Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] were to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The most telling accounts were to be seen in the local press whose journalists had gone along on routine reporting assignments and tried to come to terms with the decidedly un-pop star look of the performers on stage . |
| 2 | All surrendering Yugoslav armed groups were to be disarmed and interned pending a decision by Governments as to their disposal . |
| 3 | The terms of the agreement were as follows : that political prisoners were to be released and the relevant ordinances withdrawn ; that civil disobedience was to be stopped ; that the boycott of British goods would cease , though ‘ peaceful picketing ’ could continue ; that there would be no change in the salt laws , though people living by the sea could make some for personal consumption ; and that Congress was to be represented at future sessions of the Round Table conference , the agreed agenda being federation , ‘ Indian responsibility ’ , and ‘ reservations or safeguards in the interests of India for such matters as , for instance , defence ; external affairs ; the position of minorities ; the financial credit of India , and the discharge of obligations ’ . |
| 4 | Under the terms of the Pretoria Minute , all political prisoners were to be released by April 30 but the deadline had passed with more than 1,000 people with claims to political prisoner status still in custody , according to the group Lawyers for Human Rights . |
| 5 | Her ample talents were to be revealed by a prop man with a hook and fishing line , standing just out of shot . |
| 6 | Both the surviving brothers were to be linked with Gloucester in the 1470S , and Thomas ( together with Milewater ) was specifically described at the time of his death as Gloucester 's esquire . |
| 7 | Both the surviving brothers were to be linked with Gloucester in the 1470S , and Thomas ( together with Milewater ) was specifically described at the time of his death as Gloucester 's esquire . |
| 8 | An official Israeli statement on Feb. 9 emphasized that the Lebanese army had to prevent any further attacks emanating from this area if Israeli reprisals were to be avoided . |
| 9 | From this type of starting-point the SDPP expected two things to flow , namely the capturing of a long-term vision within which short-term goals were to be set and , second , a relief in teacher stress . |
| 10 | Under the terms of the Constitution the PCT was the sole legal political organization ; appropriate amendments and draft legislation on the creation of political parties were to be prepared by a presidential commission . |
| 11 | Some taxes were to be increased , the government would be freed of its obligation to buy Argentinian goods and services , and some barriers to foreign investment were removed . |
| 12 | Gould 's accounts imply that he spent much of the latter part of his expedition , because of a shortage of water , doubling backwards and forwards from the Mount Lofty range to the Murray Scrubs ( later known as the Mallee ) , where most of the interesting birds were to be found : |
| 13 | The speedy formation of a " national force " to replace the various " fronts " was urged ; any further disagreements were to be mediated by " the USC elders and intellectuals " . |
| 14 | The end result of Henry 's policy was that ruined castles were to be seen throughout his dominions , visible reminders of the Old King 's power and the penalties meted out to rebellious lords . |
| 15 | Henceforward British subjects were to be the sum total of the citizens of those territories — some independent and some not independent as yet — which had formerly been within the allegiance as dominions of the Crown . |
| 16 | A total of 1,500 academics teaching subjects no longer in demand were offered generous compensation to retire early , while 1,000 new staff in more popular subjects were to be appointed . |
| 17 | On April 4 it was announced that all remaining quota limits on the import of foreign cars were to be ended . |
| 18 | Ariadne announced that the pictures on the back page with what some call funny captions were to be axed and was promptly beaten up by post and battered into continuing . |
| 19 | Hereditary peers were to be allowed to retain their seats , speak but not vote . |
| 20 | Foreign companies were to be encouraged to invest . |
| 21 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 22 | There was a Soiree in the spring of 1887 and again in 1888 at which " only a few psalms were to be sung , thereby keeping clear of any danger that might creep into our churches by hymns or any other kind of pieces of music . " |
| 23 | The next few decades were to be a period of accelerating changes for the mills of the area as Hicks , who in 1806 became Lord of the Manor , systematically extended his empire . |
| 24 | Free places were to be replaced by special places : still open to competition , but with the added requirement that parents should nevertheless pay an approved fee , to be adjusted according to the means of the family . |
| 25 | Partnerships were to be developed between central and local government , social problems were to be relieved and a better demographic balance was to be achieved between the older cities and their surrounding conurbations . |
| 26 | Single-parent families were to be treated with suspicion ; it was a status she believed lowered the tone and moral values of the school . |
| 27 | Impartible and partible inheritance customs co-existed side by side , and marked variations were to be found in the degree to which elder and younger children were favoured or disadvantaged . |
| 28 | Reagan announced that MX missiles were to be grouped together to frustrate attack by missiles . |
| 29 | British goods were to be boycotted , British courts not resorted to , and British schools not taught in . |
| 30 | Then from the French trenches were to be seen streaming back to our lines , first a few prisoners here and there , then more and more , and at last whole columns of them ; I breathed freely once more ! |