Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The USA and Panama on Jan. 10 , 1990 , signed an outline agreement on combating drug-related crimes , and on Jan. 29 , during Quayle 's visit , Endara announced that banking regulations were to be amended to prevent money laundering . |
| 2 | They were so run down that passenger trains were rarely entrusted to them if anything else could be found , and they were to be seen hauling coal trains as on this occasion when No. 46156 ‘ The South Wales Borderers ’ passed Holmewood heading south in 1964 . |
| 3 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 4 | This has been cleared over a width sufficient for the new track , but leaving those bushes and trees which were to be retained to form part of the landscape of the line . |
| 5 | Elsewhere , in the Danube province of Upper Moesia , stratores were to be found supervising road stations at both Nis ( Naissus ) and Cuprija ( Horreum Margi ) , and it is not impossible that they were doing the same in Britain . |
| 6 | In its place , service stations were to be required to install vapour traps directly on to petrol pumps . |
| 7 | However , some of the Soviet Union 's smallest ethnic groups , principally the indigenous peoples of Siberia , were to be allowed to own land without having to put it to any economic purpose . |
| 8 | UNPROFOR members were to be allowed to use force for self-defence , including when prevented from carrying out their mandate . |
| 9 | Two commissions were to be established to facilitate progress in these areas . |
| 10 | According to press reports , during the meeting Hariri had successfully allayed Hezbollah fears that a large number of buildings in the southern suburbs were to be demolished to make way for a new hospital . |
| 11 | Following recommendations from the IIRS a different technical fix was to be employed to improve safety in dumping the asbestos . |
| 12 | The Official Secrets Act was to be amended to allow freedom of information , and changes were to be made to the postal service to protect privacy . |
| 13 | Under SOGIT 1973 , the test of reasonableness was to be applied taking account of all the circumstances including those which occurred after the making of the contract , whereas , under UCTA 1977 , the test is to be applied to the terms of the contract at the time of contracting . |
| 14 | There an attempt was to be made to reach agreement on the date of Easter and to end the discord between Egypt and Rome on the one hand and Syria and Asia Minor on the other . |
| 15 | Nuclear Electric , a third generating company , was to be established to take control of the nuclear power stations and to remain in the public sector . |
| 16 | During Glycerius 's reign Gundobad 's uncle , Chilperic I , became magister militum , and was to be found exercising authority in Lyons and Geneva . |
| 17 | One granddaughter of a carpenter 's widow ‘ adored my grandmother , whom I seldom saw : my greatest reward was to be allowed to brush grandmother 's long silken white hair . ’ |