Example sentences of "[was/were] [verb] [verb] [subord] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today committee members were meeting to decide whether to close the school down . |
| 2 | After Ken Evans had borne the brunt of the blame in the official inquiry report , senior Jockey Club stewards were meeting to decide whether to summon the part-timer before a disciplinary committee . |
| 3 | After Ken Evans had borne the brunt of the blame in the official inquiry report , senior Jockey Club stewards were meeting to decide whether to summon the part-timer before a disciplinary committee . |
| 4 | On 28 February Cork County Council was to meet to decide whether to grant planning permission . |
| 5 | Nevertheless , I was left to ponder whether to have healing or not to have healing , and so concerned did I become that in the end , a wise man from the Quakers was summoned to give a judgement of Solomon . |
| 6 | As long ago as 1925 , when the American Victor company was trying to decide whether to use the Western Electric recording system , Victor executives complained that ‘ it did n't sound like a phonograph ’ . |