Example sentences of "[was/were] [adj] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The inner Cabinet was to co-ordinate the work of three groups , chaired respectively by the Labour , Industry and Foreign Ministers , which were due to report in April on social issues , the economy ( including nuclear policy ) , and foreign and security issues . |
| 2 | They were due to return by Easter 1101 , but they were conveniently delayed , and it was not until September that the result of their mission became known . |
| 3 | I was talking to this other lad across the road — we were due to go off duty at two and we were just hanging about before making our way down to the station — there was no relief for us on that shift . |
| 4 | They were due to go to Druid 's Bottom two days before Christmas , but Auntie Lou was ill . |
| 5 | ‘ I remember once he called the squad together ‘ for ten minutes ’ just before we were due to go to dinner . |
| 6 | At breakfast on the day before they were due to arrive in New York Mrs Carson said , ‘ I think you could go below and see your cousins today . |
| 7 | The UN plans to deploy 3,500 soldiers and the first 500 were due to arrive in Mogadishu today . |
| 8 | Latvia were due to arrive in Belfast this afternoon and training at Windsor Park tonight . |
| 9 | Other UN personnel and allied military observers were due to leave in June following the expiry of the agreement with Baghdad . |
| 10 | We were due to open on Thursday . |
| 11 | The offer was made in a statement to the local Basque news media , two weeks before the Olympic Games were due to open in Barcelona . |
| 12 | The proceedings , the ministerial phase of which , held on Sept. 10-12 , was attended by Foreign Ministers from the 35 participating countries of the CSCE , were due to continue until Oct. 4 in conjunction with parallel events organized by non-governmental bodies . |
| 13 | Only Flokati and Upper Gumtree were due to run at Winnipeg … |
| 14 | Boro were due to play at Kelso , but declined their hosts ' request to play tonight . |
| 15 | In 1965 , THE WHO were due to play in Dublin . |
| 16 | Joe and Terry had finished their training and were due to come on leave when Joe was promoted to Lance Corporal and sent on a course , and Terry came home alone . |
| 17 | The ARPS has already responded to the dramatic increases in the costs of obtaining an order for new works under the new system which were due to come into force from September 1st . |
| 18 | On March 15 a 23-member grand jury indicted four officers involved in the beating ; they were due to come for trial on May 13 . |
| 19 | The deportations of at least 43,000 people , some 60 per cent of whom were gypsies ( one of the main targets of right-wing violence in Germany ) , were due to begin in November . |
| 20 | Foreign Ministry officials from Romania , Moldova , Ukraine and Russia were due to meet on March 31 to discuss the situation . |
| 21 | Spain , Italy , France , Portugal and the five Maghreb states ( Algeria , Libya , Mauritania , Morocco and Tunisia ) were due to meet in Rome on Oct. 10 to formulate a common CSCM proposal . |
| 22 | The two sides were due to meet in Yaoundé to discuss the issue in August . |
| 23 | All-party talks on the future of Northern Ireland , initiated by Peter Brooke , the UK Northern Ireland Secretary [ see p. 38156 ] , which were due to start on May 7 , were delayed as a result of procedural disputes mainly concerning the venue and chairing of the second strand of discussions . |
| 24 | Scotland were due to start against Vanuatu with the following team : A Stanger ( Hawick ) , M Appleson ( London Scottish ) , G Townsend ( Gala ) , A Nicol ( Dundee HSFP ) , D Turnbull ( Hawick ) , I Corcoran ( Gala ) and A Roxburgh ( Kelso ) . |
| 25 | They were due to fly to Greece for a game against a team with an unpronouncable name . |
| 26 | As part of their preparations for the Olympic Games , the Olympic Racing Squad were due to fly to Florida last month for a fortnight 's training camp . |
| 27 | Officials in Luanda confirmed the report , adding that delegations were due to fly to Addis Ababa on Thursday . |
| 28 | When they were due to fly to Kiev together he snubbed Macmillan by staying at home ‘ to have a tooth filled ’ . |
| 29 | The tourists , beaten 25–20 by the French Barbarians , were due to fly to London last night . |
| 30 | The lack of progress in these talks , which were due to resume on Sept. 5 , was highlighted by the latest projection , released on July 16 , from the administration 's Office of Management and Budget ( OMB ) that the budget deficit would be $168,800 million for fiscal 1991 ( beginning in October 1990 ) . |