Example sentences of "[conj] that [was/were] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've never seen one before , ’ she said excitedly , when it was clear that that was to be their only sighting . |
| 2 | The judge referred to a previous decision of his , In re H. ( Minor ) ( Abduction ) [ 1990 ] 2 F.L.R. 439 , but he said that that was to be distinguished because in that case there was in existence at the time of the removal an order of the court that the child should not be removed from the jurisdiction . |
| 3 | The only game in town was mass circulation , and that was to be achieved by NoS becoming an aggressively popular tabloid . |
| 4 | A year later he joined the Italian MV team and that was to be the start of five glorious years for Surrey-born Surtees . |
| 5 | When the CNAA took over the DMS there were nationally some 6600 students enrolled on courses , and that was to be the order of magnitude of enrolments through the late 1970s and 1980s . |
| 6 | If that were to be the case , Professor Lettario Villeri , a noted vulcanologist , said , ‘ the town of Zafferana would run a very real and serious risk of being overrun ’ . |
| 7 | If that were to be the case it could be a return to the profoundly damaging effects that the daily streaming , even in primary and elementary schools , produced in an earlier age . |
| 8 | If that were to be fully reflected in a lower real exchange rate ( the nominal rate adjusted to take account of changes in UK output prices relative to those elsewhere ) , competitiveness would improve significantly and could give a boost to growth . |
| 9 | If that were to be the outcome , it would mean putting the clock back not twelve years , but a hundred years . |
| 10 | If that were to be established , the defenders would be faced with difficulties in relation to witnesses whom they expected to lead but whose Reports were not as favourable as hoped . |
| 11 | How much would it cost if fair compensation were paid to the standard rate taxpayer each year if that were to be done ? |
| 12 | Er , they would be helped , I think , by this and er , I think if that were to be the case , then I 'd be wholeheartedly behind it . |
| 13 | Er similarly we feel it would be more appropriate if that were to be the case er perhaps should point out there are other schemes where we have shown a series of of lines stars on the key diagram , it 's not just on the Harrogate . |
| 14 | There are no proposals either in er draught directive form or before this house on that matter as far as I know and certainly er if that were to be the proposal it would be objected to strenuously on this side of the house . |
| 15 | Certainly it was a man 's room , but that was to be expected . |
| 16 | But that was to be expected . |
| 17 | ‘ But that was to be expected . |
| 18 | But that was to be expected down here . |
| 19 | The timetable of Francis 's movements after his father 's death was still full of gaps but that was to be expected . |