Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] go ahead " in BNC.

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1 The government consistently denied rumours of an early poll , claiming that no parliamentary elections would be held before the presidential contest due in April 1991 , although local elections at sub-district level were expected to go ahead in May 1990 , after the success of similar elections in the Chittagong Hill Tracts on June 25 , 1989 ( see p. 36736 ) .
2 ‘ At the same time it was decided to go ahead with a new 14,000 square foot facility in the Dubai Free Zone of Jebel Ali .
3 Other Unionists , including Law himself , were less sure , even though they shared their colleagues " concern about the political and economic situation ; nevertheless it was agreed to go ahead , but that Lloyd George should make the first move .
4 A poor economic performance , with trade and current-account deficits , coupled with the negative effects of higher oil prices , jeopardized government economic reforms supported by the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) , although a six-year privatization programme of state assets to the value of MD9,500 million was set to go ahead .
5 If Mr Arnold was allowed to go ahead , Mail Newspapers would have ‘ no control whatsoever on who advertises or on the type of advertisement inserted ’ .
6 before they was allowed to go ahead .
7 The First Band itself may have seemed of small significance at the time compared to parliament 's apparently much more crucial decision one week after it was signed to go ahead with the marriage negotiations .
8 ‘ He was determined to go ahead .
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