Example sentences of "[be] [to-vb] been a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The setting up , in 1991 , of the Ecole Nationale du Patrimoine , staffed mainly by art historians , has further demoted archaeological research ; the national plan for archaeology , which was to have been a blueprint for future research projects , has not yet received the promised funding of FFr17 million ( £1.7 million ; $2.9 million ) ; and their proposal that special forms of taxation be introduced to pay for urgent excavations ( with priority given to the most deserving cases ) has not been taken up . |
| 2 | The plant was to have been a symbol of the Aquino government 's success in convincing Japanese companies of the country 's political stability . |
| 3 | This year 's final was to have been a duel between the two most successful of all World Cup horses , Milton and Canadian Ian Millar 's Big Ben , who won the final in 1988 and 1989 . |
| 4 | What was to have been a lesson in geography looks like turning into a lesson in harsh economics . |
| 5 | Waterhole two , in January 1982 , was to have been a repeat performance . |