Example sentences of "it was [vb pp] [to-vb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was selected to produce three train sets , each of nine coaches , that were to run in a train known as the ‘ Coronation Scot ’ . |
| 2 | It was decided to delay one day so we had one extra day in camp which I needed to get better organised and acclimatized . |
| 3 | But as the weather improved it was decided to airlift 380 men from the platform , leaving 117 on board . |
| 4 | So many letters of protest were received from listeners that it was decided to retain one transmission to Europe , at 1230 UTC each day on 9855kHz in the 31 m band . |
| 5 | It was decided to have two selectors who have made significant contributions to contemporary art ; one artist and one critic . |
| 6 | It was decided to have 250 sets , each consisting of four postcards , printed . |
| 7 | After lunch , it was decided to harness two Shetland ponies to a dog cart and give all the children who were too small to manage their own mounts a ride around the park . |
| 8 | It was planned to send 80,000 tonnes of US food aid in the next six weeks under the 1992 budget , and 145,000 tonnes from Oct. 1 , after the beginning of the new fiscal year . |
| 9 | It was said to have two sets of strings only , at 8' pitch , and , on the evidence of its appearance , it was to be dated to the first quarter of the 18th century . |
| 10 | Much of the original wooden machinery is intact — it was used to drive two pairs of millstones for grinding corn . |
| 11 | As we have seen , in recent years Persil has found it increasingly difficult to sustain its traditional whiteness claim — which it was allowed to make 30 years ago whether it was true or not . |
| 12 | It was forced to withdraw two drugs from the States this year because they failed to meet US standards . |
| 13 | It was forced to axe 108 staff and reorganise in order to return to profits . |