Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] into [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regulations originally were intended to come into effect on 11 September 1991 , but the commencement date was brought forward to 31 August . |
| 2 | The facts of Calvin itself were said to fall into category three . |
| 3 | Russian peasants were bound to come into conflict with the indigenous inhabitants . |
| 4 | You were bound to run into trouble . |
| 5 | We were asked to move into position to observe , but not to intercept , a small American ship en route from the States to Ireland and given its course and estimated time when it would pass a certain point . |
| 6 | Occasionally teachers were allowed to fit into school hours or overtime courses some algebra , Euclid , French , Latin and Irish . |
| 7 | In situations where the price system does not take into account all the costs and benefits to the whole community , nationalised industries operating in the ‘ national interest ’ were directed to take into account the externalities discussed above . |