Example sentences of "them [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If we count cities of over 500,000 inhabitants as ‘ big ’ , fourteen out of twenty-three of them were to be found in five countries , the United Kingdom ( 6 ) , Germany ( 3 ) , France ( 3 ) , Belgium ( 1 ) and Holland ( 1 ) . |
| 2 | Beneath them were to be the fascist Legions , the militant branch of the League who were divided into active and passive sections of members . |
| 3 | Churches long sealed with all their histories in them were to be opened to me this day . |
| 4 | Their goods were to be confiscated and all who protected them were to be pronounced excommunicate . |
| 5 | In addition the DHSS would not agree to supply updates free of charge , so after much discussion three DHSS manuals were chosen but none of them was to be updated . |
| 6 | The unifying factor between them was to be dynastic and personal . |
| 7 | As for those ‘ not rigorously demonstrated , ’ anything contrary to the Bible involved by them was to be considered ‘ undoubtedly false . ’ |