Example sentences of "and it [was/were] [verb] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The public-sector borrowing requirement ( PSBR ) was forecast to decline in 1991 to 13 per cent of GDP and to reach 3 per cent by 1993 ( a target which some observers dismissed as optimistic ) , and it was hoped to reduce year-on-year consumer price inflation to 7 per cent by the end of the same year . |
| 2 | The errors possibly arising from voltage variations are however clearly much less than variations arising for other , explained and unexplained reasons and it was decided to abandon this idea . |
| 3 | Members was raised and it was decided to defer this for decision by the A.G.M. as to the merit of the suggestion , and if agreed , whom the Society would wish to make Hon. |
| 4 | The first volume of his Reminiscences of my Life in the Highlands was printed privately in 1883 and caused offence in some quarters by its frankness ; the second volume was still in the press when he died , and it was suppressed to avoid threatened lawsuits . |
| 5 | On Tuesday 8 October there was a meeting in the City Hotel of fifteen of the left activists , and it was agreed to call another demonstration on Saturday , 12 October , over the same route . |
| 6 | Drexel assets were calculated at some $2,600 million and it was agreed to divide these between the bank 's creditors and the various litigants . |
| 7 | The possibility of further meetings was discussed and it was agreed to have one more session in a month 's time in order to evaluate progress . |
| 8 | Fremantle 's motion was put to a vote and rejected and it was agreed to recommend that new fire-proof Foreign and Colonial Offices should be built on part of the park to conform with a general plan for rebuilding the area . |
| 9 | John Frain made it two and it was going to take more than all the kings horses and men to put Town back together again … |