Example sentences of "[was/were] due [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only two trains to and from British Steel Skinningrove were due to use the bridge yesterday , ’ said a British Rail spokeswoman . |
| 2 | They were due to give a concert at the Odeon , Weston-super-Mare and it was planned that we would do our piece with the Stones on the roof . |
| 3 | They were due to televise the contest from the Barbican centre in York to local pubs and clubs . |
| 4 | Social workers were due to visit the youngsters yesterday . |
| 5 | Officials from the two agencies were due to visit the country in February to negotiate the terms of an assistance package , the largest ever requested by Papua New Guinea . |
| 6 | To add to my anxieties about the early start , my husband and I were due to attend a charity casino evening in Kenilworth on the Saturday night , an event which I knew would continue into the early hours . |
| 7 | Er if we attended if if we were due to attend a meeting for example in in in Derby , er er twenty mile away ? |
| 8 | We were due to record a longish interview with her one afternoon , and over lunch at her favourite restaurant in Basil Street my producer Anthony Rouse and I both asked if there was any subject in her long life that she did not want touched upon . |
| 9 | The parliaments of both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of February 1991 . |
| 10 | They were due to face an Ulster Under 21 side at Ravenhill on October 30 with the usual afternoon kick-off . |
| 11 | Chelmsford Canoe Club were due to launch a new race at the end of September , a day long relay race with 3 to 10 paddlers in a team using singles or doubles . |
| 12 | It was announced that officials were due to discuss the dispute in London in December . |
| 13 | McKeag 's delight was tempered by regret at the loss of sponsors Rumbelows , who were due to sponsor the Cup for a further two years . |
| 14 | They were due to meet a Bradman XI at Bowral the day after South Africa were playing there in a World Cup warm-up match . |
| 15 | Union officials were due to meet the arbitration service , Acas , this morning for a briefing session . |
| 16 | Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein . |
| 17 | Representatives from the board , the management and the playing staff were due to meet the fans in tonight 's discussion . |
| 18 | Originally four Carmel Convent sisters were due to make the journey but , sadly , Sister Inge died late last year after suffering an inoperable brain tumour . |
| 19 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 20 | ‘ As far as I know , he 's still working his way through the list of cabin calls , then he was due to do a routine hygiene inspection . |
| 21 | PRESIDENT Bill Clinton was due to turn the course of American economic policy on its head last night when he detailed proposals to the US Congress that embrace a range of new taxes and reject 12 years of the ‘ Reagan Revolution ’ . |
| 22 | Following the appeal court 's decision Bond was remanded on A$1000,000 bail until Oct. 5 , when the Perth district court was due to set a date for a new trial . |
| 23 | After a stop-over for refuelling at Al-Khufra , in southern Libya , he was due to inspect a PLO training camp at Al-Sarah . |
| 24 | I was due to attend a meeting with several other women whom I knew and felt in sympathy with , and when I arrived there , the weight of my unhappiness just rolled off me like an unwanted burden . |
| 25 | He was last seen in England a few days before he was due to attend an important conference in Italy . |
| 26 | The embarrassment made me postpone going to the clinics for weeks — until the last possible moment , in fact : the day before I was due to board the train that bore me off to this hotel room in Manchester . |
| 27 | Each of the three constituent elements within the new party was due to hold a convention to ratify the merger . |
| 28 | Although over the preceding 12 months a combination of a deep economic recession , conciliatory gestures from many of the English-speaking provinces , and the skilful diplomacy of Bourassa , had served to cool some of the enthusiasm for independence , the province was due to hold a referendum on the sovereignty issue on Oct. 26 , and Mulroney had made it clear that he was keen to have reached some form of inter-provincial agreement prior to the vote . |
| 29 | They overturned tables and smashed bottles in a room where a Bicester firm , Harlan Olac , was due to hold a formal dinner . |
| 30 | They overturned tables and smashed bottles in a room where a Bicester firm , Harlan Olac , was due to hold a formal dinner . |