Example sentences of "[was/were] [vb pp] [to-vb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By April the single Virgin Rose would be in flower and others were listed to bloom throughout the following five months . |
| 2 | The representatives of Turkey , Iran , Egypt , Pakistan and Senegal were designated to negotiate with the UN Security Council over the predicament of the Moslem population of Bosnia-Hercegovina . |
| 3 | Hartley 's philosophy was in fact an early form of the twentieth-century scheme of mental association known as Behaviourism ( Pavlov 's dogs were taught to salivate at the sound of an electric bell ) , and if writing today he would presumably have compared the brain to a computer . |
| 4 | Thus her choice of the quaint word , ‘ sweet ’ is no coincidence ; sweetness is the quality Victorian men were taught to prize in a woman above all others . |
| 5 | ‘ We were taught to go for the jugular , ’ Buckmaster remarked . |
| 6 | It was not until 1965 , however , that the treaties were revised to provide for a single Commission and Council of Ministers . |
| 7 | Accordingly , many of the programs in use prior to the introduction of the database were amended to run against the new datafiles . |
| 8 | Normally after offering their silent prayers all three children were dismissed to play in the garden and were not recalled until the offertory food was removed from the altar at the end of the ceremony and eaten along with other dishes at a festive family supper . |
| 9 | While both officers were intended to act on the Crown 's behalf at Ludlow , the Attorney seems to have had the task of conducting cases in court , the Solicitor of supervising their preparation . |
| 10 | The verderers were intended to act as a check upon the paid Forest officers in the interests of the Crown , but the numerous instances already cited of peculation and extortion on the part of the latter seem to indicate that the verderers were in many instances overawed by the authority and influence of the wardens and foresters of fee . |
| 11 | They were intended to compete with the vans that circulate the scheme . |
| 12 | And in between were ranged a number of additional hopes and objectives all of which were intended to contribute toward the creation of the ideal citizen . |
| 13 | Furthermore as nationalised industries were intended to operate in the ‘ national interest ’ , it was claimed that this should lead to improved industrial relations , as the strife between labour and capital , associated with capitalist ownership , was reduced . |
| 14 | Here again the old north to south and east to west through-roads were diverted to pass through the new market place , so producing the dangerous corners which still exist in the town today . |
| 15 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 16 | Although former Neville men were predisposed to look to the duke , Gloucester still had to work at being a good lord in order to give substance to the relationship . |
| 17 | When the converted attained the faith they were no longer merely formal Christians and were predisposed to work for a righteous world . |
| 18 | They were expected to continue for a month , with a 10-day break in early September . |
| 19 | The larger finance houses were expected to adhere to a slightly lower reserve ratio than the banks ( 10 per cent rather than 1 2.5 per cent ) but the reserve asset requirements would be the same as for the banks . |
| 20 | They were expected to leave on the tide late last night and if everything goes according to plan will be back in Whitby by September . |
| 21 | The workload that students were expected to do on the ward , however , was exhausting . |
| 22 | Attempts to rationalize production [ see p. 36635 ] did not , however , hold up prices which were expected to fall to an average of US$1,600 per tonne in the second half of 1989 . |
| 23 | This was to be repaid from savings of £7.5 million which were expected to accrue on the achievement of the closure . |
| 24 | A short time ago Bilal and Samir were expected to arrive at the hospital near Aylesbury . |
| 25 | Thousands of protesters were expected to take to the streets again today , angered by the jury 's verdict in the killing of physician and former guerrilla leader Hugo Spadafora . |
| 26 | Doctors were expected to decide in the next few hours whether Nicola would be allowed home today . |
| 27 | As a crucial feature of their role in cultural reproduction , schools were expected to inculcate in the nation 's children a proper sense of patriotic moral responsibility . |
| 28 | After having participated alongside the men — organising the peasantry , conducting a guerilla war , living in the dangerous and uncertain conditions of an ‘ underground ’ existence — the women found that they were expected to return to a supposedly normal feminine role after the struggle . |
| 29 | However , those who came to Remaisnil for meetings could not but be struck by a paradox ; they were expected to remain in the château for meals and afterwards , until they retired to bed . |
| 30 | The ACP countries also expressed concern that the aims of the convention would be jeopardized by the planned introduction of a single market in the Community by 1992 , the opening towards East European countries , and the EC 's willingness to grant concessions to third countries under the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade ( GATT ) , all of which were expected to lead to a dilution of aid and benefits for ACP countries and to weaken the EC 's commitment to the convention . |