Example sentences of "[adj] were to be " in BNC.

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1 If this were to be applied unmodified , since the displacement of the stylus varies inversely with frequency , the amplitude of the waveform cut in the disc at low frequencies would be very large .
2 Two lives are bound together by a cord , and if this were to be broken prematurely , one would die .
3 However , evidence suggests that non-business travel is also important and can cover 67 per cent of all movement ( Clark and Unwin 1981 ) ; if this were to be substantially reduced by remote linkages by telephone or other means , the consequences for continued viability of still more rural public transport routes could be serious , especially where comparatively minor variations in demand can be critical .
4 If this were to be so , it would make a mockery of the caution and the concept of the right to silence after a charge has been preferred .
5 The new organizations catering for this were to be economically more efficient and culturally more bland than the popular movements of the first half of the century .
6 And if this were to be their last meeting , then should they perhaps not waste it all in talk ?
7 No decisions would ever be made if this were to be demanded .
8 If this were to be the case then no deficiency " at all would be noticed in the behaviour of the funnel .
9 If this were to be the position when goods perish after the risk has passed to the buyer , it would be a contradiction in terms .
10 With uncertain optimism , the report concludes that ‘ if this were to be achieved , we consider that prosperity , once created , could spread in the same way as blight has done in the past ’ .
11 " Even if this were to be a case of maternal transmission , it would have no significance for public health " .
12 In Cornwall , only those who had contributed to the fine made in 1204 were to be allowed to hunt and take the deer within the disafforested districts .
13 The Sverdlov-class of cruiser , of which 22 were to be built , was an extremely versatile type of warship .
14 The French were to be excluded from offices in Scotland — and Scottish noblemen must reject French pensions .
15 Some were to be tenanted by cooks , washerwomen , labourers and grooms .
16 But the remaining 43 were to be elected by local and national politicians on a vocational basis : that is , they had to be elected to five panels for which they would qualify by having the requisite vocational expertise — administrative , cultural — educational , labour , industrial and commercial , and agricultural .
17 In comprehensive schools , all the British were to be treated the same , despite the obvious differences between us of sex , class , culture , ability , religion , race , and so on .
18 Alice also said it would be a good thing if all the rubbish remaining in No. 45 were to be disposed of , for it gave such a bad impression .
19 The US helicopter manufacturer Sikorsky signed an agreement with Turkey reported to be worth US$1,100 million on Dec. 8 for the sale and co-production of Black Hawk helicopters ; 45 were to be delivered in 1993 and 50 produced in Turkey over four years .
20 He helped Henry Ford set up the huge factory at Willow Run where B-24s were to be mass-produced .
21 If such were to be the case , the court would be confronted with a difference of medical opinion , very similar to the case in In re B. ( A Minor ) ( Wardship : Medical Treatment ) [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 1421 .
22 Of these , 55,000 were to be punished either by receiving prison sentences or by being sent to labour camps .
23 Basic unemployment benefits were reduced , while other supplementary benefits for unemployed people , for single parents and for the sick were to be subjected to means testing .
24 These were to be intermediary between capital and labour and based precisely upon types of vocational expertise in a way similar to medieval guilds ( Leo XIII 1903 : 240–7 ; Pius XI 1931 : 32–4 ) .
25 These were to be considered at the AGM on 20 September 1986 when the association would seek to create ‘ a blend of social and professional academic pursuit ’ .
26 Other institutional supports for citizenship could include a more responsive system of local government , and national and regional assemblies if these were to be set up .
27 These were to be the major elements of the action project .
28 these were to be on 2,400 hectares in the Black Country , 4,500 hectares on Teesside , a Tyne & Wear Corporation along the River Tyne and one in Trafford Park ( Grt Manchester ) .
29 These were to be the last workmen 's cottages built at Wolverton by the Company .
30 If these were to be conceded , they would rule out a number of technical options .
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