Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [was/were] [to-vb] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would you like me to check the mail — or attend to the women who were to go for a bush walk ? ’ |
| 2 | It was not poor people who were to blame for the dampness but poor housing that was making the people poor . |
| 3 | If the condition of the rural clergy was as bad as the book claimed , who was to speak for the government in the provinces ? |
| 4 | They used a ‘ Whose fault ? ’ technique , in which children were asked who was to blame for an unsuccessful piece of communication — e.g. , where the listener 's choice of referent did not match that of the speaker . |
| 5 | It was unclear last night who was to blame for the deluge — the 28-year-old prince himself or a forgetful aide . |
| 6 | And who was to blame for the high interest rates ? |
| 7 | The PFA refused to specify who was to blame for the red tape , though here have been differences in the past with nearby RAF Lyneham over airspace . |
| 8 | Anti-fascists argued that whoever was to blame for the violence , the police and courts treated them more harshly , and the National Council for Civil Liberties certainly produced reliable testimony to back up those claims . |