Example sentences of "[prep] [n mass] [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Among all our other irresistible attractions we had advertised free fishing in the River Meloch and the millpond , and a prospective holiday-maker asked , over the telephone , what kind of fish were to be found there . |
| 2 | A maximum of £4,000 was to be spent on the building , the residue being for ‘ the general uses of the hospital ’ ( i.e. revenue ) . |
| 3 | A member of staff was to be disciplined by the management and you had to defend the employee as best as you could . |
| 4 | They could clearly be smaller if the number of MPs were to be increased , although West Germany manages very well with electorates averaging in 1987 some 183,000 . |
| 5 | In the coming witch-hunt thousands of people were to be deprived of their livelihood and reputation but , as we now know , the most serious spies went undetected . |
| 6 | From among this small group of people were to be founded the only Iranians who remained with the Shah and Queen in the months to come . |
| 7 | The pension of £150 was to be paid out of the Goldsmiths ' endowment of £290 . |
| 8 | In Dawson v. Duffield ( 1936 K.B. ) , two lorries worth £475 were to be paid for by a combination of two ‘ trade-in ’ lorries worth £250 and the balance in cash . |