexible packages of care for clients by , firstly , liaising with other services to provide or increase where necessary the client 's receipt of existing services , and , secondly , by ‘ topping up ’ existing services ( where the development officer thought extra care was necessary to maintain someone at home ) through the employment of local support workers . |
| 2 | The hearse took her to St Paul 's churchyard where the service was to be held . |
| 3 | The Service was to be cleansed . |
| 4 | The defendants successfully applied to the English court for this service to be set aside on the grounds that personal service by the agent of a foreign litigant without the approval of the Swiss authorities was a criminal offence under the Swiss Penal Code and could not be regarded as valid service , as no English court could authorise service which was contrary to the internal law of the country in which service was to be effected . |
| 5 | However , if these pay norms were breached or prices rose more than expected , the level of service was to be cut back to meet the cash limit . |
| 6 | True , they all do want to see that the overall size of the cake for the military grows , but if any service was to be offered more while all the other services were offered very much less , it is doubtful whether the favoured service would say no in order to defend their colleagues ' role in society . |
| 7 | The government had announced on Jan. 4 that military service was to be reduced from 18 to 12 months . |
| 8 | The former People 's National Security Service was to be replaced by a new State Information and Security Service , whose duties would be confined to intelligence and counter-intelligence . |
| 9 | I WAS very sorry to hear that the Albert Hill bus service was to be taken off . |
| 10 | The administration of the Services was to be carried out by three co-located but separate Service Departments , each under a junior minister . |