Example sentences of "[was/were] to [be] [verb] [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boulton realised that if Watt 's engines were to be exploited commercially the patent would have to be extended . |
| 2 | If pornography were to be restricted legally the mechanisms would likely to be similar to those which already affect rape reporting , so their use is relevant to both issues . |
| 3 | After listening to Mr Lightman 's allegations , Lord Donaldson said that if Mr Oliver 's affidavit was to be believed then The Mail on Sunday had acted in ‘ a wholly hypocritical way . ’ |
| 4 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 5 | Playing the Little Sweep , his clothes were to be ripped off one by one by the Big Sweep and Assistant Sweep -played by the headmaster and French master — as they sang three verses , and then he was to be thrown up the chimney . |