Example sentences of "the [noun] was to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmistress was ‘ quite inefficient ’ and was also to go , but the porter was to be admonished only . |
| 2 | Half of the amount was destined for housing , public works and other economic assistance , while the remainder was to be made up of export assistance and trade benefits . |
| 3 | F7,000 million of this was to be repaid over six years ( with a three-year grace period ) , while the remainder was to be paid back by the end of 1989 . |
| 4 | The remainder was to be raised by the issuing of one-year bonds which would be redeemed by smaller tax increases than originally proposed . |
| 5 | Half the country 's state enterprises were to be privatized by end-1993 , a large proportion of the remainder was to be converted into wholly state-owned joint stock companies , competition was to be promoted , agriculture modernized , a sound banking system created , and a modern tax and budgetary system implemented . |
| 6 | Under the agreement half of the Chimanes forest was designated a " permanent production zone " i.e. available for " sustainable forestry " , while the remainder was to be a research area . |
| 7 | Even when , sixteen years later in 1833 , he saw in trade unionism the instrument through which to establish industrial democracy , the change was to be painless , to steal upon the country unaware , ‘ like a thief in the night ’ . |
| 8 | Since ‘ not the Government , only persons can have responsibility ’ , the struggle was to be waged in the constituencies , against individual MPs . |
| 9 | The opening day of the trial was to be devoted to legal arguments and Mr Beltrami , Moira , Meehan and myself turned up at the Courts of Justice to hear them . |
| 10 | The out of court settlement made two days before the trial was to be heard has been hailed as a legal milestone by the Spinal Injuries Association . |
| 11 | John 's brother Mick who was in the RAF was to be best man , and had a week 's leave in September before moving to Manchester . |
| 12 | The money was to be invested at interest within two years of Whitbread 's death . |
| 13 | After some discussion the Lord Chancellor directed that the money was to be put into the hands of trustees nominated by the committee , or else paid to the Accountant-General — which was likely to lead to added expense . |
| 14 | Some of the money was to be used to finance the new UDCs . |
| 15 | The traders say the money was to be paid by one o'clock on Sunday . |
| 16 | It used the phrase ‘ 60 secs allowed ’ and referred to a sensor where the money was to be left . |
| 17 | Accordingly , since the case was to be decided on the factual assumption that the purpose of Shell and others in combining to contravene the sanctions order was to forward their own commercial interests , not injure those of Lonrho , no matter how likely or foreseeable such injury might be , the claim in conspiracy failed . |
| 18 | The prosecution of police officers in connection with the case was to be considered . |
| 19 | At the time of delivery the plaintiff 's employee tendered a delivery note for signature which made it clear that the contract was to be on the plaintiff 's conditions . |
| 20 | The Chairman was to be the Right . |
| 21 | The government overruled the Lords ' amendment , but made one small concession : if less than 50 per cent of the eligible voters recorded their vote then the election was to be declared null and void . |
| 22 | But Devonport managers expressed ‘ disappointment and frustration ’ at the announcement that the decision was to be delayed further . |
| 23 | On 30 May the king announced that the militia was to be mobilised and might — an important innovation — be required to serve where ‘ occasion shall require ’ , i.e. if necessary outside their own counties . |
| 24 | The outcome of the projects was to be examined in the light of potential impacts on urban development , transport road safety and the environment . |
| 25 | The grant was to be distributed between authorities on the basis of a set of detailed standard expenditure figures , set by central government for each service after discussion with local authorities on the consultative council . |
| 26 | The framework was to be used by the teacher as a checklist of each student 's progress . |
| 27 | Christian told Seb where the camp was to be . |
| 28 | Rev. Burns travelled around Ayrshire , speaking on the advantages of emigration to ‘ New Edinburgh ’ as , at first , the settlement was to be called , emphasising the excellent climate , the opportunities for education and land ownership , and the guaranteed religious freedom . |
| 29 | One of the roads was to be called Hawes Close after the name given to the area of land since the 17th century . |
| 30 | What mattered to the informed public in the late 1850s was whether the building was to be Gothic , Classical , Tudor , Italianate or an eclectic design . |