Example sentences of "there were to be no " in BNC.

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1 There were to be no aisles , crosses or altars ; the pulpit must be against the end wall facing the congregation .
2 After the Poema there were to be no more serious attempts to re-tell the life of El Cid with any fidelity to actual events .
3 There were to be no Cup ties .
4 There were to be no negotiations with Willingdon .
5 There were to be no male heirs for Thomas — indeed , he was to father only one robust child who would survive into old age , as we shall see shortly .
6 There were to be no mechanical or electrical improvements .
7 There were to be no more transactions with them .
8 There were to be no less than 2,000 uniformed Blackshirts , marching and parading as the advance guard of revolution .
9 Events after 1969 shows that Nixon intended to continue the use of America 's great influence and power ; but there were to be no more Vietnams .
10 Buzz had warned Clare that there were to be no more arguments , and now all Elinor had to do was get well .
11 This year there were to be no festivities , however meagre .
12 From this point on , there were to be no more magazines , nor any news of any kind — even on our third anniversary in April , until after Brian 's release more than a year later .
13 Though it grated on their code of hospitality , the island hosts then decided there were to be no more gifts of food or drink , no more counselling or mapping , no more lending of labour , or advice .
14 Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ .
15 There were to be no excuses for him returning .
16 ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps .
17 Noel explains why the number is so small : ‘ When we took on this responsibility it was made clear that there were to be no extra funds specifically for underwater archaeology .
18 Smith and Cusack then had shots blocked in another goalmouth scramble , but there were to be no more real goal attempts by Darlington after that .
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