Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun pl] were to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Haberdashers and provision merchants were to be granted a few houses . |
| 2 | Companies hit by labour disputes were to be granted emergency loans and allowed to postpone tax repayments for up to nine months . |
| 3 | In an effort to meet its 1991 inflation target , the government in October 1990 concluded with the UGT ( General Workers ' Union ) and the Employers ' Association a pact for the following year : average wage increases would be below 13.4 per cent ; the working week would be reduced from 48 to 44 hours ; the minimum monthly wage for industrial and farm workers would rise by 15 per cent , as would most pension and social security payments ; labour disputes were to be resolved through negotiation rather than industrial action . |
| 4 | The Act of 1988 provided for the establishment of a new register in which thereafter all British fishing vessels were to be registered , including those which were already registered in the old general register maintained under the Act of 1894 . |
| 5 | The great clothing factory that took up most of it had shut down its operations more than four hours back and only a handful of Security guards and maintenance engineers were to be found down here now . |
| 6 | In the provinces , distress committees were to be responsible for both the registration of applicants and the provision of work . |
| 7 | Julias Lukasiewicz , from Carlton University in Ottawa , Canada , said that if new high speed trains were to be successful in North America then they had to include a new track like the Japanese Bullet trains or the french TGV . |
| 8 | Out of the monies voted from this public purse wages were to be paid to soldiers to carry out that work of defence . |
| 9 | Old Testament kings were to be taken as literal models , the measurements of the Temple in Jerusalem as a blueprint for the palatine chapel . |
| 10 | It was announced on Oct. 26 , 1989 , that maturities of $386,400,000 with the " Paris Club " of Western creditor countries were to be rescheduled over 10 years with a six-year grace period . |
| 11 | The Cabinet Secretary would have said that the prime minister had issued a specific directive that no intelligence operations were to be mounted against the Russians during their visit . |
| 12 | But if marriage patterns were to be drastically altered , significant changes in the social structure would occur . |
| 13 | To make such fraud more difficult a new electoral roll was to be compiled , new voter identification safeguards were to be produced , there was to be access to the electoral commission 's computers at the time of counting , and disputes were to be settled by an electoral court . |
| 14 | The deficit on the balance-of-payments current account was to be reduced from 8.3 to 3.5 per cent of GDP and foreign exchange reserves were to be increased by US$220,000,000 . |
| 15 | If the algorithms for correction of the above four types of spelling errors were to be applied to our system , it is unlikely that applying them to the highest-rated allowable string ( if there are any allowable strings ) is going to find the intended word . |
| 16 | On Oct. 14 Egypt 's state-controlled Middle East News Agency reported that of the 90,000 Egyptians currently residing in Jordan , some 70,000 without work permits were to be fined and deported . |
| 17 | During the next generation both old and new siege weapons were to be used in tandem . |
| 18 | The government announced that from Jan. 1 , 1991 , foreign exchange regulations were to be liberalized and tariffs levied in line with the introduction ( on Jan. 1 ) of the CARICOM common external tariff ( CET ) . |
| 19 | By contrast , a sense of ‘ community ’ seemed to be absolutely essential if village populations were to be maintained at viable levels . |
| 20 | The two column leaders were to be George Jellicoe and Paddy Mayne , each with seven jeeps behind them . |
| 21 | Gas , electricity and telephone charges were to be reduced and there would be restriction on increases in school fees , fares and food prices . |
| 22 | Corman remained unconvinced , especially in the way that the multi-coloured fantasy scenes were to be portrayed . |
| 23 | From that date , all foreign exchange receipts were to be surrendered to authorized banks at the official rates of exchange . |
| 24 | Whether NoS could be classified as ‘ Loony Left ’ or not , the majority of its council backers were to be the big names on the Sun hit list . |
| 25 | The town authorities were to be asked to notify the master of the news of the approach of enemy aircraft . |
| 26 | For public transport attempts were to be made to free buses from congestion delay at traffic lights by providing priority treatment or bus lanes . |
| 27 | The forest bounds were to be determined by a local jury in each county , in the presence of the justices , the Justice of the Forest or his deputy , and the foresters , ‘ according to the tenor of the Forest Charter of Henry III , saving always the King 's oath , the right of his Crown , and the actions and claims of the King and all others ’ . |
| 28 | In the end a compromise emerged under which some — eventually most or all — hospitals and community units were to be allowed to become ‘ independent trusts ’ owning their own buildings and having their own governing bodies . |
| 29 | Price controls were to be eliminated on 230 products including some basic foods , certain transport sectors were to be deregulated , and electricity rates were to be increased , with concessions for low-income households . |
| 30 | Income tax brackets were to be reduced from 11 to three , with the rate for the upper bracket cut from 60 to 40 per cent and the ceiling of tax exempted income raised from $3,105 to $4,140 . |