Example sentences of "of what [modal v] to be the " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Cubans have pulled out of what used to be the People 's Republic of the Congo , and is now just the Congo Republic . |
| 2 | In March 1916 the Midland League programme was completed , and to fill the remaining weeks of what used to be the normal season a subsidiary tournament involving six clubs was organized , with Leeds City in the Northern Group of the Midland League . |
| 3 | All are comprehensible as symptoms of social disorientation , of the fraying , and sometimes the snapping , of the threads of what used to be the network that bound people together in society . |
| 4 | But it 's too late now ; there , as in most parts of what used to be the Eastern bloc , telecommunications are being upgraded post-haste . |
| 5 | Clauses often say that the accountant appointed as an expert must be a partner in an " international " firm , which has been interpreted to mean one of what used to be the " big eight " firms . |