Example sentences of "that [noun pl] [was/were] to be " in BNC.

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1 Commander Blenkinsop decreed that rations were to be supplemented by protein .
2 The headnote in the Weekly Law Reports is wrong : it states that the lease provided that disputes were to be referred to arbitration , whereas in fact the lease between Ipswich and Fisons said that if Fisons did not accept Ipswich 's terms the matter should be referred to an independent expert .
3 It was revealed by García , in an interview with the news agency Reuters in the following week , that bonuses were to be offered to producers to encourage silver bullion exports and to provide stability for mining companies and their employees .
4 It was announced on March 31 that subsidies were to be lifted from 16 consumer commodities , i.e. all except for semolina , flour , milk and bread .
5 Mubarak stated that committees were to be established to enhance political and economic co-operation between both countries .
6 Therefore , the fact that pensions were to be increased by earnings rather than prices was academic ; it meant nothing to pensioners .
7 No one doubted that some form of physical education should be part of the programme ; nor was there any dissent from the view that girls were to be taught domestic economy and similar subjects in addition to trade and academic courses ; and , thirdly , the terms ‘ vocational ’ and ‘ liberal ’ should be generously interpreted , rather than be seen as mutually exclusive .
8 On May 4 , India and Russia signed a five-year agreement on trade and economic co-operation which stipulated that payments were to be in freely convertible currencies , and agreed to find " mutually advantageous " solutions to outstanding problems including Russia 's supply of rocket technology and defence spares .
9 It is no accident that Londoners were to be found financing enterprises in the shires — Henry Fyner , a goldsmith , had built the first English blast furnace at Hartfield , Sussex — and helping to create the country 's stock of ‘ social overhead capital ’ — roads and bridges , schools and colleges .
10 It was enacted that offenders were to be brought before a member of the King 's Council or a Justice of the Peace for examination ; hunting in disguise or by night , and wilful concealment of such offences were to be punished as felonies — that is , by death and forfeiture of property .
11 The referee obviously made up his mind that penalties were to be given . ’
12 The referee obviously made up his mind that penalties were to be given .
13 That can mean only that UKIAS was to be made the exclusive provider of legal advice .
14 In November the cardinals , together with representatives of the different national groupings , elected a new pope for the whole Church , Martin V. Before doing so , however , they had ensured through the decree Frequens that Councils were to be called at regular intervals of ten years .
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