Example sentences of "[adj] [n mass] [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1984 , the Chairman of the ESRC visited Belfast and announced that a further £480,000 was to be committed for a second phase of the programme . |
| 2 | State expenditure would increase by 10.3 per cent in real terms , and spending on education , justice and public works was to be increased . |
| 3 | If groups of , say , 50 to 100 people were to be asked how many of them would like to see some deregulation on Sunday , only about half would put up their hands ; the other half would want to keep Sunday special . |
| 4 | The school-children apart , not more than two or three people were to be seen . |
| 5 | These people were to be their ‘ lay ’ representatives , as , of course , the Panel Hearings are not Courts of Law , and lawyers as such have no role there . |
| 6 | All people were to be treated as fully responsible for their own actions , including their own offences . |
| 7 | Administrative staff were to be offered equivalent posts to those they now held , but Corporation staff did have the opportunity of transferring to other departments of the Municipality . |
| 8 | Two other people were to be visited regarding their absences . |
| 9 | An estimated 200 people were to be released from detention immediately . |
| 10 | ( vi ) Permanent data were to be validated against the employee record at time of input and either rejected or a warning issued if the data were either invalid or dubious . |
| 11 | A party of Argentinian scrap merchants landed on South Georgia and as this report came in , the government announced that 4000 people were to be fired from the Royal Navy . |