Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [prep] effect " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to go into effect at noon on Friday , giving the commanders a chance to disengage their forces and the political leaders 48 hours to work on a settlement . |
| 2 | Lome IV was signed in December 1989 ( see p. 37133 ) and was to come into effect in March 1990 for a 10-year period ( unlike the previous conventions , whose duration had been five years ) . |
| 3 | The law , which was to come into effect on July 1 , was adopted with 350 votes in favour , three against and 11 abstentions . |
| 4 | A decree signed by Bashir on Feb. 1 introduced a new penal code based , as was the previous one , on sharia law , which was to come into effect on March 22 , but which did not apply to the three southern regions ( now states ) " for the time being , pending the establishment of elected assemblies there to deal with the issue " ( an official information document as quoted in the Middle East Economic Digest of Feb. 15 ) . |
| 5 | On March 20 Czechoslovakia signed in Prague a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) , which was to come into effect on July 1 , 1992 , after completion of the ratification process . |
| 6 | The law , which increased the powers of the federation at the expense of the states , was to come into effect on July 1 . |
| 7 | One of Churchill 's reactions to the fall of France was to put into effect his long-brewed plan to vent his anger and frustration on his secret services . |