Example sentences of "was [adj] [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 31 | The first round of privatization was due to start in late March . |
| 32 | Mr Heddle , aged 48 , was due to appear in court in Spain over a parking dispute while in Benidorm in May . |
| 33 | The judge was told that although the girl 's father was due to appear in court as a witness , he had not turned up at the hearing because the couple now planned to marry . |
| 34 | This chapter briefly discusses the characteristics of the research students returning questionnaires to IMS as part of the assessment of the initial employment destinations of information engineering research students whose SERC grant support was due to end in 1984 . |
| 35 | This chapter discusses the initial employment destinations of information engineering research students supported by SERC , whose grant aid was due to end in 1984 . |
| 36 | The country 's third five-year plan was due to end in June 1990 ; economic growth under the period of the plan was estimated at about 3 per cent per annum , less than the 5.5 per cent annual target . |
| 37 | Under Vietnam 's current five-year plan , which was due to end in 1990 , the Soviet Union was to provide aid amounting to $14,500 million , while Vietnam 's debt to the Soviet Union was approximately $15,000 million . |
| 38 | On world trade negotiations , the leaders committed themselves to " making a full contribution to a positive outcome " of the Uruguay Round of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) which was due to end in December [ see p. 37228 ] . |
| 39 | President Patricio Aylwin Azócar , whose period of office was due to end in March 1994 , " categorically " rejected a cross-party initiative announced on Aug. 7 to extend his mandate by a further two years . |
| 40 | In mid-November Assad , whose current constitutional term was due to end in March 1992 , had been nominated as the sole candidate by the Ba'ath Party and the People 's Assembly . |
| 41 | President Daniel arap Moi on Oct. 28 dissolved the National Assembly ( whose term was due to end in March 1993 ) , as a prelude to multiparty elections . |
| 42 | Anthony Perkins , the star of Psycho , had grown his own cannabis back home in Los Angeles and had thought to avoid being busted by customs by posting it to the hotel in Wales where he was due to stay in June 1989 . |
| 43 | The crowds of buyers , who apparently did not share their view , were moving out now to the lawn where the sale was due to begin in a large marquee . |
| 44 | Also , a truce between the Provisionals and British authorities was due to begin in a few hours . |
| 45 | In addition , an attack toward Cambrai had been scheduled for November , and an offensive was due to begin in Italy . |
| 46 | A plan to privatize six banks and seven savings and loans institutions was due to begin in June 1991 as part of an economic reform programme . |
| 47 | Work on the 1,300MW power plant was due to begin in March or April , but an international donors ' meeting to set contributions for the $1,300 million project had been postponed in December . |
| 48 | Radioactive testing at THORP was due to begin in mid-August , subject to approval by local councils . |
| 49 | Their present one was due to expire in 1845 . |
| 50 | Throughout the latter part of 1989 discussions continued on modalities for the integration of the textiles and clothing sector into GATT on the basis of strengthened GATT rules and discipline , and , particularly at the instigation of exporting countries , on proposals for the phasing out of restrictions under the Multifibre Arrangement ( MFA-see pp. 35028-29-which was due to expire in July 1990 ) . |
| 51 | A statement issued by that party on Jan. 20 described the scheme as impractical and a futile attempt to form yet another selected shura ( an Islamic consultative council ) in order to prolong the tenure of the interim government which was due to expire in February . |
| 52 | The talks were scheduled to resume in early January 1991 , the Philippine government having previously set Jan. 31 as the deadline for concluding a new accord to replace the current Military Bases Agreement which was due to expire in September 1991 . |
| 53 | The card was due to expire in March 1993 , but she received a letter from the Golden Key company saying the card was no longer valid . |
| 54 | The exemption for the units at Fort William and Wick , was due to expire in October 1994 . |
| 55 | A Senate foreign relations subcommittee was due to work in tandem with a task force drawn from the House . |
| 56 | Independents won seven seats and two were reserved for guerrillas who gave up their arms ; it was anticipated that these would be allocated to representatives of the Workers ' Revolutionary Party ( PRT ) , a guerrilla group which signed a peace pact with the government on Dec. 28 and was due to disarm in the far northern province of Sucre on Jan. 26 . |
| 57 | Allan was due to run in Zurich but he did n't appear , which was absolutely typical , so we still had n't raced . |
| 58 | It was due to run in a couple of days , was n't it ? ’ |
| 59 | Legislative elections were held in November 1991 ; the legislature was due to meet in January 1992 to elect a new government . |
| 60 | During the summer months it was pleasant to live in the gentle East Anglian countryside , to cycle around the small villages and to sunbathe when the weather permitted . |