Example sentences of "to be [art] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Me : ‘ I told you there were to be no bug-eyed monsters in Doctor Who . ’ |
| 2 | There were to be no male heirs for Thomas — indeed , he was to father only one robust child who would survive into old age , as we shall see shortly . |
| 3 | There seemed to be no dark corners left , no little cupboards and half-hidden shelves through which a boy could hunt for evidence of his lost mother . |
| 4 | Unfortunately there was to be no 200 metres event , but there were some invitation events scheduled including a 60 metres , and having won that event at the Cosford Games I thought that I would be selected . |
| 5 | He gave no reason , just reiterated that there was to be no 200 metres . |
| 6 | Left with this huge deficit the museum has resorted to trenchant measures : the coming centenary exhibition of Piet Mondrian in 1994 has been postponed ; vacancies at the museum have been frozen and there are to be no new acquisitions . |
| 7 | There seem to be no other restrictions on the nature of the cause of action . |
| 8 | There appear to be no other triumphs to proclaim . |
| 9 | They regretted that there appeared to be no suitable places of safety in Orkney if it was found to be absolutely necessary to remove children from their homes . |
| 10 | Here was to be no outside elements , no objects or empirical fact or emotion ; it was a world of the mind , stark , pure , austere and coldly beautiful . |
| 11 | ‘ I thought I said there were to be no unaccompanied flights ? ’ she snaps . |
| 12 | Worse still , she had apparently issued instructions before her appearance ‘ that there were to be no topical references , no jokes and minimal body contact ’ . |
| 13 | There appears to be no standard pinouts for p.c.b . |
| 14 | However , there seem to be no morphological studies on the actual uptake of trace substances and their route through the epithelial barrier . |
| 15 | There seem to be no visible stains between the bodies . ’ |
| 16 | You know the answer to that question , Non , there 's going to be no extra bids . |
| 17 | Noel explains why the number is so small : ‘ When we took on this responsibility it was made clear that there were to be no extra funds specifically for underwater archaeology . |
| 18 | There really ought to be no further attempts to dramatically improve stamina now . |
| 19 | There are to be no further scenes on the stage , no deviations from the rehearsals . |
| 20 | Unlike the human case , however , there seem to be no limiting factors such as food supply or standing room . |
| 21 | There appear to be no important differences in performance on intelligence tests in the working age range and as the influence of physical effort in work becomes less important so it is more feasible that jobs can be performed equally well by either sex . |
| 22 | And there are to be no special exemptions for disabled drivers . |
| 23 | There appear to be no special forms or procedures which are required to be adopted in the county court where someone is found guilty of contempt in the face of the court and committed to prison under section 118 of the County Courts Act 1984 , although no doubt , if such an event were to occur , the court would follow the general approach required by Ord. 29 , r.1(5) of the County Court Rules 1981 ( as amended ) which applies in the case of committal for breach of injunctions . |
| 24 | However , there appear to be no obvious reasons for the variation in number of libraries in total , or their divisional spread . |
| 25 | There are to be no statutory ombudsmen or ombudswomen to represent the consumer , despite the Government 's admission in their document entitled ’ Citizens Charter Implications for the Regulators of Privatised Utilities ’ : ’ The principal advantage of introducing ombudsmen for each of the utilities is that they are seen by the public to be impartial and independent of all parties . ’ |
| 26 | There seem to be no discoverable rules about the shape of market places , why some take the form of a large open square — often set rather apart from the main flow of traffic — and some a swelling , a sort of aneurism , in the main artery of trade . |
| 27 | Unfortunately , there seem to be no recorded details of the type of steam engine used . |
| 28 | There looked to be no itinerant thieves about and Masham ticked on under its watery sun . |
| 29 | From this point on , there were to be no more magazines , nor any news of any kind — even on our third anniversary in April , until after Brian 's release more than a year later . |
| 30 | There were to be no more transactions with them . |