Example sentences of "[noun pl] were [adv] [vb pp] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maxwell Fyfe 's guidelines were never meant to be taken seriously but were merely a piece of bureaucratic window-dressing . |
| 2 | War-risk premiums were repeatedly reported to be on the rise for both hulls and cargoes . |
| 3 | This broke the tradition whereby Presidential Addresses were not expected to be highly personal ; the convention was that the President reviewed the scientific developments in the past twelve months , usually appealed for more public support for research and education , and might indicate what avenues seemed most hopeful . |
| 4 | ( One of the cruellest ironies of the death camps is that Jews were never meant to be thin . ) |
| 5 | The most noteworthy consequences of such an attitude was that at the same time as growing numbers of Latin Americans , particularly young people , were looking to Marxism for some kind of solution , the orthodox Communist parties were widely perceived to be inert and impotent . |
| 6 | Three parties were currently reported to be operating clandestinely : ( i ) the Moslem Integrationist Party ( PIM ) ; ( ii ) the United Democratic Front ( FDU ) ; and ( iii ) the Revolutionary Socialist Party ( PSR ) . |
| 7 | Two other variables were also found to be important . |
| 8 | Nonviral proteins have been incorporated into viral particles , for example , CD4 and chimaeric CD4-envelope proteins into avian retroviruses 12 , but the displayed proteins were not shown to be folded . |
| 9 | If I add that the majority of Cubists were formerly considered to be Fauves , I can demonstrate how far these young artists have come in a short time and the logic of their vision . |
| 10 | Those areas were originally considered to be unusually active . |
| 11 | Greece , which sent 20 per cent of exports through Yugoslavia , would be compensated , while other EC countries were not expected to be heavily affected . |
| 12 | These sick visits were genuinely meant to be helpful . |
| 13 | The process of making base metal into gold was akin to the maturing of a human being , and the texts were deliberately written to be read at various levels . |
| 14 | The plummy Home Counties accents were also said to be difficult for Americans to understand ( though this problem never seemed to arise when the same actors — James Mason , Stewart Granger and Jean Simmons — became Hollywood stars ) . |
| 15 | SMALL companies were yesterday urged to be more vigorous in pursuing debts as figures showed yet another rise in the number of liquidations . |
| 16 | ‘ Welshmen were n't born to be right . |
| 17 | They also found that some combined health and education needs were not considered to be adequately covered by the definition , citing speech therapy as a prime example . |
| 18 | However , as of late March both bases were still believed to be under rebel control . |
| 19 | Although Aunt Violet was n't often rude about other people ( she explained to Alice that Catholics were not allowed to be uncharitable ) , it was she who 'd remarked : ‘ Just a little bit vulgar . |
| 20 | Accidents and injuries involving blood or other body fluids were widely believed to be under-reported . |
| 21 | At least 500,000 Asians were currently believed to be infected in an area where AIDS was virtually unknown two years ago , with increases being particularly dramatic in Thailand , the Philippines and India . |
| 22 | Nigerian troops were also reported to be guarding key installations in the capital , Freetown . |
| 23 | The Iranian , Syrian and Turkish governments were also reported to be concerned that the elections in Iraqi Kurdistan should not be seen as a first move towards the creation of an independent Kurdish state . |
| 24 | ‘ Fine for a 1950s semi , but old buildings were n't intended to be hermetically sealed ; preventing moisture getting in and out causes real damage . ’ |
| 25 | Such redemption annuities were originally intended to be payable till 1996 , but they were ended by the Finance Act 1977 , and the final payments ( of double the normal sum ) were made on 1 October 1977 . |
| 26 | The Home Secretary 's reserve powers were not intended to be used frequently and this was the first time they had been used . |
| 27 | At independence , the powers of the Governor and his administration were transferred to the president and his Cabinet but , as we shall see , these powers were not judged to be sufficient . |
| 28 | Plans had been put in hand as early as 1978 ( the so-called ‘ Ridley plan ’ : Young , 1990 , pp. 358–60 ) to tackle the miners in a later confrontation on terms favourable to the government ; indeed , because the conditions were not felt to be ripe , the government pulled back from an earlier potential confrontation in 1981 , and allowed a large pay settlement for the NUM ( Young , 1990 ) . |
| 29 | Some things were not meant to be revived . |
| 30 | ‘ The Master took them quietly from his person and told him such things were not allowed to be introduced into the workhouse , he then placed himself in a fighting attitude and threatened to knock the Master 's teeth down his throat , thereby setting bad examples to others ’ |