Example sentences of "policy was [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From now until the catastrophe of 1870 the Emperor 's foreign policy was to be one of expedients and compromises , all of which only served to demean him in the eyes of Europe , while simultaneously underlining how feeble was any form of ‘ court diplomacy ’ faced with the reality of Bismarck 's ‘ blood and iron ’ tactics . |
| 2 | This policy was to be carried over into the post-independence period . |
| 3 | The ‘ central element ’ of the new government 's policy was to be the creation of a national human rights commission . |
| 4 | A clear division was to be made then , with all who served their country being enfranchised and all who refused being disfranchised , in both cases irrespective of age or other considerations ; the war was to be the test and the policy was to be " What did you do in the war , Daddy ? " |
| 5 | There was no suggestion in the Act of Accession 1985 that the Common Fisheries Policy was to be read without reference to the basic principles of the E.E.C . |
| 6 | Obviously there was a complete contradiction between the two policies , and at 2135 hrs that evening Eighth Army signalled AFHQ IKP 213 ] for an urgent ruling on which policy was to be followed : " Reference your FX-75383 dated 14 [ the " Robertson order " of 14 May ] stating all Russians to be handed over to Soviet forces and SHAEF 399 FWD stating Cossacks accepted by 12 Army Group . |
| 7 | The peak associations of business and labour were important in the economic sphere as they controlled resources that were needed by government if public policy was to be effective and capable of implementation and enforcement . |
| 8 | Our armed forces policy was to be phased in over 10 years , not introduced at a stroke , as the hon. Member for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) appears to think . |
| 9 | The main tool of policy was to be public spending , but work in Whitehall on schemes for the regulation of private investment and consumption was to continue . |
| 10 | The main mechanism for the co-ordination and implementation of policy was to be the Community Support Framework ( CSF ) , arguably the most significant element in the Structural Fund reforms . |