Example sentences of "were [adj] to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it were possible to be clear about what power or general role the House should have , the relations between MPs and the executive could be adjusted accordingly . |
| 2 | The popes were prepared to be tolerant in this matter , in the hope that Edward would eventually get launched again on crusade , a hope stimulated by his taking the cross in 1287 when he vowed to depart in June 1293 and by the fall of Acre in 1291 . |
| 3 | A gaze into a crystal ball showed that the Europeans would out-drive the Americans , would make more greens in regulation but were prone to be wild off the tee . |
| 4 | He had got the impression , from Marwan Ibrahim Al-Kaysi and from Mr Malik , that Muslims were supposed to be nice to each other . |
| 5 | When her mother answered , she said the stupid thing she always said to those who were supposed to be close to her , ‘ It 's me . ’ |
| 6 | Besides , ’ acidly , ‘ I thought you were supposed to be immune to other women , since you already have a — ’ |
| 7 | You were supposed to be brilliant without effort , or to accept your limitations and get a fourth-class degree . |
| 8 | Well you were supposed to be able to you know , be able to take command you know . |
| 9 | The Marines were supposed to be afraid of nothing , but the sight of the villagers clawing their way back into the world was too much . |
| 10 | Given the fact that less than 30 per cent of charges brought resulted in successful conviction ( when the rate for most other crimes was about 50 per cent ) , we may wonder how much substance there was in many of the accusations , or whether at times of political anxiety certain types of people were likely to be vulnerable to false accusations because they conformed to the popular stereotype of who a Jacobite was . |
| 11 | Care programming may come fairly low down the list of priorities for social services , especially as the 1992/93 community care plans were likely to be preoccupied with the other community care reforms to be instituted by April 1993 ( National Council for Voluntary Organisations , 1992 ) and because the first year of the plans was experimental and so they were probably cautious in their aims . |
| 12 | However , other workers who studied the effect of gliclazide in diabetic subjects have felt that the beneficial effects of gliclazide on platelet function were likely to be due to its hypoglycaemic action rather than to any direct effect on haemostatic function ( Paton et al , 1982 b ) . |
| 13 | By contrast , many hardened black marketeers were likely to be untouched by the decree since they tended to move their rouble profits into property , gold or dollars . |
| 14 | If even Pogodin had become an advocate of reform , friends of the status quo were likely to be thin on the ground . |
| 15 | Gone are the days when you were likely to be alone on the rim path , but if the five miles escarpment is included as part of a longer circuit of the vast moorland , walkers seeking solitude will find their fair share — and a good test of their navigation skills . |
| 16 | The research also found that children who tended to withdraw following the sibling 's birth were likely to be hostile during the ensuing years and their relationship was often conflictual . |
| 17 | Still , most of us were glad to be relieved of responsibility for our failing learners for a few months . |
| 18 | They were glad to be free of the flatboat and the smell of death that had been with them ever since the battle . |
| 19 | p. 8 ) , but local communities , voluntary bodies , the private sector and , where appropriate , central government were all to be involved in implementing policy . |
| 20 | As Speaker O'Neill forcibly pointed out to the newly elected President Carter , tactics that had worked in the relatively sedate politics of Georgia were unlikely to be effective in Washington . |
| 21 | In my view our fellow Members , who lived with us cheek by jowl , were fully aware of my strengths and weaknesses and were unlikely to be impressed by pictures of me on their TV screens dressed in a striped apron and pretending to wash up in the kitchen , as had happened during the Tory leadership election . |
| 22 | The DCDA said a further 18 beds in Middlesbrough were unlikely to be available before summer 1993 . |
| 23 | Unless you were of ‘ a nervous disposition ’ ( what a lovely genteel phrase that is ) you were unlikely to be distressed by these tales of goodies versus the bad monsters , especially as the goodies always won in the end . |
| 24 | It would be lovely if many of you were able to be present on that day . |
| 25 | They were able to be original in their methods precisely because the Labour movement was weak and did not trap them in the confines of established institutions and procedures . |
| 26 | There they were able to be independent of the Iranian state authorities — a tradition that has continued since . |
| 27 | Other disputes arose and , in general , Comintern officials were inclined to be disparaging of their Latin American comrades . |
| 28 | For the Bolsheviks were obliged to be obsessed with one issue and one issue only : the survival of their regime . |
| 29 | All of the teaching staff who had worked on the proposal were keen to be involved in the process , and it would have been difficult to leave anyone out . |