Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] into [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This can be seen from the figures in Table 5 which also suggest that the longer the time they had lived in an old people 's home the less likely they were to go into hospital . |
| 2 | The region 's conservation officer , Jim Souness , said that new parts would be needed if the equipment were to fall into disrepair , making the possibility of someone taking it over even more remote . |
| 3 | The inflationary stimulus of the war saw the promotion of fifteen offices between 1793 and 1815 , but twenty-nine were to come into existence between 1815 and 1830 and fifty-six between 1830 and 1844 . |
| 4 | One of the reasons why my partner and I disposed of our practice some years ago was the fact that the new legislation , particularly relating to investment business and the proposed audit regulations which were to come into force , was making practices less profitable , as it was impossible to pass all these extra costs on to the client . |
| 5 | They had been arrested in December 1972 and , as a result , did not come under the ‘ Diplock ’ innovations and the more stringent Northern Ireland ( Emergency Provisions ) Act , both of which were to come into force in the following year . |
| 6 | I have discussed the impact that moves towards a Single Currency may have , especially if the Maastricht Treaty were to come into force . |
| 7 | If , for instance , ICI were to buy into stock for use in later months a product whose price collapsed in the meantime , the loss could amount to hundreds of thousands of pounds . |
| 8 | As one who joined the Leader of the Opposition in voting against the Single European Act , before the right hon. Gentleman became a Euro-fanatic , may I appeal to my right hon. Friend to warn the voters about the huge dangers to the much-improved labour relations of Britain if they were to vote into power any Government who were prepared to pass over the power to wreck our trade union reforms by majority vote in Brussels ? |
| 9 | It would be very disgusting if Betty were to burst into tears in the sunshine . |
| 10 | The party is rich in buildings , printing presses , holiday homes ; if it were to break into bits , there would be a battle over who kept the goodies . |
| 11 | The Parminter tale was utterly scandalous and she would have to persuade Wilmot to skate around the libel laws if it were to get into print , but she kept these reservations to herself . |
| 12 | English was defined as including both language and literature and we were to take into account relevant aspects of drama , media studies , information technology and information handling . |
| 13 | English was defined as including both language and literature and we were to take into account relevant aspects of drama , media studies , information technology and information handling . |
| 14 | A contrasting case is Watson [ 1989 ] 2 All ER 865 ( CA ) : the jury were to take into account the knowledge of the victim 's age and ( frail ) condition which he had acquired after he had broken into her house . |
| 15 | What had occurred was an unprecedented box-office slump in which eventually a third of America 's movie-houses were to close and giant film corporations were to plunge into debt . |
| 16 | Once the leave ban came down , our main method of relaxation on days off was to go into Cambridge . |
| 17 | My original career intention was to go into farm management and I went to agricultural college . |
| 18 | Cos the other thing I was gon na do was to go into Lloyds , I must do that some time about this interest on that account cos I reckon it 's very low |
| 19 | It was to go into effect at noon on Friday , giving the commanders a chance to disengage their forces and the political leaders 48 hours to work on a settlement . |
| 20 | Vlaminck always insisted that he was the first to have ‘ discovered ’ African or Negro sculpture ( and he and his contemporaries used the term ‘ art negre ’ generically to cover not only African but also Polynesian art and indeed any tribal art at all that came their way ) and his claim was to pass into legend , although Gauguin himself possibly owned examples of African as well as Polynesian sculpture . |
| 21 | It was to come into contact with a man who could write and see and feel . |
| 22 | Lome IV was signed in December 1989 ( see p. 37133 ) and was to come into effect in March 1990 for a 10-year period ( unlike the previous conventions , whose duration had been five years ) . |
| 23 | The law , which was to come into effect on July 1 , was adopted with 350 votes in favour , three against and 11 abstentions . |
| 24 | A decree signed by Bashir on Feb. 1 introduced a new penal code based , as was the previous one , on sharia law , which was to come into effect on March 22 , but which did not apply to the three southern regions ( now states ) " for the time being , pending the establishment of elected assemblies there to deal with the issue " ( an official information document as quoted in the Middle East Economic Digest of Feb. 15 ) . |
| 25 | On March 20 Czechoslovakia signed in Prague a free trade agreement with the European Free Trade Association ( EFTA ) , which was to come into effect on July 1 , 1992 , after completion of the ratification process . |
| 26 | The law , which increased the powers of the federation at the expense of the states , was to come into effect on July 1 . |
| 27 | The Convention was to come into force upon ratification by 30 states . |
| 28 | Taylor was reported to have ordered his forces to begin a ceasefire unilaterally from noon on Nov. 10 , 12 hours before the ECOWAS ceasefire was to come into force . |
| 29 | The Convention was to come into force upon ratification by 30 states . |
| 30 | That 's what Simon is doing , my original suggestion was to put into archives , but Simon . |