Example sentences of "were to be no " in BNC.
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| 1 | There were to be no aisles , crosses or altars ; the pulpit must be against the end wall facing the congregation . |
| 2 | After the Poema there were to be no more serious attempts to re-tell the life of El Cid with any fidelity to actual events . |
| 3 | There were to be no Cup ties . |
| 4 | There were to be no negotiations with Willingdon . |
| 5 | There were to be no male heirs for Thomas — indeed , he was to father only one robust child who would survive into old age , as we shall see shortly . |
| 6 | There were to be no mechanical or electrical improvements . |
| 7 | There were to be no more transactions with them . |
| 8 | There were to be no less than 2,000 uniformed Blackshirts , marching and parading as the advance guard of revolution . |
| 9 | Entrants to the School were to be no younger than six nor older than ten , nor could they stay without special consent beyond the age of fourteen . |
| 10 | Events after 1969 shows that Nixon intended to continue the use of America 's great influence and power ; but there were to be no more Vietnams . |
| 11 | Me : ‘ I told you there were to be no bug-eyed monsters in Doctor Who . ’ |
| 12 | Buzz had warned Clare that there were to be no more arguments , and now all Elinor had to do was get well . |
| 13 | This year there were to be no festivities , however meagre . |
| 14 | From this point on , there were to be no more magazines , nor any news of any kind — even on our third anniversary in April , until after Brian 's release more than a year later . |
| 15 | Though it grated on their code of hospitality , the island hosts then decided there were to be no more gifts of food or drink , no more counselling or mapping , no more lending of labour , or advice . |
| 16 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 17 | There were to be no excuses for him returning . |
| 18 | But the shadows that were deepening over Europe were reaching out to " change everything " in lives across the world , and the Burrows family were to be no exception . |
| 19 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
| 20 | Noel explains why the number is so small : ‘ When we took on this responsibility it was made clear that there were to be no extra funds specifically for underwater archaeology . |
| 21 | Subsidiaries were to be no more than 50 per cent foreign-owned , in order , according to Prime Minister Valentin Pavlov , to prevent the monopoly of branches of industry by foreign companies . |
| 22 | Smith and Cusack then had shots blocked in another goalmouth scramble , but there were to be no more real goal attempts by Darlington after that . |