Example sentences of "[noun prp] was [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Declaration envisaged the abolition of all tariffs within the zone , although Ecuador was to be permitted to dismantle its strongly protectionist system in two stages — 50 per cent of its tariffs would be lifted by the end of 1991 , and the remainder by June 30 , 1992 . |
| 2 | They had left school that summer , not wishing to study any more , and Fontanellato was to be their home until the end of the war . |
| 3 | 9 am on Tuesday was to be my first lesson . |
| 4 | No longer the prop of an unjust social order , the God of the Magnificat was to be found on the side of the poor while the mighty trembled at the prospect of being toppled from their insecure thrones . |
| 5 | These readjustments , carried out between June and August , laid down in outline the areas where Richard was to be active for the rest of the reign . |
| 6 | These readjustments , carried out between June and August , laid down in outline the areas where Richard was to be active for the rest of the reign . |
| 7 | The country 's draft National Forestry Action Plan , drawn up with the help of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation , concluded that if Indonesia was to be self-sufficient in wood for its burgeoning paper industry , new pulpwood plantations would have to be developed . |
| 8 | Four days later the Military Council , which had ruled in Georgia since the flight of Zviad Gamsakhurdia in January [ see pp. 38731-32 ] , transferred its legislative and executive powers to a newly created State Council of which Shevardnadze was to be the chair . |
| 9 | Mandela was to be assassinated by a sniper on his return from abroad in mid-July . |
| 10 | For the first time , the mighty strength of the United States was to be employed in a truly international conflict . |
| 11 | But although it brought victory to the Black Prince , the battle of Nájera was to be the cause of the renewal of the war which had been halted in 1360 . |
| 12 | The co-ordinating body within the FAO was to be strengthened , with greater emphasis on quick response to requests for assistance . |
| 13 | Chatting yesterday to Steve Wright was to be taken back there . |
| 14 | Plaice , then , and two helpings — better make it three if Faustina was to be included — perhaps ‘ portions ’ was the word — and some chips . |
| 15 | The command of all forces at Verdun was to be taken over at midnight . |
| 16 | Back to Alice , then to Mary and eventually , indeed , to Exeter , where Killigrew was to be wed in the Cathedral to Amelia , daughter of Sir Richard Humpherson . |
| 17 | On 26 October the queen and her supporters had issued a proclamation at Bristol declaring that since the king had deserted the realm , presumably by fleeing to Glamorgan , Prince Edward was to be Reeper of the Realm , and the prince issued writs in his father 's name summoning parliament for 15 December . |
| 18 | If Ramsey was to be Archbishop of Canterbury , what was wrong with leaving him in the weighty see of Durham until the day came ? |
| 19 | Classes were allocated and Balbinder was to be in class 1 with a Mrs Allinson and a nursery assistant . |
| 20 | A subsidiary raid on Crete was to be carried out by Commandant Bergé , Lord Jellicoe and three Free French NCOs . |
| 21 | Reorganization of these two bodies into the RFMS was to be completed by July 1992 , and the Minister would be appointed by the President . |
| 22 | It was odd , Lucinda thought , that men should be doing a job more suited to women , but this was a real ship , was n't it , on which , if Molly was to be believed , women had yet to establish themselves . |
| 23 | Like her mother , Eva was to be grey by her mid-forties . |
| 24 | The fifth Group at Vaagsö was to be carried by the destroyer HMS Oribi up the Ulvesund , part of the Indreled Channel , for a landing near Kapelnoes point north of the town , to cut the road in order to prevent reinforcements from North Vaagsö reaching South Vaagsö . |
| 25 | United States officials announced on March 19 that the new Soviet ambassador to Washington was to be Viktor Komplektov . |
| 26 | The turmoil that emerged both immediately before and after Mayer 's departure epitomized , perhaps more than in any other of the major Hollywood studios , the convulsions of change that were sweeping through the film capital , eventually spawning an underground of new , raw and raucous talent of which Nicholson was to be part . |
| 27 | Under the terms of the new bases agreement Clark Field was to be handed over to the armed forces of the Philippines by Sept. 16 , 1992 , the date which the USA claimed marked the expiry of the current agreement . |
| 28 | The best thing that could have happened to IBM was to be broken up a decade or more ago . |
| 29 | Patrick Dollan stated at Motherwell , soon after the party 's foundation , that the aim of the SSP was to be the missionary society for socialism , in full cooperation with the trade union and cooperative movement . |
| 30 | The first Bishop of Middlesbrough , Richard Lacey was to be in office for 50 years . |