Example sentences of "[verb] that there [was/were] to be " in BNC.

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1 And the Royal Institution of Great Britain in Albemarle Street was that day announcing that there were to be eight lectures given by Mr. Faraday on Static or Franklinic Electricity , to commence on 21 April .
2 Who could this be ? she wondered rather crossly , not having realised that there was to be another woman there .
3 It was stipulated that there was to be 23 hundred pounds to the " Tunn " and five score and twelve pounds to the hundred … " the bank to be made clear of ore Twice every year at least a week before ye 29th Sept and ye 1st day of May … "
4 The design brief stipulated that there was to be no disruption to the flow of traffic while the construction work was in progress .
5 He gave no reason , just reiterated that there was to be no 200 metres .
6 Going along the road , er on the A Nineteen , from the north towards er the village er if one assumed that there were to be some development on site D forty , would you be able to see it from the road ?
7 Which left him wondering why Alexei had agreed to the proposal at all — for if he knew or even suspected that there was to be no marriage , it was difficult to see where he perceived his advantage to lie .
8 Mr Justice Hobhouse dismissed B's claim , saying that the statutory intention behind the Regulations , stated in s 203 , TA 1988 , was that income tax should be deducted by a person making any payment of or on account of any income assessable to tax under Sch E. There was a statutory obligation to deduct tax unless either the Regulations showed that there was to be no such obligation or they failed to provide any machinery whereby the payer could make a deduction .
9 On this occasion , sustained state intervention in agriculture ensured that there was to be no repetition of the inter-war years .
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