Example sentences of "was to take [noun] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the claimant was a relative or friend , the first reaction after the hugs and kisses was to take hold of the label round the child 's neck , tear it off and throw it to the ground . |
| 2 | In late 1989 Ian Lang , then Minister for Education in the Scottish Office , announced that SCOTVEC was to take responsibility for the accreditation of Scottish Vocational Qualifications ( SVQs ) . |
| 3 | ( Suleiman the Magnificent was to take Baghdad in the course of the 1530s . ) |
| 4 | One has been convinced for some time that the idea was to take Weir in the guise of a No 6 . |
| 5 | During March there were violent protests in a number of areas throughout England over the introduction of the community charge or poll tax , which was to take effect from the beginning of the following month in both England and Wales under the terms of the Local Government Finance Act 1988 [ see p. 36501 ] . |
| 6 | The war in Europe was to take priority over the war in the Pacific , which was to be essentially a " holding operation " . |
| 7 | Though the conference was to take place at the State Department , the council is a purely private body , the brainchild of Johnson Smick International , a firm of Washington consultants . |
| 8 | The theme of the walk — which was to take place through the streets of St James 's — was ‘ royal London ’ . |
| 9 | The event was to take place in the Music Room , which is a large round building quite separate from the main school and connected by three covered walkways . |
| 10 | This was to take place in the headquarters ship , HMS Calliope in the dockyard . |
| 11 | The embarkation was to take place in the harbour and roads of Cherbourg in 200 oyster ketches known as chasse-mapées . |
| 12 | The conference , jointly sponsored by the US and the Soviet Union , was to take place within the framework of UN Security Council Resolution 242 , adopted in 1967 [ see pp. 22473 ; 25029 ] , calling for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from recently occupied territories and for the recognition of Israel , and Resolution 338 of 1973 , which called for negotiations to implement Resolution 242 . |
| 13 | One of the last acts of the Directorate of Government Protection before it was abolished [ see above ] was to take control of the Izvestiya publishing house on Oct. 27 . |