Example sentences of "[was/were] to be [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Touches on the economic tiller were to be reserved for monetary policy — and changes in interest rates in particular . |
| 2 | ( To be more explicit : landowners were to be compensated for lost development value as it existed in 1948 , out of a fund for £300 million reserved for this purpose . ) |
| 3 | The two existing verandahs were to be used for patient accommodation ‘ for which they were intended ’ and the number of patients in the present wards should be reduced by 17 ‘ to conform to standards of spacing ’ . |
| 4 | A hard line was to be maintained for violent and sexual offences with provisions for longer sentences , and Crown Courts were to be given the powers to impose heavier sentences than the individual offence justified , to persistent offenders deemed to be a public risk . |
| 5 | The arterial road was to be reserved for heavy traffic between towns ; restricted points of access to twin carriageways would permit no building frontages , no standing vehicles and no pedestrians . |
| 6 | Child Benefit was to stay and a new benefit , Family Credit , was to be introduced for low-income families in work so that people could no longer be worse off in work than on the dole . |
| 7 | She warned him that the company was to be investigated for alleged laundering of drug money through Swiss banks in the so-called " Lebanon connection " case , and he resigned his position later that same day [ ibid . ] . |
| 8 | Assistance totalling ECU2,750 million was approved in principle , of which 10 per cent was to be allocated for environmental programmes , particularly the protection of tropical forests . |
| 9 | Making sure that Ryan was already inside , they entered , sat near him , and began a general chat about land , A saying to B , in a casual roundabout fashion , that if he had any land going in Norfolk to unload it quickly because the councils were clamping down on building regulations and that land in future was to be used for agricultural purposes only . ’ |