Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] were to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The book trade — where they were to be found in large numbers — differed from the other kinds of printing in several ways . |
| 2 | They had been trained in their own callings — pilots , navigators , gunners and wireless operator 's — and came together at No 19 OTU Kinloss where they were to be trained on Whitleys . |
| 3 | Wardle , Appleyard , Close , Lowson , Trueman and Illingworth entered cricket in Yardley 's reign and all had great respect for his tactical ingenuity and his benevolent , Gower-style leadership although they were to be critical later . |
| 4 | The four sets of parents went in to the Panel separately , although they were to be treated as one case . |
| 5 | Local education boards were established to have oversight of the day-to-day operation of the schools within their area , although they were to be firmly guided on the details of the curriculum by means of the Elementary Code of 1903 . |
| 6 | The controversy which surrounded these events , and which periodically exercised the District Executive and enlivened the District Council , took place at a time when tutor-organisers were less established figures than they were to be in the 1960s and 1970s . |
| 7 | It has been suggested that literacy levels in these weaving villages were higher than they were to be in the industrial towns of south Lancashire a generation later . |
| 8 | ‘ If I were to be wrapped up warmly , and … ’ |
| 9 | The nut appears to be plastic and , if I were to be really picky , has been cut a hair on the high side . |
| 10 | If I were to be critical it would be to say that the scratchplates could be finished off more tidily , and occasionally the necks and bodies do n't look entirely new — although that 's hardly surprising , really . |
| 11 | If I were to be denied my belief in the almost limitless potential of my students , I 'd give up . |
| 12 | But it or if I were to be thinking I 'd say , Is n't he . |
| 13 | What would she do if she were to be discovered ? |
| 14 | What if she were to be stranded in the mountains — marooned by a blizzard ? |
| 15 | She needed a plan of action , she decided as she began the task of stripping several layers of wallpaper from the walls — a concerted campaign to protect the club , and if she were to be painfully honest , herself , from the marauding hands of the so-called Midnight Raider . |
| 16 | Could you tell me what is the policy of your party on this matter and if you were to be elected to power at the next election what would your party do ? |
| 17 | If you were to be talking in a discussion group on television , or writing an article for a widely read magazine , such a statement would then be quite unacceptable . |
| 18 | You are obliged by law to inform your local water company in writing at least five working days before making certain alterations or additions to your plumbing system ; there would be stiff penalties if you were to be convicted of a contravention of the water bye-laws . |
| 19 | Well for the first six months , if you were to be taken seriously ill you would |
| 20 | When I told him that if we were to be married I would n't ask my father for a penny he … well , he threw me out . ’ |
| 21 | If we were to be swallowed up , the credibility of our beers as genuine regional products would be destroyed . |
| 22 | But this would be weakened if we were to be deflected from our existing targets . |
| 23 | Half a million pounds , if we were to be given the resources , would enable us , debt charge wise , to build two hundred and fifty family houses . |
| 24 | If we were to be totally cynical , we would say it lets Darlington MP Michael Fallon off a nasty hook . |
| 25 | Authors are not supposed to avenge themselves in their writings , but they do , and if they were to be prevented , there would be far fewer books . |
| 26 | The arrival of the mail helped , too : a mound of letters from the relatives who were , or , if they were to be given free accommodation , thought that they were , coming to Uncle Karl 's party . |
| 27 | There are people now in the Wag Club whose musical digestive systems would probably collapse if they were to be inadvertently fed a powerchord . |
| 28 | New Times has pondered whether there would be such vehement opposition about sending ‘ our boys ’ abroad again if they were to be sent to fight for Iraq . |
| 29 | If they were to be overthrown , the justification would have to be overwhelming . |
| 30 | Part of the difficulty with the image came from the noisy fears of the critics , especially those who insisted that comprehensive schools would , if they were to be as good as grammar schools , have to be huge . |