Example sentences of "[was/were] [prep] [be] [vb pp] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A massive blow , delivered at maximum speed , was to knock France out of the war in the first six weeks ; then , using Germany 's efficient interior rail system , the victorious troops were to be rushed east to destroy the Tsar 's armies before Russia 's cumbersome mobilization could be completed . |
| 2 | Such commitments , in spite of their essential unfeasibility , were to be restated time and again in future elections . |
| 3 | They were to be renamed Colleges of Education ; a new degree , to be called Bachelor of Education and validated by the universities , would be introduced for their more able students ; they should be removed from the public sector and closely linked with the universities ; and some of them should become universities in their own right . |
| 4 | Companies hit by labour disputes were to be granted emergency loans and allowed to postpone tax repayments for up to nine months . |
| 5 | Alexander raised none of the questions which would have to be answered if emancipation were to take place : whether serfs were to be granted land as well as liberty , whether and how they were to pay for them , and how local government was to be conducted if the jurisdiction of serf-owners came to an end . |
| 6 | Decaying regions were to be given aid to create new industries along the lines of the Barlow report of 1940 . |
| 7 | If oil in these quantities were to be found China 's production could be double today 's level by the end of the century with a consequent addition to government revenues of something of the order of $10 billion per year . |
| 8 | Amongst the disorganised provision were to be found examples of clients who would never be charged by solicitors ; advice-giving by stipendiary magistrates , magistrates ' clerks , and county court registrars ; a poor Man 's Lawyer service in London and the provinces staffed by volunteers ; trade union legal advice and Citizens ' Advice Bureaux . |
| 9 | The jury was told the men were to be paid £1,000 each with £500 expenses by Mr Brown 's wife to kill him . |
| 10 | The pension arrangements of miners had been changed earlier in the year : instead of receiving a set pension , retired miners were to be paid pensions based on their average earnings in any five of their last ten years at work . |
| 11 | There were to be mixed commissions whose deliberations would be sent to bishops and experts for comment , while a new committee would oversee collaboration between the commissions . |
| 12 | The American art historian whom she had met in Perugia reappeared as professor on a sabbatical from his East Coast university , and was to be seen dining with Esther in restaurants beyond the reach of the undergraduate purse : the Arts Theatre Restaurant , Miller 's , the Garden House Hotel . |
| 13 | The man had not mentioned any other guests ; it was to be hoped Fräulein Müller was still staying here . |
| 14 | But the damage had been done , and Wilson 's elevation of Eliot at Pound 's expense was to be Echoed time and again for at least thirty years , and indeed is still to be heard even today . |
| 15 | Concern was also expressed in some quarters when it became known that Christopher Ball was to be appointed Chairman of the Board , on the grounds that as head of an Oxford College he would not appear to have the intimate knowledge of the further education system that such a post requires . |
| 16 | One of the roads was to be called Hawes Close after the name given to the area of land since the 17th century . |
| 17 | Legh offered twenty pounds , the gem which his dead mistress had prized so much , and some gold earrings , saying that the infant was to be called Topaz . |
| 18 | In the heart of this early Frankish kingdom lay the region which , much later , was to be called Champagne . |
| 19 | Before long , my engineers designed a prototype of what was to be called COMPARM ( Compact Arm ) . |
| 20 | He was to be called Henry . |
| 21 | This embryo raiding force was to be called L Detachment , Special Air Service Brigade . |
| 22 | He was to be called John . |
| 23 | At this level the ‘ victim ’ was to be heard pounding on the wall . |
| 24 | One , firstly , if equal distribution was to be achieved peasant mobilization and increase produc erm if equally distribution was to achieve its goals of peasant mobilization and increased production , there had to be enough land available to bring most peasants up to an independent pe peasant status without encroaching upon the existing er middle peasants . |
| 25 | In the Ministry of all the Talents his reward was to be made secretary to the Board of Control , 1806–7 . |
| 26 | Although great power was vested in the philosophers who were to be the rulers , their personal self-interest was not to be a source of private gain but was to be made subservient to the state . |
| 27 | Leopold II was to be crowned King of Bohemia in Prague in October , and a suitable opera was hastily required — in less than two months . |
| 28 | A great man , one of the most formidable of his age , he was to be crowned Negus , or King , only to be destroyed by his loyalty to his worthless son . |
| 29 | The baby was to be named Jesus , which means ‘ God is salvation ’ . |
| 30 | For the first time she began to wonder if she was to be given leadership beyond the context of Africa . |