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

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1 In the mid-1970s , it was seen by the Labour administration as part of a comprehensive strategy towards regional economic and physical development in that the SDA 's activities were to be mirrored in Wales by the Welsh Development Agency ( WDA ) and in England by the National Enterprise Board ( NEB ) .
2 Indeed , the House of Lords expressly approved the earlier judgment in Al Saudi Banque and Others v Clark Pixley ( 1989 ) 3 All ER 361 in which it was held that auditors did not owe a duty of care to a number of banks because it could not be established that the auditors knew either that the company 's accounts were to be shown to the banks or that the banks would rely on them in reaching decisions as lenders .
3 Now the village 's secrets were to be revealed at last .
4 Soviets of people 's deputies were to be given the right to distribute land to individuals , to collective and state farms , to institutions and to enterprises .
5 If there is a contract of employment , the employee 's obligations were to be determined from the contract .
6 Between 1941 and 1947 , Rank 's companies were to be responsible for financing half the films made in Britain .
7 ‘ I think President Premadasa read the signals correctly , and realised that if people 's needs were to be met , media had to be both liberated and liberalised .
8 Clearly if Henry 's protests were to be taken seriously he would have to match his words with deeds .
9 The owner 's initials were to be branded in Sinhala script on the other side .
10 The Report emphasized what had been the Council 's interpretation of its Charter and Statutes from the outset — if the Council 's degrees were to be of comparable standard to those awarded by universities then :
11 If Mr Freitag 's estimates were to be accepted the two near neighbours would be paying a difference of up to £250 in their tax .
12 Boulton realised that if Watt 's engines were to be exploited commercially the patent would have to be extended .
13 The Foreign Ministers ' proposals were to be discussed at the June European Council summit " with a view to a decision on the holding of a second intergovernmental conference to work in parallel with the conference on economic and monetary union with a view to ratification by member states in the same timeframe " .
14 This was borne out on the Wednesday when insurgent soldiers pressed the Soviet to issue an order — Order No. 1 — which severely circumscribed the authority of officers both by sanctioning the election of soldiers ' committees with control over weapons and by laying down that officers ' orders were to be subject to the Soviet 's approval .
15 His Lordship concluded without hesitation that Mr Laws ' arguments were to be preferred .
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