Example sentences of "which [was/were] [adj] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are no plans to resurrect the services which were due to be hauled by former BR Standard 2-6-4 tank 80080 from Crewe to Llandudno . |
| 2 | The Gulf War may have been responsible for the postponement of the finals of the Head/Isrotel/Tennis World tournament , which were due to be staged at the end of 1990 , for one year , but it certainly did n't dampen the enjoyment of the 12 regional winners who eventually took off for Eliat at the end of November 1991 . |
| 3 | However , his reputation had been seriously damaged during the past year by a scandal involving his younger brother Juan Guerra González [ see p. 37263 ] , whose conduct had been the subject of a judicial investigation , the results of which were due to be made public in the near future . |
| 4 | Vranco was one of 30 major firms which were due to be privatized under a programme financed by the European Communities ( EC ) . |
| 5 | The booms , which were due to be removed yesterday absorbed the oil spillage and stopped it from flowing downstream . |
| 6 | Robert correctly answered the 10 questions , the answers to which were all to be found in the BNFL publication ‘ Our Environment ’ , and a cheque for £150 is on its way to him . |
| 7 | I used to believe it was possible to make forecasts — market forecasts in particular — which were likely to be accurate . |
| 8 | The course planned to use some experimental learning and group work exercises , both of which were likely to be new concepts to the participants . |
| 9 | But when Dr Dee ( a scientist too aware of his Welsh descent to want to use the word ‘ English ’ ) wrote about the British Empire in the 1570s he was discussing the prospect of possessions beyond the seas , which were likely to be linked to England by the bond of allegiance to the sovereign more than by anything else . |
| 10 | If he held his own with other boys in the struggle for power he could hardly help behaving in ways which were unlikely to be lovable — a fact which assumed a definite importance when the only hope of affection came from those same boys . |
| 11 | The loft covered an area the size of the house , with unused and shadowy places under the eaves which were unlikely to be investigated — particularly by Nigel , who , sadly , even if he came out of hospital would nevermore be able to climb the ladder . |
| 12 | This resulted in variations between courses and problems of comparability , criteria and standards which were unlikely to be resolved without some such national machinery as was suggested in Haycocks II . |
| 13 | In some regions there was permanent lowland pasture , particularly in fenland and level areas which were liable to be under water for some of the year , or where the risk of flooding was endemic . |
| 14 | Pets , in other words , should be captive-bred , but you might allow animals which were wild to be brought into a captive-breeding scheme for pet ownership . |
| 15 | The charter explicitly promised the privatisation of British Rail , detailed plans for which were supposed to be set out in a white paper . |
| 16 | Third , he exercised jurisdiction over the pagenses ( the " men of the pagus " or county ) : replicating the assemblies of the realm at local level were the county assemblies which were supposed to be held three times every year , and met either in the civitates or elsewhere in the county . |
| 17 | But the van-dals even slashed a toy polar bear which was due to be raffled for the appeal . |
| 18 | A painting by Constable of ‘ Harnham Bridge looking towards Salisbury Cathedral ’ which was due to be sold at Christie 's last year , will be offered at Sotheby 's , London , on 18 November . |
| 19 | Viking is recalling all stock of Sex Art and American Culture by Camille Paglia , which was due to be published on 7th January . |
| 20 | A DoE spokeswoman said the land had been acquired to improve sight distance on the road , which was due to be widened in the near future . |
| 21 | At a joint meeting reviewing the agreement on March 20 , both sides noted that in spite of some problems the overall timetable of the withdrawal , which was due to be completed by July 1991 , was being fulfilled . |
| 22 | The move was intended to boost farmers ' cash flow , and thus to counterbalance a 3 per cent cut in the intervention price which was due to be invoked in July under the EC cereals stabilizer regime [ see p. 35914 ] because of the heavy cereal crop in 1989-90 . |
| 23 | It was also agreed that the treaty would be signed at the next superpower summit , which was due to be held either late in 1990 or early in 1991 . |
| 24 | According to observers the significance of the vote in terms of national politics was that it would increase the likelihood of the minority government seeking to secure the support of the Progress Party for the 1990 budget , which was due to be voted on in parliament in December [ see below ] . |
| 25 | The Panmunjom talks began on Dec. 26 , and on Dec. 31 the two sides agreed a six-article document which was due to be signed by the Prime Ministers of North and South on Jan. 20 , and to become effective from Feb. 18 , 1992 . |
| 26 | Its appeal to radical Liberals and to the middle class offered the possibility of forming an electoral alliance between the main Opposition parties in the General Election which was due to be held by 1940 . |
| 27 | He 'd helped set up a new research wing , which was due to be officially opened in a fortnight 's time . |
| 28 | The access battle which was due to be resolved that violent day in December , was settled in court , but by the blade rather than by the Judge . |
| 29 | He was working on a biography of a nineteenth century painter which was due to be published next month . |
| 30 | It should be noted that a similar order of precedence exists in Ashton 's Scènes de Ballet as in Petipa 's The Sleeping Beauty which was supposed to be an evocation of a court ballet at the time of Louis XIV . |