Example sentences of "[conj] [noun pl] were to be " in BNC.

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1 The other area of controversy was in the kitchen , where cupboards were to be installed by John Saunders , a friend in the business .
2 In most subsequent cases , it became clear that considerations of comity would not prevail against the usual procedures of the Federal Rules so long as deponents or documents were to be produced within the United States , from whatever source .
3 Commander Blenkinsop decreed that rations were to be supplemented by protein .
4 The headnote in the Weekly Law Reports is wrong : it states that the lease provided that disputes were to be referred to arbitration , whereas in fact the lease between Ipswich and Fisons said that if Fisons did not accept Ipswich 's terms the matter should be referred to an independent expert .
5 It was revealed by García , in an interview with the news agency Reuters in the following week , that bonuses were to be offered to producers to encourage silver bullion exports and to provide stability for mining companies and their employees .
6 It was announced on March 31 that subsidies were to be lifted from 16 consumer commodities , i.e. all except for semolina , flour , milk and bread .
7 Mubarak stated that committees were to be established to enhance political and economic co-operation between both countries .
8 Although differences were to be found — especially comparing the arts and sciences — the highly creative were frequently described in similar terms as : sceptical , aloof , radical , self-sufficient , independent , bohemian , often introverted and usually more open to experience .
9 Therefore , the fact that pensions were to be increased by earnings rather than prices was academic ; it meant nothing to pensioners .
10 The deadline set for this was 1990 , a simple majority vote of the borough council being sufficient to ensure separation ; neither parents nor governors were to be involved in the decision .
11 No one doubted that some form of physical education should be part of the programme ; nor was there any dissent from the view that girls were to be taught domestic economy and similar subjects in addition to trade and academic courses ; and , thirdly , the terms ‘ vocational ’ and ‘ liberal ’ should be generously interpreted , rather than be seen as mutually exclusive .
12 On May 4 , India and Russia signed a five-year agreement on trade and economic co-operation which stipulated that payments were to be in freely convertible currencies , and agreed to find " mutually advantageous " solutions to outstanding problems including Russia 's supply of rocket technology and defence spares .
13 It is no accident that Londoners were to be found financing enterprises in the shires — Henry Fyner , a goldsmith , had built the first English blast furnace at Hartfield , Sussex — and helping to create the country 's stock of ‘ social overhead capital ’ — roads and bridges , schools and colleges .
14 It was enacted that offenders were to be brought before a member of the King 's Council or a Justice of the Peace for examination ; hunting in disguise or by night , and wilful concealment of such offences were to be punished as felonies — that is , by death and forfeiture of property .
15 The referee obviously made up his mind that penalties were to be given . ’
16 The referee obviously made up his mind that penalties were to be given .
17 In November the cardinals , together with representatives of the different national groupings , elected a new pope for the whole Church , Martin V. Before doing so , however , they had ensured through the decree Frequens that Councils were to be called at regular intervals of ten years .
18 The " freedom of private property " was to be protected by the state , and taxes were to be imposed " on a basis of justice and only when the need for them arises " .
19 Two knights were to be elected in each county court to appear before the Council ‘ with full power to assent for the community of the county as to what shall be ordained … concerning the forests ’ : all landowners who wished to claim the disafforestment of their lands and woods were to be there to substantiate their claim .
20 If cases were to be properly judged in Aquitaine , kept out of the Paris Parlement or adjudicated successfully by ad hoc commissions in either Gascony or ( if a petition to the king in parliament had been made ) in England , then knowledge of tenurial conditions , rights , duties and privileges was essential .
21 Advertisements of the above resolutions were to be published in the press , including The Times and Topham 's World , and copies were to be sent to members of both Houses of Parliament , to other noblemen and gentlemen , and also to high sheriffs , to be laid before grand juries ( composed of men of substance ) at the ensuing assizes .
22 The most obvious of these was that if fonts were to be provided with any application , it was better if they could be shared by others , and the Typographics fonts supplied with early versions were , if not exactly grotty , not up to the standard users would expect of , say , TrueType or ATM fonts .
23 Over a period some mistakes had been made and several members of the Committee were not in full agreement , but if ideas and plans were to be achieved there was bound to be hard talking at Meetings .
24 In education two new city technology colleges were announced and attempts were to be made to extend the system of ‘ compacts ’ between business , schools and colleges.under which all pupils/students are guaranteed jobs with local firms when they leave school .
25 Meanwhile , book buying habits and patterns were to be had from sources such as BML and the British Market Research Bureau , TGI , Euromonitor , Mintel , and trade journals .
26 Compulsory membership of a trade union , in force since 1936 with only a brief interlude , was to be abolished , and employers were to be released from their obligation to recognize or negotiate with unions or to be bound by pay awards negotiated at a national level .
27 Supplies of liquefied gas fell 20 per cent in June and exports were to be cut by 60 per cent in the third quarter .
28 Enterprises were to be compensated for expenditure on equipment and construction and for outlay incurred because of the price reforms , and concessions were to be made in their hard-currency and social insurance contributions to the state budget .
29 If solutions were to be found they would be of a technological nature .
30 There was to be an import ban on construction materials for which local substitutes were available , and cuts in subsidies to coffee producers and exporters were to be made by April .
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