Example sentences of "the [noun pl] were [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The mines were dangerous , the mines were not to be left open as an invitation to any foolhardy visitor . |
| 2 | When Cardinal Wolsey fell , he had n't finished the building of Tom Quad , the whole of this side was left open because he 'd planned a very grand perpendicular chapel like King 's College Chapel , and erm the ruins , well no , not the ruins , the foundations were still to be seen apparently in the 17th Century John Gomley tells us . |
| 3 | The remainder of the forest wastes was in most cases divided between the lords of the manors and the commoners , in proportion to the value of their interests : the allotments were then to be fenced at the expense of the proprietors . |
| 4 | The corporate power-brokers who dominated Los Angeles a decade ago when the Olympics were about to be staged — the oil moguls , the aerospace kings , the old movie-studio emperors — have now mostly left the scene : their firms broken up , in the hands of bureaucratic managers or wholly owned by foreigners . |
| 5 | The dicta were not to be followed . |
| 6 | If the risks were not to great Dr. Spackman would go again . |
| 7 | The sunglasses were not to be blamed . |
| 8 | The miners were originally to be moved on 8 January 1990 . |
| 9 | Though appointed by the member governments , the commissioners were not to be representatives of national interests . |
| 10 | ‘ How 's that scheme of yours coming on ? ’ you might ask him and he would reply with just a little too much nonchalance to sound natural : ‘ Oh , I had to give it up ; we had good reason for thinking that the goons were on to it . ’ |
| 11 | Although the right to strike had been established , some of the judges were not to be so easily defeated . |
| 12 | The events of 1972 finally persuaded the leaders of organized labour ( and the great mass of trade union members ) that the judges were not to be trusted . |
| 13 | He said it correctly suspecting that the Conservatives were about to be pitched back into opposition by Lord Aberdeen 's coalition of Peelites , Whigs and Liberals . |
| 14 | It was held that although the ingredients of undue influence by the husband were established the transactions were not to the manifest disadvantage of the wife and so , for that reason , should not be set aside . |
| 15 | On such mighty systems as these the stations were clearly to be places of great importance . |
| 16 | For the time being , the dogs were still to be kept separate at night , when left at home alone , or unsupervised . |
| 17 | Major Roger Crees , the present clerk to the captains , told me that in the early days of the composite bow — which is made up of two or more materials glued together — the glues were not to be relied upon . |
| 18 | And er you know , I often think if er the sheep knew what the farmers were up to they 'd grow teeth would n't they ? |
| 19 | True it is frustrating that Rocastle is n't even on the bench , and it is bewildering why Wilko did n't notice the totally crap defence we 've got as quickly as everyone else did , but that 's no reason to have a go ( the chants were virtually to a man I would say ) . |
| 20 | However , it was made clear that the assessments were not to be age-related . |
| 21 | The court said that because the articles showed that the auditors were not to be called in until the parties showed they were in disagreement , the auditors were to act as arbitrators . |
| 22 | No , the Pigs were on to something about some holiday fund that disappeared — some scheme for sending kids in Homes on a holiday that people in a pub had contributed to — fraud , they called it . |
| 23 | The arguments were not to be put in an insulting or irritating way , but calmly and with great moderation . |
| 24 | The Bagots were nowhere to be seen . |
| 25 | Ross admits to being a little disappointed at the level of basic skills when he arrived , adding : ‘ A lot of the mistakes were down to the mental approach and lack of concentration , but , having said that , the attitude and determination of the players has been excellent throughout the season . ’ |
| 26 | The results were not to be entirely bad , as we shall see in the next section . |
| 27 | By Monday morning when she got back , the numbers were up to 75 and on the day we had 80 people . ’ |
| 28 | Here was her chance to find out exactly what the police were up to — it sounded as if they might have a new lead . |
| 29 | The police were not to be informed of any of these arrangements or to be involved in the payoff in any way . |
| 30 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |