Example sentences of "was [prep] be [verb] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | A hard line was to be maintained for violent and sexual offences with provisions for longer sentences , and Crown Courts were to be given the powers to impose heavier sentences than the individual offence justified , to persistent offenders deemed to be a public risk . |
| 2 | A system of ‘ National Assistance ’ was to be maintained for all those who fell outside the other benefits to be paid for by the national exchequer . |
| 3 | The main case as to the long-term or lawful ownership was to be sent for the pope to decide when the judges had examined witnesses and collected the evidence . |
| 4 | The Ministry of Health distributed a circular concerning the provision of air-raid shelters in hospitals ; part of the building was to be designated for the purpose , ‘ such overhead and lateral protection being provided as is possible ’ . |
| 5 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 6 | The conclusion was that quote , Anna Jane was to be cared for primarily by her parents , I am not saying exhaustively , they wanted to be involved for as long as they were able to do . |
| 7 | The announcement of the 1991 budget , expected on Dec. 31 , 1990 , was delayed because of the cost of the Gulf crisis ( estimated at $21,000 million by the end of 1990 ) and uncertainty over world oil markets ; the 1990 budget was to be extended for as long as necessary . |
| 8 | After a Cabinet meeting on Sept. 21 it was announced that the mandate under which the multinational rapid reaction force was stationed in south-east Turkey was to be extended for a further 90 days from Sept. 30 . |
| 9 | Fiji 's executive President was to be appointed for a five-year term by the Great Council of Chiefs , which would also nominate 24 Melanesians to the 34-member Senate . |
| 10 | The reform programme was to be presented for approval to the party 's third congress , due in July 1990 . |
| 11 | There was to be no ‘ acting tough or noisy ill-discipline ’ ; toughness was to be reserved for the enemy . |
| 12 | The arterial road was to be reserved for heavy traffic between towns ; restricted points of access to twin carriageways would permit no building frontages , no standing vehicles and no pedestrians . |
| 13 | Ring John was to be ransomed for 4 million écus to be paid within six months . |
| 14 | This is indicated in Layton 's references to the views of science on the one hand in terms of ‘ the disinterested pursuit of truth ’ , and on the other , particularly by those involved in the Great Exhibition , as ‘ the producer for the industrial market place ( so that science was to be studied for the economic benefits it would yield ) ’ . |
| 15 | The word had now gone out — the ‘ Loony Left ’ was to be bashed for the sake of the Party . |
| 16 | The project was to be funded for one year with money from the Telethon Trust , which paid for the author 's post , that of development worker , as well as allowing a substantial budget ; the overall aim was to establish a leisure service for disabled people within the Northern Health Region . |
| 17 | A time was to be fixed for the expedition in the month of November , and by leaving in the evening on the ebb tide we could expect to reach the shores of Wight with the full morning flood . |
| 18 | The amount was to be fixed for one year . |
| 19 | A paper was to be prepared for publication with the particulars of treatment and the results . |
| 20 | He was bound in the sum of £100 and allowed 24 months , from the time of starting , at the end of which all ore lying upon the ground was to be prepared for market , paying duty of one-twelfth part or " Dish " of all the merchantable ore . |
| 21 | A report on " measures to bring about more effective co-ordination and on priorities for action by the Community member states " was to be prepared for the June summit . |
| 22 | The " Union 's general negotiation framework " was to be prepared for the December summit . |
| 23 | He mentioned that great charges and costs had been incurred by the works far above any returns , Some course was to be made for the maintenance of the workmen if the mines were as worn out as the Germans pretended . |
| 24 | What was to be done for Liselotte , who showed signs of severe mental stress from the age of five ? |
| 25 | ‘ A bit tired , but the doctor said that was to be expected for a day or two . |
| 26 | In January 1984 , the Chairman of the ESRC visited Belfast and announced that a further £480,000 was to be committed for a second phase of the programme . |
| 27 | The expenditure was to be accounted for by the master in his receipt book and under no circumstances was any officer to receive a gratuity . |
| 28 | Child Benefit was to stay and a new benefit , Family Credit , was to be introduced for low-income families in work so that people could no longer be worse off in work than on the dole . |
| 29 | A post-imprisonment supervision was to be introduced for those serving more than one year , and wider powers given to the courts to make parents take responsibility for their children 's offences . |
| 30 | On Jan. 14 it was announced that the government had reached agreement with the United States for the rescheduling of repayments of debt principal and interest totalling US$47,000,000 , due between June 1 , 1991 , and June 30 , 1992 ; part of this — US$18,700,000 due to the US Agency for International Development ( USAID ) — was to be postponed for 10 years , while the rest was to be subject to a six-year grace period . |