Example sentences of "were [vb pp] [to-vb] at [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Staff at executive and managerial level were expected to speak at least two foreign languages ; German and English or French ) . |
2 | But it began to look as though they were destined to attend at least part of the party . |
3 | The commissions , which were to recommence work before Jan. 14 , were instructed to report at least once a month to the heads of state who were scheduled to meet again in Rwanda on March 14-15 . |
4 | According to the state-owned newspaper L'Union , one soldier and one civilian died in the rebellion , and 52 people were arrested ; those arrested were thought to include at least 20 GPP supporters . |
5 | They then made two coded telephone warnings to Scotland Yard at 8pm claiming there were four bombs planted in a one-mile radius of the West End which were set to explode at about 8.30pm . |
6 | Throughout the study subjects were asked to complete at least one seven point home blood glucose monitoring profile a week and to collect a series of capillary blood samples simultaneously with the home monitoring profile at least once a fortnight . |
7 | The festival organisers , the local CAMRA branch and Tynemouth Round Table , planned to open from 11am to 10.30pm on Friday and Saturday in the first week of September but were forced to close at 9pm instead . |