Example sentences of "[conj] there were to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And the Royal Institution of Great Britain in Albemarle Street was that day announcing that there were to be eight lectures given by Mr. Faraday on Static or Franklinic Electricity , to commence on 21 April . |
| 2 | Going along the road , er on the A Nineteen , from the north towards er the village er if one assumed that there were to be some development on site D forty , would you be able to see it from the road ? |
| 3 | Buzz had warned Clare that there were to be no more arguments , and now all Elinor had to do was get well . |
| 4 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 5 | Noel explains why the number is so small : ‘ When we took on this responsibility it was made clear that there were to be no extra funds specifically for underwater archaeology . |
| 6 | She left shortly , having surprised Dinah for the first time in her life ; and there were to be more surprises . |
| 7 | The linen on the beds was to be changed once in fourteen days , and there were to be three blankets and one quilt to each bed . |
| 8 | If there were to be a programme of comparable generosity to the new democracies , it would be necessary to reduce some category of expenditure within the industrial countries . |
| 9 | The steady erosion from astronomical to merely high has at least been good for morale : a further cut after the holidays might just jolly people into voting Tory if there were to be an autumn election . |
| 10 | He had only been a stop-gap , to fill in after Father Collins 's long , thirty-five-year ministry and the appointment of a permanent successor , if there were to be a successor . |
| 11 | If there were to be a failure in maintaining this conquest , the ‘ livelihood ’ of these people would be at stake . |
| 12 | If there were to be an image of a woman in that book , that one picture would stand out as the exception . |
| 13 | If there were to be nightmares , she could not control that ; but she would not waste her waking time frightening herself with a terror which was past . |
| 14 | If there were to be a reduction in the mark-up , then this would further reinforce the effect . |
| 15 | immediately if there were to be such a disaster as a Labour Government . |
| 16 | That is as absurd as if there were to be competition locally between environmental health officers or , nationally , if British Telecom and Mercury were to pick and pay for their own regulators . |
| 17 | If there were to be a Labour Government or the unlikely event of a Liberal Democrat Government , it would be open house for local authorities to spend and spend , just like Viv Nicholson . |
| 18 | Er if there were to be an exceptions policy the suggestion has been made that certain districts perhaps could be identified er as being a suitable location . |
| 19 | Sharpe was released a few days later , but there were to be many more visits to the hospital as worries grew about his condition . |
| 20 | Events after 1969 shows that Nixon intended to continue the use of America 's great influence and power ; but there were to be no more Vietnams . |
| 21 | Smith and Cusack then had shots blocked in another goalmouth scramble , but there were to be no more real goal attempts by Darlington after that . |