Example sentences of "was [prep] [be] [vb pp] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Expert stated that the proof of the argument was to be seen in many photos of Arabians . |
| 2 | The Holy Roman Empire , of Charlemagne , of the Ottonian emperors , through to the Hohenstaufens , was to be seen in all seriousness as the legitimate heir of ‘ the Augustan peace ’ : a dispensation which , though seldom or never actualized through the last five centuries , must be held in mind as the one and only imaginable harmonizing of Church and State , of religion and politics , at least throughout Europe . |
| 3 | He further stipulated that the building was to be erected within seven years of his death , otherwise the trustees were authorised to apply the money to any other charitable purpose . |
| 4 | Compared with Barry 's Board of Trade , the Broad Sanctuary houses were hideous and it ‘ would excite one 's horror , if one were to imagine that any portion of London was to be covered with such edifices ’ . |
| 5 | The legislation that was considered in Estonia , to take another example , introduced a compulsory language requirement for a number of occupations , although this was a violation of Soviet labour law , and provided that court business was to be conducted in Estonian , although this conflicted with all-union legislation on court procedures . |
| 6 | Bremner and Jimmy Johnstone made Willie Ormond 's period as Scotland manager into a nightmare of infuriating incidents and in the '60s , the city of Turin was to be treated to some memorable scandals when Denis Law and Joe Baker both signed for the Italian League side Torino . |
| 7 | Proust 's use of the anonymous first-person narrator was to be adopted in several nouveaux romans . |
| 8 | In the early thirteenth century Gerald of Wales had advocated the combined use of archers and knights ; it was precisely this combination which , as shown above , was to be employed to such good effect in defensive positions against the Scots in the first half of the fourteenth century , before being used , in broadly similar conditions , against the French at Crécy , Poitiers and , later , at Agincourt . |
| 9 | This old dear , who was to be kept under heavy sedation , clearly did n't know that she was a long-term patient , being treated for depression . |
| 10 | The existing age of transfer was to be kept at eleven to keep the time in grammar school to at least four years , since the ‘ new ’ school leaving age was to be fifteen . |
| 11 | To remedy these grievances it was enacted that the Charter of the Forest was to be kept in all its articles , that the perambulations made in the time of Edward I were to be observed , that those perambulations which still remained to be made should be made as quickly as possible , and that the forest boundaries in each county should be confirmed by royal charters , as laid down in the perambulations . |
| 12 | Military regrouping was to be completed within 300 days , and the introduction of new forces into either part of Vietnam was prohibited . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | A system of ‘ National Assistance ’ was to be maintained for all those who fell outside the other benefits to be paid for by the national exchequer . |
| 15 | It was to be headed by former UN Secretary-General Javier Pérez de Cuéllar and would include representatives of political parties , the government , the National Peace Commission and the Church . |
| 16 | Reacting to an upsurge of violence in Northern Ireland , the UK government announced ( i ) on Nov. 13 that the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) was to be strengthened by 441 officers ; and ( ii ) on Nov. 27 that a further army battalion would be sent to Northern Ireland , increasing the number of British regular soldiers there from 10,500 to 11,000 . |
| 17 | The sexual instinct , now re-defined as the racial instinct , was to be channelled into healthy and responsible parenthood . |
| 18 | The food was to be channelled through international relief agencies to displaced persons within Liberia and to Liberian nationals in Côte d'Ivoire , Guinea and Sierra Leone . |
| 19 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 20 | Qualification for the pension was to be determined by newly-appointed district pensions committees . |
| 21 | It was to be influenced by both native British sources and events on the continent , but the most distinctive features , like all continental fascisms , was to be its intensely nationalist roots . |
| 22 | The Komsomol was to be split into republican bodies , and it was proposed to disband it , replacing it with youth wings of several parties and a non-political youth organization . |
| 23 | The same qualifications characterized the University Statute of 1863 which , while granting the universities greater autonomy , made clear that it was to be exercised within narrow guide-lines . |
| 24 | The Wine Committee ( three to six members strong ) was to be elected by all categories of membership , so as not to be in contravention of the law . |
| 25 | This was to be followed within 11 weeks by the withdrawal of two-thirds of the Moroccan troops from the territory . |
| 26 | However , previous decisions had also laid it down that the identical procedure was to be followed in both cases . |
| 27 | Chiang visited Seoul and was to be followed by other Kuomintang emissaries until June 1950 . |
| 28 | An attempt was made to secure the acceptance of Constantius to the fait accompli , and if accepted , it was to be followed by dynastic marriages . |
| 29 | The trial offer was to be followed by interest-free credit , if a purchase was subsequently made . |
| 30 | The National Assembly was to be expanded from 99 to 108 members , equally divided between Christians and Moslems , the powers of the Prime Minister and Cabinet increased and those of the President reduced . |