Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this blew away Mr Lamont 's excuse that the Germans were to blame for the pound crashing . |
| 2 | In Uganda the nationalizations were to extend to the import and export business , although President Milton Obote in his first presidency was ousted by General Amin before being able to implement the programme . |
| 3 | The commissioners were to report to the UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office , after which any recommended changes in the constitution would be voted upon in the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly . |
| 4 | The columns were to merge in the Hammersmith Road at 6.30 , an hour and a half before the rally . |
| 5 | Just as the drainers had previously arrived as outsiders on the wetland commons , so the conservationists were to wade into the wetland issue , often importing their perspectives from outside . |
| 6 | In a pre-scheduled address to an international banking conference attended by the Czech and Slovak finance ministers where he was to have delivered a lecture on setting up direct sales operations in Eastern Europe , Kontrax president Gabor Dixco told an embarrassed audience that the global recession , poor financial management and lack of support from the banks were to blame for the company 's collapse . |
| 7 | The conservatives had a third victory the following day when the fathers were to vote on the Decree on Ecumenism . |
| 8 | Zak and Emil arrived together at that point , Emil ready to set the tables for lunch , Zak in theatrical exasperation demanding to know if the actors were to put on the next scene before the meal as originally planned , and if not , when ? |
| 9 | The Cistercians were the papacy 's missionary storm-troops of the twelfth to thirteenth century as the Jesuits were to become at the time of the counter-Reformation . |
| 10 | This division of support had potentially serious consequences as it was commonly accepted that all four constituent groups had to be united behind a single candidate if the Democrats were to regain of the White House . |