Example sentences of "[noun prp] [noun] were [vb pp] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The firm has been at pains to correct this recently , however , and points to a ban of all flags in the workplace ( Union Jacks were seen to be intimidatory ) and its monitoring of the composition of the workforce . |
| 2 | Efforts by Pakistan and Iran to broker a peace settlement with the mujaheddin on the basis of the UN plan were reported to be in progress as of mid-1991 . |
| 3 | In an effort to boost food production , office workers were reported to have been redeployed from Havana to farm jobs , and 20,000 Havana residents were said to be working shifts outside the city . |
| 4 | Carrick 's 1000 Yorkshire wickets were expected to be supplemented well before the end of the summer by 10,000 Yorkshire runs , a double achieved only by five other men in the county 's history : Haigh , Hirst , Illingworth , Wainwright and the incomparable Wilfred Rhodes ( 3597 wickets , 31,098 runs ) . |
| 5 | BOSNIAN Serbs were reported to be poised to overrun the besieged Muslim enclaves of Srebrenica and Zepa yesterday , the same day as the first full peace talks took place . |
| 6 | The Read codes were designed to be used with a computer and are therefore organised on a hierarchical structure . |
| 7 | Except where a delay or derogation was allowed under the Directive — and the UK had now also accepted that its grounds for derogation had all along been invalid — ‘ all supplies of drinking water in the United Kingdom were required to be in compliance with the Directive by 20 July ’ . |
| 8 | IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co were scheduled to be at Wabi 's unveiling as licensees but turned into no-shows . |
| 9 | IBM Corp and Hewlett-Packard Co were scheduled to be at Wabi 's unveiling as licensees but turned into no-shows . |
| 10 | Hu Yaobang , General Secretary of the Communist Party , and Premier Zhao Ziyang were known to be enthusiastic about pressing ahead with further restructuring of the economy and initiating change in other areas of Chinese society . |
| 11 | Both Aden Arabie and Les Chiens de garde were judged to be essentially lightweight literary texts , lacking in substantive Marxist analysis , excessively centred on a purely verbal , abstract revolt , and having little relevance to the contemporary class struggle . |
| 12 | Followers put the decline down to worries about prospects for the drinks company 's French associate , LVMH , amid reports of sharply lower luxury good sales in Tokyo.Similar pressures were said to be responsible for the decline in Rothmans ‘ B , ’ off 10 at £10.99 . |
| 13 | But the Clinton proposals were reported to be causing concern to Saudi Arabia , the world 's largest oil exporter , which may seek a dialogue with Western nations on issues of petroleum supply and taxation . |
| 14 | By March 31 Gamsakhurdia forces were said to be in retreat although railways and roads were still blocked . |
| 15 | Led Zeppelin and Jethro Tull were meant to be a more intelligent kind of music which appealed to sixth formers , like me . |
| 16 | At one stage the waters of Oulton Broad were reported to be rising at a rate of eight inches an hour . |
| 17 | While the Danzig Poles were thought to be docile and largely invisible , it is clear that their slumbering sense of identity had been roused by anti-Polish policies . |
| 18 | The Burrows children were expected to be examples to the other youngsters in the corps , and had to sit in the front seats of any hall they attended , where Captain Burrows could keep his eagle eye on them . |
| 19 | Samuel , Dorothy Perkins and C and J Clark Shoes were known to be among the stores which signed up . |
| 20 | Groups like the Welsh Language Society and the Free Wales Army were said to be training freedom fighters in the mountains and he was barracked everywhere he went . |