Example sentences of "of [n mass] [was/were] to " in BNC.
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1 | Among all our other irresistible attractions we had advertised free fishing in the River Meloch and the millpond , and a prospective holiday-maker asked , over the telephone , what kind of fish were to be found there . |
2 | A maximum of £4,000 was to be spent on the building , the residue being for ‘ the general uses of the hospital ’ ( i.e. revenue ) . |
3 | Last year , 46% of sales were to CAD/CAM users : this year that may drop to just 8% . |
4 | By 1986 , 40% of sales were to dispensing chemists . |
5 | Some 75% of sales were to customers outside the U.K. Direct exports from the U.K. totalled £98.0 million compared with £93.5 million in the previous year , an increase of 4.8% . |
6 | Some 53pc of sales were to overseas customers and 36pc of production came from overseas operations , cushioning the company from a depressed UK market . |
7 | A member of staff was to be disciplined by the management and you had to defend the employee as best as you could . |
8 | They could clearly be smaller if the number of MPs were to be increased , although West Germany manages very well with electorates averaging in 1987 some 183,000 . |
9 | In the coming witch-hunt thousands of people were to be deprived of their livelihood and reputation but , as we now know , the most serious spies went undetected . |
10 | From among this small group of people were to be founded the only Iranians who remained with the Shah and Queen in the months to come . |
11 | The pension of £150 was to be paid out of the Goldsmiths ' endowment of £290 . |