Example sentences of "was to have [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A viewing of the end result is not strictly necessary if the main point of the exercise was to have students perform a task which required them to communicate with each other in English as they did it . |
| 2 | Perceiving a need for authority and direction if the exercise was to have credibility , the Deputy Head ( Curriculum Development ) took the lead in proposing sample questions as a ‘ cock-shy ’ for discussion . |
| 3 | While the DUC itself had amassed information and expertise by now to undertake this study itself , it realized that the report would have to be produced from outside the community if it was to have legitimacy or to be seen in any way as neutral : ‘ We in the Committee felt that we knew enough to write the report ourselves but we also felt that it would n't be acceptable to the County Council so we had to get somebody else to do it ’ . |
| 4 | William Warden was appointed porter to the infirmary ; the regulations stated that he was to have bread and cheese for breakfast . |
| 5 | As the name suggests , the sole purpose of the group was to have fun , and perhaps show off to a few friends . |
| 6 | In these early days there were various mottos : the first was to keep their eye off numbers , the second was to have fun , the third was not to recruit anyone and the fourth was not to defend themselves . |
| 7 | She was an only child , and well aware that her father 's dearest wish was to have grandsons . |
| 8 | With respect to the issue of subsidiarity , he emphasised that the British view of subsidiarity was to have decisions taken at the lowest effective level of authority . |
| 9 | A hundred years ago a ‘ piss-maker ’ was a great drinker ; to ‘ piss one 's tallow ’ meant to sweat ; a ‘ vinegar-pisser ’ was a miser ; to ‘ piss out of a dozen holes ’ was to have syphilis ; and to ‘ piss when one ca n't whistle ’ was to be hanged . |
| 10 | Heath 's lack of imagination in this field , ’ Healey observes , ‘ was to have consequences for some of his cabinet ministers later on . ’ |
| 11 | This time he came with nine ships , and a determination to win agreement from the Japanese — and he did precisely that , concluding a treaty of peace and friendship that — unknown to all its signatories — was to have consequences of shattering proportions . |
| 12 | If one is seeking an example of a naval battle which was to have consequences , one need look no further than this one . |
| 13 | Lexandro grinned wildly , for within but a few more weeks he was to have holes drilled through his carapace so that he could jack in to power armour . |
| 14 | Erm I did know at that particular time know what it was to have holes in my shoes , and a piece of cardboard put into it to protect your foot from the hole . |
| 15 | One of the last things Angela did was to have lunch with an old schoolfriend in the DTI who is responsible for the Huerter case , to make sure the DTI understood the impact of such assistance on Barton 's operations . ’ |
| 16 | As the intention in this study was to have subjects make estimates while they were driving it was decided that this would be unnecessarily difficult . |
| 17 | At the peak of this hierarchy , Elizabeth I set a personal commander in each county , who was to have charge of the local militia ; the lord lieutenant thus became the monarch 's personal representative . |
| 18 | The only time he opened it was to have food passed in and out . |
| 19 | Held , allowing the appeal and granting the applications , that since on an application for the grant of leave under section 8 no question with regard to a child 's upbringing was determined , and since section 10(9) stipulated particular matters , including parental wishes , to which the court was to have regard on such an application , section 1(1) did not apply so as to make the children 's welfare the paramount consideration on an application for leave to apply for a residence order made by a person other than the child concerned ; and that , accordingly , the judge had applied the wrong test ; that as a result of his failure to require that the mother be notified of the application the judge had been deprived of additional material necessary to the proper exercise of his discretion ; and that in the exercise of a fresh discretion , having regard to the new evidence and to the circumstances of the case , the foster mother 's application for leave would be refused ( post , pp. 428G — 429F , 430F , 431C–E ) . |
| 20 | He needs some training , but he 's very spirited , so we 'll have to be careful ’ ( Shevchenku : 1985 , p. 106 ) — a revealing indication of a patronising attitude that the Russian was to have cause to regret . |
| 21 | Another change , which was to have implications for the course of British town planning , lay in the shifts of economic fortune between regions . |
| 22 | In ancient Israel , the basis for marriage was to have children . |
| 23 | ‘ It was to have children that Allah put her on this earth . |
| 24 | The search for the motivation leads back to the hypothesis put forward earlier , that life itself could be held to be synonymous with desire , therefore to have life was to have desire . |
| 25 | In an attempt to think about something else , Leith thought about her job at Vasey 's , and how fortunate she was to have Jimmy Webb as her assistant . |
| 26 | ‘ Margaret was to have tea with Syl ‘ s mother tomorrow . ’ |
| 27 | He was to have access to his daughter whenever possible . |
| 28 | Hummel was so concerned with tempo that he had it written into his contract that he was to have control over all tempos during his 18-year tenure at Weimar . |
| 29 | Recent calculations suggest that a Roman cavalry horse required a space approximately 2.74 by I.82 m ( 9 by 6 ft ) if it was to have room to lie down and rise again and if other horses could pass to its rear . |
| 30 | The townsmen produced at the Forest Eyre a charter of Richard I conceding that no forester was to have power of attachment within the bounds of the borough . |