Example sentences of "was to be [verb] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 4 | The arterial road was to be reserved for heavy traffic between towns ; restricted points of access to twin carriageways would permit no building frontages , no standing vehicles and no pedestrians . |
| 5 | Ring John was to be ransomed for 4 million écus to be paid within six months . |
| 6 | The project was to be funded for one year with money from the Telethon Trust , which paid for the author 's post , that of development worker , as well as allowing a substantial budget ; the overall aim was to establish a leisure service for disabled people within the Northern Health Region . |
| 7 | The amount was to be fixed for one year . |
| 8 | Child Benefit was to stay and a new benefit , Family Credit , was to be introduced for low-income families in work so that people could no longer be worse off in work than on the dole . |
| 9 | A post-imprisonment supervision was to be introduced for those serving more than one year , and wider powers given to the courts to make parents take responsibility for their children 's offences . |
| 10 | On Jan. 14 it was announced that the government had reached agreement with the United States for the rescheduling of repayments of debt principal and interest totalling US$47,000,000 , due between June 1 , 1991 , and June 30 , 1992 ; part of this — US$18,700,000 due to the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) — was to be postponed for 10 years , while the rest was to be subject to a six-year grace period . |
| 11 | SO Allan Lamb 's reward for having the courage to speak out and tell the truth about the Pakistani ball-tampering was to be banned for two games and heavily fined — with the possibility of further punishment from the TCCB . |
| 12 | She warned him that the company was to be investigated for alleged laundering of drug money through Swiss banks in the so-called " Lebanon connection " case , and he resigned his position later that same day [ ibid . ] . |
| 13 | Assistance totalling ECU2,750 million was approved in principle , of which 10 per cent was to be allocated for environmental programmes , particularly the protection of tropical forests . |
| 14 | I was to be incarcerated for another two days and nights on a diet of three assorted pills and a curious fizzy powder in a paper wrapper , presented every few hours with instructions in mime . |
| 15 | Making sure that Ryan was already inside , they entered , sat near him , and began a general chat about land , A saying to B , in a casual roundabout fashion , that if he had any land going in Norfolk to unload it quickly because the councils were clamping down on building regulations and that land in future was to be used for agricultural purposes only . ’ |
| 16 | Many early stations were simply large barn-like structures , a form which was to be used for several decades . |
| 17 | Elementary education was to be provided for all children in England and Wales ; now did the village want a new church school , or would it prefer a board school , one which would be secular and undenominational ? |