Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If this were to inhibit credit expansion it could lead to lower interest rates . |
| 2 | The idea that meaningful research could be done successfully without experiment still leaves some chemists feeling insecure , although many chemists now realise how slow they were to embrace quantum mechanics as a tool . |
| 3 | ‘ The day before we arrived in Gibraltar we received a signal from Admiral Sir James Somerville of Force ‘ H ’ who was in command of the operation , saying that on arrival in harbour we were to berth stern to stern to ‘ Ark Royal ’ so that some of our Hurricanes could be transferred to her and rolled off ‘ Furious ’ direct onto ‘ Ark Royal ’ . |
| 4 | If he were to discontinue treatment and merely make the child comfortable , the courts would not find him guilty of manslaughter . |
| 5 | If the line were to go overground from Stratford — presumably along the north London line — that line might have to be upgraded from two to four tracks , with a loss of hundreds of homes in Hackney . |
| 6 | Can you remember the tre I nearly killed myself then , another thing you 'll learn about training is er that all should be put down and around but if it , if we were to go receptionist now you 've got the idea of key tasks anyway . |
| 7 | When taking a train journey women were advised to equip themselves with the largest hat-pin they could find and if travelling by night , or through a tunnel , they were to sit bolt upright , hat-pin clenched between the teeth in case of attack . |
| 8 | This was not a competitive body ; its aims were to promote race walking in general and the Bradford Whit Walk in particular . |
| 9 | If organization were to mirror art ( and there is no reason why it should or should not ) , Williams ( 1989 : 52 ) would have us rediscover organizational ‘ community ’ in the neglected , alternative tradition of the past century . |
| 10 | If a worker grows to like Picasso , he will be more easily corrupted than if he were to like Gozzoli . |
| 11 | It is significant that the Open University in Britain made two films on the use of libraries — one showing the use of the public library and the other , produced for those students who were to attend summer school at some university , on the use of the university library under these conditions . |
| 12 | These grievances were to find expression in the strike wave that occurred once economic conditions improved . |
| 13 | Whatever the reason , three of the strongest members of the U.S. side were to find water off the tee at the last . |
| 14 | Interesting to note that in a week where Madonna , Nick Heyward , Tracie , The Pretenders and Siouxsie and The Banshees all released singles , only the low key meanderings of The Smiths were to find fruition as hit material . |
| 15 | Slaves were to obtain freedom , missionaries black souls , British consumers cheaper sugar , manufacturers and traders new markets in other sugar producing areas benefiting from the ending of the West Indian monopoly and , did they but realise it , slave-owners themselves were to benefit not only in terms of possible compensation but through being forced to become more efficient and to modernise their operations . |
| 16 | Bearing in mind that there are probably more than 5,000 warehouses of this kind throughout the world holding very large quantities of stock between them this suggests that the risk of them catching fire is very small ; although the individual loss if one were to catch fire is considerable . |
| 17 | These were to provide day , respite and residential care for dementia sufferers only , in parallel with the other services . |
| 18 | Two of the rigs were to provide transport for the ordinary sect members , after their release . |
| 19 | The principal objectives of EC policy were to provide aid to areas of industrial decline or slow development with a simple criterion for aid eligibility . |
| 20 | Perhaps the outstanding legacy of Napoleon 's invasion lay with the bevy of experts he had brought with him who created the " Institute d'Egypte " producing numerous volumes that were to launch Egyptology in the Western academic world and , in time , to remind educated Egyptians of former glories . |
| 21 | The next few years were to establish Rodrigo as one of the truly remarkable soldiers of his time . |
| 22 | Funds for Operation Shakespeare had been paid into Barclays Bank , Gibraltar , he said — Account No. 35078565 — and when the mission was over , the Colemans were to establish residence in Spain . |
| 23 | These issues were due to be investigated at a second trial , to start on Jan. 14 , 1991 , when the senior financiers Roger Seeling , David Mayhew and Lord Spens were to stand trial for accepting the money . |
| 24 | They were to stand trial on charges of planning the death in 1976 of Orlando Letelier , a former ambassador to the United States and then Minister in the government of President Salvador Allende , and of Letelier 's secretary Ronnie Moffit [ see pp. 28273 ; 34989 ; 36097 ; July 38334-35 ] . |
| 25 | Interior Minister Jawdat al-Subul announced on Sept. 11 that most of the 99 members of the Prophet Mohammad Army arrested in July and August were to be released as an act of mercy , but that 18 were to stand trial in connection with a car bomb explosion which had injured a policeman ; the group was also suspected of planning to kidnap one of King Hussein 's sons , and to conduct a campaign of bombings and assassinations in an attempt to force the King to oppose the United States-Soviet sponsored Middle East peace process . |
| 26 | But Arab diplomats said the proposals did not change Libya 's basic position — that suspects would be surrendered only if they were to stand trial on neutral ground . |
| 27 | They were also ‘ development oriented ’ in that the findings were to inform action to ‘ improve the quality of the curriculum ’ and ‘ to identify priorities for in-service training ’ . |
| 28 | Her main concerns in the internal politics of the BF were to encourage independence and self-reliance in women , to combat socialist Sunday schools and the Kibbo Kift , to establish BF children 's clubs , and to discourage takeovers by more militant authoritarian or anti-semitic rivals . |
| 29 | These questions were utterly demoralising to the vassals of the late Emperor , and were to cause debate and confusion for many years to come . |
| 30 | If you were to consult fibre charts , you would see that watercress ( 33 per cent fibre ) appears to be quite a good source . |