Example sentences of "[be] to have [been] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was to have been a nice little earner . |
| 2 | What was to have been a grand finale to the four-day official visit had to be hurried along with little ceremony as rain pelted down on Kyongju , spoiling the autumnal splendour of the ornamental gardens , a favourite spot for young honeymooners . |
| 3 | In England there was to have been a four-year transitional period , commencing in 1990 , during which the community charge would have been gradually introduced and rates phased out , but the Secretary of State , in response to pressure from his own party , agreed late in 1987 that with the exception of a handful of London boroughs ( where some flexibility remains ) the community charge should be introduced throughout England in 1990 without any phasing-in period . |
| 4 | This was to have been a double wedding , her twin sister , Corrie 's and hers , celebrated on the day of their grandparents ' Golden Wedding anniversary . |
| 5 | His psyche had chosen to fly during what was to have been a two-week visit at their flat rather than fifteen storeys up in his own dismal , run-down tower block , alone with his nagging wife . |
| 6 | 'As you all know , this was to have been a happy occasion , an opportunity for members old and new to join together and indulge ourselves with history in pleasant surroundings , linked in our common interest by the traditions of the Circle . |
| 7 | The action was to have been the first brought under the Czech Republic 's software piracy laws . |
| 8 | The contract was to have been the first to be awarded under the new no frills fast track process — but some observers now expect the tender to be scrapped altogether and replaced with a Desktop V tender . |
| 9 | Harris 's death , scheduled for 3 a.m. on April 3 , was to have been the first execution in the state of California since 1967 . |
| 10 | Wednesday night 's meeting was to have been the first in Arbroath as part of the consultative exercise the board must carry out before implementing changes . |
| 11 | BRIAN RIGNEY , the Greystones lock who was to have been an important part of Ireland 's plans for the World Cup , is recovering rapidly from his knee injury sustained in Namibia . |