Example sentences of "[was/were] to [be] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The boys were to be given a certain amount of trust in their activities so that they might have the opportunity to make themselves moral , which in turn could help them become good and valuable members of the community . |
| 2 | Many of us are old enough to remember the days when to contract tuberculosis — which many British people did — was to be given a virtual death sentence . |
| 3 | His brother was to be given a second chance . |
| 4 | ‘ The last I heard was that he was to be given a good education at the public school which Sir Philip 's son was attending . |
| 5 | This morning was the first time he was to be given a serious piece of work before running later in the week . |
| 6 | If a low-ranking muderris wanted to change over to the career of kasabat kadi , moreover , he was immediately better paid : a provision of the Kanunname states that if a 20-akce muderris in the were to become a kadi , he was to be given a 45-akce kadilik . |
| 7 | Here , though , was a mature artist , in her late fifties , who had been dubbed their first Associate Artist and one who was to be given a free run of the Gallery 's Permanent Collection to make transcriptions from the work of the Old Masters . |
| 8 | This , rather than a Macaulayish enthusiasm for the export of parliamentary institutions , was the motive for his advocacy , through Congress , of political reform : British authority was to be given a human face by allowing qualified Indians some share in the running of the country . |
| 9 | As the work was being reorganized to promote the war effort , I was to be given a National Service driving licence and other facilities — ; Conscription having been introduced on 27 April , this seemed the ideal transitional job to undertake pending the call-up . |