Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] to [be] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course in conformity with ecclesiological principles , schools were expected to be in the Gothic style . |
| 2 | Speaking at the launch of the report , the Inspectorate 's director and chief inspector , David Slater , said that recruitment had improved and that 300 new inspectors were expected to be in their posts by early next year . |
| 3 | Lang insists that the planned reforms were designed to be in the best interests of local government . |
| 4 | Soon two-thirds of the activists of the Provisional IRA in Ulster were reported to be in prison either awaiting trial or convicted . |
| 5 | The changes , linked to the impending retirement of one of the two deputy directors-general , Madan G. Mathur , on July 31 , were reported to be in anticipation of the resumption of the " Uruguay Round " of talks under way at the technical level in Geneva since Feb. 26 [ see p. 38027 ] . |
| 6 | Efforts by Pakistan and Iran to broker a peace settlement with the mujaheddin on the basis of the UN plan were reported to be in progress as of mid-1991 . |
| 7 | In the north , after a wave of determined attacks against the regime , forcefully repelled , 1 million Kurds were reported to be in flight , trudging through the mountains , hoping to find sanctuary in Turkey and Iran . |
| 8 | The couple were reported to be in ‘ satisfactory condition ’ in hospital . |
| 9 | However , since representations of satyrs are often given negroid features , there is a suggestion that negroes were considered to be in some sense monstrous . |
| 10 | A number of safeguards were said to be in force , the first being that all applications had to be made in writing . |
| 11 | All three were said to be in a critical condition last night . |
| 12 | Those purged were said to be in the pay of the CIA , and described as ‘ counter-revolutionary ’ . |
| 13 | The two , both suffering from leg injuries , were said to be in a ‘ serious ’ condition . |
| 14 | All the candidates were said to be in favour of free legislative elections and economic reform . |
| 15 | By March 31 Gamsakhurdia forces were said to be in retreat although railways and roads were still blocked . |
| 16 | On July 29 a Croatian report cited figures from the Bosnian health centre that to date 8,018 had been killed in the fighting and 100,000 were said to be in " concentration camps " , reports of which remained unconfirmed . |
| 17 | The journals were seen to be in better health , both scientifically and economically , than for many years , and plans to take advantage of this situation , in promoting the journals to both authors and subscribers , were approved . |
| 18 | Some still retained private property as is evidenced by the fact that they met in private houses and that they would sell their assets if people were seen to be in need . |
| 19 | After further adventures in Spain , Nicholas had a dream in which his family were seen to be in trouble and needing him , so he returned to England , proceeded by a huge crate of the books collected on his travels . |
| 20 | On one occasion , two of these were seen to be in open disagreement about the legitimacy and desirability of actions taken by the authorities ; on another occasion , one of these was set up , in effect , to review recommendations made by another . |
| 21 | In the silence that followed most of the chiefs were seen to be in tears and the council was dissolved until the afternoon . |
| 22 | Valuable though such concessions were felt to be in the short term , we concluded it was wrong to encourage prospecting in sensitive waters without an adequate understanding of the nature and level of the risks involved . |
| 23 | Privatization would fall into two categories : the sale of state-owned shops and restaurants , which had in fact been under way since May 1 ; and the sale of state-owned factories and enterprises , 40 per cent of which were envisaged to be in private hands within three years . |
| 24 | No German warships were thought to be in the immediate area and only some four squadrons of fighters and bombers — an estimated 37 planes — were flying from Herdia , Stavanger , and Trondheim . |
| 25 | Islington , Southwark , Camden and Hounslow were thought to be in the bag . |
| 26 | The bombings were thought to be in retaliation for the shooting by British soldiers in an undercover operation on Oct. 9 of IRA activists Desmond Grew and Martin McCaughey near Loughgall in south Armagh . |
| 27 | The arrests were thought to be in connection with a series of violent attacks . |
| 28 | Five paintings by a mass murderer , once withdrawn from auction because they were thought to be in bad taste , have been bought by a collector . |
| 29 | These villages lie way beyond the reach of limited government services , which were shown to be in crisis last year when the island group was added to the United Nations ' list of Least Developed Countries ( LDCs ) . |
| 30 | But that if they did not make progress we were going to be in a really difficult situation which might have military overtones as well . |