Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only two trains to and from British Steel Skinningrove were due to use the bridge yesterday , ’ said a British Rail spokeswoman . |
| 2 | They were due to give a concert at the Odeon , Weston-super-Mare and it was planned that we would do our piece with the Stones on the roof . |
| 3 | They were due to televise the contest from the Barbican centre in York to local pubs and clubs . |
| 4 | Social workers were due to visit the youngsters yesterday . |
| 5 | Officials from the two agencies were due to visit the country in February to negotiate the terms of an assistance package , the largest ever requested by Papua New Guinea . |
| 6 | To add to my anxieties about the early start , my husband and I were due to attend a charity casino evening in Kenilworth on the Saturday night , an event which I knew would continue into the early hours . |
| 7 | Er if we attended if if we were due to attend a meeting for example in in in Derby , er er twenty mile away ? |
| 8 | We were due to record a longish interview with her one afternoon , and over lunch at her favourite restaurant in Basil Street my producer Anthony Rouse and I both asked if there was any subject in her long life that she did not want touched upon . |
| 9 | The parliaments of both countries were due to ratify the treaty by the end of February 1991 . |
| 10 | They were due to face an Ulster Under 21 side at Ravenhill on October 30 with the usual afternoon kick-off . |
| 11 | Chelmsford Canoe Club were due to launch a new race at the end of September , a day long relay race with 3 to 10 paddlers in a team using singles or doubles . |
| 12 | It was announced that officials were due to discuss the dispute in London in December . |
| 13 | McKeag 's delight was tempered by regret at the loss of sponsors Rumbelows , who were due to sponsor the Cup for a further two years . |
| 14 | They were due to meet a Bradman XI at Bowral the day after South Africa were playing there in a World Cup warm-up match . |
| 15 | Union officials were due to meet the arbitration service , Acas , this morning for a briefing session . |
| 16 | Senior party members were due to meet the American delegation — who arrived in Ireland today on a fact-finding visit — but were reconsidering after it was revealed that the group will meet Sinn Fein . |
| 17 | Representatives from the board , the management and the playing staff were due to meet the fans in tonight 's discussion . |
| 18 | Originally four Carmel Convent sisters were due to make the journey but , sadly , Sister Inge died late last year after suffering an inoperable brain tumour . |
| 19 | After a good night 's sleep , we arrived at breakfast with about 15 minutes to spare , and eventually set off for Hungary where we were due to stay the night with a Weymouth girl married to a Hungarian and is living in Gyor . |
| 20 | On the basis of this argument , however , were Labour to win the next election on the numerical strength of MPs returned from Scotland , he would then have to agree that Labour have no mandate in England ! |
| 21 | Those were not the circumstances at Bilsthorpe , but the mines inspectorate insist they were right to allow the roof bolting in the tunnel , or narrow driveage that 's despite the fact that on one side instead of a good coal pillar , only wooden props supported the roof . |
| 22 | ‘ Second , once sterling left the ERM , and with inflation sharply down , we were right to take the opportunity that gave us to relax policy and get interest rates down . |
| 23 | ‘ Then we were right to deny the Hung Mao their heritage ? ’ |
| 24 | All these and more were right to criticise the excessive prices paid in some bids and buy-outs , pushed by subsidised money and investment bankers ' greed for fees . |
| 25 | ‘ I believe we were right to rejoin the fair , but I am still not sure how much hard business actually takes place here . |
| 26 | In fact , so many animals respond to a lunar cycle that people have wondered whether the ancients were right to associate the moon with human fertility . |
| 27 | THE man behind flop BBC soap Eldorado says critics were right to attack the show . |
| 28 | The scientists were hesitant to accept the claims of such a nonentity as Richter without corroboration . |
| 29 | Within two minutes the mob had completely dispersed , with the exception of the odd copper or two and a few stragglers who were loth to leave the scene of all the fun . |
| 30 | If it were possible to reconvene the superseded parliaments which originally agreed the terms of union , no doubt such variation could be effected . |