Example sentences of "which [was/were] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | The payments were part of a package of benefits which were to act as a carrot to persuade workers to accept being made unemployed . |
2 | When , on 19 March 1856 , the tsar issued a manifesto which spoke of the blessings which were to descend upon the empire as a result of the peace treaty , he envisaged " equal justice and equal protection for everyone , so that each can enjoy in peace the fruits of his own righteous labours " . |
3 | It was not until 1876 that she started the meetings for mothers which were to develop into the Mothers ' Union . |
4 | The general public was to be able to use the royal posts on certain of the roads out of London ; there were to be fixed rates of postage ( to defray the cost of salaried postmasters ) ; and horse posts ( which were to travel at the rate of 120 miles in twenty-four hours ) were substituted for foot posts ( which travelled at the rate of 16 or 18 miles a day ) . |
5 | The Provincial Commissioner , Philip Mitchell , then near the beginning of the career which was to culminate in the governorships of Uganda and Kenya , complimented Murrells on his anthropological acumen — and advised him that the local councils of elders should ‘ consist where possible of one man , with three or more advisers , rather than a Committee because of the notorious weakness of Committees as executive instruments ’ . |
6 | Technically , Sami was a confidential informant ( CI ) for Michael Pavlick , the DEA 's country attaché in Paris , but he was to play a vital part in Operation Goldenrod , a project preoccupying the NARCOG task force in Nicosia when Coleman arrived there , and which was to touch off the chain reaction of events that exploded over Lockerbie 21 months later . |
7 | In 1910 she returned to London and began her work in biochemistry , which was to continue for the rest of her life . |
8 | The club was to nearly kill the magazine as its losses accumulated , but it also provided a link with the United States which was to snap as the magazine moved towards Little Englandism , or Little Londonism . |
9 | On the other hand , Peter was responsible for the introduction of a punitive practice which was to remain at the centre of the tsarist criminal code and of the Siberian penal system until well into the twentieth century . |
10 | Jimmy and Gwenda Cornell , the ARC organising team and all those people from Gran Canaria who help the rally each year , boarded the Spanish Navy corvette , Villa de Bilbao , which was to act as the committee boat . |
11 | When he built a bungalow for himself at Kinmel Bay in 1971 it was the start of a house-building career which was to lead to the receiving of important awards at national ceremonies in top London hotels . |
12 | And now Vincent could realise another of his dreams , which was to draw from the nude in heated premises . |
13 | I try to work against the way I was taught , which was to work on the paintings as a whole and bring things up to a certain degree of finish . |
14 | I TRY TO WORK AGAINST THE WAY I WAS TAUGHT , WHICH WAS TO WORK ON THE PAINTING AS A WHOLE AND BRING THINGS UP TO A CERTAIN DEGREE OF FINISH |
15 | The leader of the council , Robert Gould , said later he accepted that the 1.5 per cent pay increase was totally unrealistic , but said the unions should be directing their anger at the Conservative Government , which was to blame for the situation . |
16 | The Saint Dyé entrance was the proposed location for the second scheme , which was to consist of a Tower of Babel-like structure culminating in a glass-sided cafeteria topped by a Leonardo da Vinci-style sculpture of a man with outstretched arms . |