Example sentences of "who were to be the " in BNC.

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1 The proposal for a community charge — or ‘ poll tax ’ — put forward by Nicholas Ridley in 1988 ran into furious local opposition , not least among the Scots who were to be the first to pay this new imposition , After all , freeborn Englishmen , led by Wat Tyler , had revolted against a poll tax as long ago as 1381 , and its bluntness and social inequity helped fuel a considerable popular protest , including in the Conservative shires .
2 And when the sun appeared they all died and then the people who were to be the people of Amantani came from other islands , from peninsulas in the south … ’
3 Despite these intentions there is some evidence , however , drawn from proposed schemes submitted by LEAs ( but never implemented ) , which suggests that in practice the allegedly integrated curriculum emphasized ‘ liberal ’ studies for the 14- to 16-year-olds who were to be the first age-group to attend under compulsion .
4 But all this re-creation of the old ways was also the creation of the Völkisch : the racially and culturally pure Aryans who were to be the master race destined to rule the world .
5 Although great power was vested in the philosophers who were to be the rulers , their personal self-interest was not to be a source of private gain but was to be made subservient to the state .
6 The other was to ask who were to be the leaders of armies , and by what criteria they might claim to lead .
7 While the idea of the two-stage revolution : liberation first , communism later : could be described as primitive Leninism , it may be seen that Ho 's approach to Communism was also two-track : town and country : not necessarily in that order : and his Revolutionary Youth League also functioned on two levels : the mass nationalist party and the inner core of Tam Tam Xa hotheads who were to be the nucleus of a future communist party .
8 Top talks as if it rested with me to settle who were to be the Unionist candidates for the constituencies .
9 There was a substantial issue of fact as to whether or not the elderly parents , who were to be the principal debtors , had received the letters written by the creditor advising them to take independent legal advice .
10 The loans were to be administered by a specially formed company under contract to the government ; but the government has been unable to secure the co-operation of the major banks , who were to be the chief participants in the new company , and the loans scheme is in disarray .
11 The Symposium was at pains to stress that it was the black majority who were to be the prime targets of any campaign .
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