Example sentences of "[was/were] [that] [pron] [be] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As originally conceived in the White Paper , the main characteristics of the polytechnics were that they were to be large , comprehensive , have an applied philosophy , be primarily teaching institutions with a brief to develop courses in new areas , and their courses were to be validated by the CNAA . |
| 2 | From a narrow accounting point of view , the significant change was that they were to be geared to the introduction of patient ‘ case-mix planning and costing ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ The last I heard was that he was to be given a good education at the public school which Sir Philip 's son was attending . |
| 4 | A clause in a lease was silent about the status of the rent reviewer : all it said was that he was to be a surveyor . |
| 5 | ‘ There 's been one thing understood between us for years and that was that you were to be discreet . |