Example sentences of "were [prep] [be] [vb pp] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If capital expenditure were to be ignored the surplus in April would be [ 53,340 + 52,560 ] £105,900 , in May [ 81,980 + 52,560 ] £134,540 and in June [ 150,000 - 27,200 ] £122,800 . |
| 2 | A hard line was to be maintained for violent and sexual offences with provisions for longer sentences , and Crown Courts were to be given the powers to impose heavier sentences than the individual offence justified , to persistent offenders deemed to be a public risk . |
| 3 | Although the 1944 Act did not provide detailed prescription for complementary relationships it was clear from the 1943 Education Bill that the LEAs were to be given the responsibility and duty to secure the development of adult education , in consultation with the universities and voluntary bodies . |
| 4 | Half a million pounds , if we were to be given the resources , would enable us , debt charge wise , to build two hundred and fifty family houses . |
| 5 | It may have been no coincidence that the Government announced in March 1990 that industrial tribunals were to be given the power to hear claims for damages in respect of breaches of employment contract . |
| 6 | Soviets of people 's deputies were to be given the right to distribute land to individuals , to collective and state farms , to institutions and to enterprises . |
| 7 | If Moxon , still young in captaincy terms , were to be given the job there would be a strong argument in favour of a team manager and as Illingworth , perhaps wisely , has rejected one offer to return ( from Leicestershire ) Yorkshire might look at another native son who has , from all accounts , done an excellent job in his first year of managment at Somerset , Jack Birkenshaw . |
| 8 | All those who were familiar with the works of Kerschensteiner knew that the task of the schools was to educate their pupils to serve their fellow citizens ; they were to be taught the value of joy in work as service . |
| 9 | Offenders were to be denied the sacrament by the local priest . |
| 10 | If full employment were to be achieved the economy would suck in imports and exports would be diverted to the domestic market . |
| 11 | However , the report claimed that if the steady rise in public indebtedness were to be halted the regions , which controlled 40 per cent of all public spending , had for several years to join the central government in observing strict fiscal discipline . |
| 12 | Below the £20 mark were to be found the mass of people , 90 per cent and more of the population . |
| 13 | In turning these principles into the means by which legal services were to be provided the Commission did not recommend any radical departure from the present ‘ mixed economy ’ in legal advice and information . |
| 14 | If a lower rate were to be introduced the museums would stand to benefit by around DFl.3 million ( £1 million ; $2 million ) per year . |