Example sentences of "they were [not/n't] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was part of the good life , and they were not to be denied it . |
| 2 | However , it also meant that the sort of movements which normally flow through Clough had to be accurate to the point of perfection if they were not to be enmeshed in blue shirts . |
| 3 | It was greatly taken amiss that they were not to be seen in the bombed vicinities . |
| 4 | I hoped they were not to be disappointed by the rest of their tour and wondered whether that residue of egalitarianism which their culture had instilled in them , for all its dreadfulness , might not in time lead them to question whether unification was wholly to their advantage . |
| 5 | Eventually he tied it down and sat muttering about it being typical behaviour of suitcases and that they were not to be trusted . |
| 6 | But even there they were not to be left alone , and after the last campaign the conquest ended ignominiously as it had begun with the summary execution of Tupac Amaru , thirty-nine years after Atahualpa , his uncle . |
| 7 | On the following day , the day of their return ( only they were not to be expected until the late evening ) Franca , who was so used to being by herself , was unable to perform any ordinary activity . |
| 8 | They were not to be contemplated . |
| 9 | This last speciality may reflect the much earlier skills of the Franks , the Frankish swords were of such good quality that the Emperor Charlemagne issued an edict that they were not to be exported . |
| 10 | Sir William ) Clarke , a solicitor , on condition they were not to be shown to anyone without the consent of himself and the syndicate . |
| 11 | Refugees were seen as deserving sympathy and help , but they were not to be pampered . |
| 12 | They were not to be in two minds . |
| 13 | They were not to be seen as sharply distinguishable , and certainly not mutually exclusive . |
| 14 | She came downstairs , hung on the wall a portrait of himself that Robin had painted , and his easel below it ; and gave orders that they were not to be removed . |
| 15 | The Armstrongs were a lawless lot , paying little more allegiance to Scotland than they did to England , for they straddled the borderline ; so they were not to be trusted , but Johnstone and Jardine assured the Regent that on this occasion they would not cause trouble , for although they would care nothing about Balliol one way or the other , they hated Dacre , who as English Middle March Warden had recently hanged some of their people . |
| 16 | They were not to be questioned : what they did was supply the pillars for the system . |
| 17 | They were not to be employed in the sick wards , and under no circumstances was an inmate to be allowed to nurse a sick fellow . |
| 18 | Western traders allowed into Japan were to be restricted to foreign settlements and other prescribed areas , but were to have the benefits of extraterritoriality , i.e. they were not to be subject to the laws of Japan , but any misdemeanour or problem ( including those that concerned Japanese ) was to be dealt with by a court presided over by the consul of the country of the national concerned . |
| 19 | They were not to be chastened by homilies like children at a Sunday school . |
| 20 | The men 's feelings were not so well defined and they were not to be diverted from their search for tea . |
| 21 | Of these , the 30,000 who were still capable of resistance at the time of the ceasefire were to be allowed to return to Baghdad through the encircling allied forces although they were not to be permitted to take their remaining 700 or so tanks . |
| 22 | Although the Commission was assigned additional police officers to assist in its inquiries it was clearly implied that they were not to be used for investigating covert intelligence activities . |
| 23 | They were not to be concerned in any way with the shedding of blood . |
| 24 | THE Highways in Larne was the venue packed to the seams with enthusiastic punters — they were not to be disappointed , yet another sensational semi-final . |