Example sentences of "were [to-vb] as [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In July , McGovern , supported by Campbell Stephen , had openly stated the necessity of such a return if the ILP were to continue as a significant organization . |
| 2 | Such an objective involved establishing what , in practice , were to stand as the proper constituents of the new English , and their relation to each other . |
| 3 | By the end of 1944 Morgenthau seemed persuaded that the task would be eased if Britain were to serve as a junior partner in pursuit of these objectives . |
| 4 | Salomon Brothers Inc. , the most powerful broker in the US Treasury securities market , announced on Aug. 16 that its three most senior executives were to resign as a result of a bond trading scandal . |
| 5 | Elsewhere in Asia , stations were to emerge as the prime symbols of European power only at the end of the century . |
| 6 | If you were to die as a result of an accident the Plan would pay out up to £40,000 to your estate . |
| 7 | • If you were to die as the result of an accident the Plan would pay out £40,000 to your estate . |
| 8 | Whole areas of our planet could be subject to drought and starvation if the pattern of rains and monsoons were to change as a result of the destruction of forests and the accumulation of greenhouse gases . |
| 9 | The payments were part of a package of benefits which were to act as a carrot to persuade workers to accept being made unemployed . |
| 10 | They were to act as the first stage in settling disputes , and there would be " no stoppage of work until any difference or dispute had been referred to them or if necessary to the District or National Board as circumstances may require " . |