Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [prep] force " in BNC.
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| 1 | And it did not mention a fixed life-span , with provision for renewal or renegotiation : the Treaty was to remain in force for ‘ an unlimited period ’ . |
| 2 | In November 1947 they had issued a statutory order ( which was to remain in force until July 1950 ) limiting all new orders for turbo-alternators for the home market to sets of 30MW capacity ( with prewar standard steam conditions of 600psi and 850°F ) and 60MW sets ( with more advanced steam conditions of 900psi and 900°F ) . |
| 3 | It was the persuasion of the Vice Society that led Lord Chancellor Campbell to push through the Obscene Publications Act of 1857 , an Act which was to remain in force for a hundred years , and this was followed by the establishment of the first ( and short-lived ) Obscene Publications police squad in London . |
| 4 | Drawn up by a panel of civilian and military experts , the charter was to remain in force for a 30-month interim period , at the end of which a referendum would be held on a new constitution for Chad . |
| 5 | The charter was to remain in force until a general election ( scheduled for 1993 ) . |
| 6 | The Convention was to come into force upon ratification by 30 states . |
| 7 | Taylor was reported to have ordered his forces to begin a ceasefire unilaterally from noon on Nov. 10 , 12 hours before the ECOWAS ceasefire was to come into force . |
| 8 | The Convention was to come into force upon ratification by 30 states . |
| 9 | The opposition objected in principle to the law ( which was to enter into force on March 11 , 1990 ) and appealed to the constitutional tribunal which , however , upheld it . |