Example sentences of "was not to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their culture was not to be considered at all in the constitution . |
| 2 | In such an unclear area , it was not to be left to Dáil members to decide , irrespective of whether it still remained an appropriate public measure . |
| 3 | The large lady was not to be put off , however . |
| 4 | The situation would be different from this only if the internal discriminations carried with them some experiential ‘ feel ’ that was not to be identified with some physical process of which BS could know . |
| 5 | Difficult , it was not to be , however . |
| 6 | Stewart and Olazabal came back at him over the back nine but , unlike in the Lancome Trophy when Eduardo Romero chipped in to deny him his second tour victory this year , this time the West German was not to be disappointed . |
| 7 | But is was not to be . |
| 8 | Her share was not to be calculated exclusively in relation to her needs . |
| 9 | If he was not to be a lecturer at Cambridge because they did not think him academic enough , and if he was not to be a parish priest because he could not keep teenagers in order and because the adults were said not to understand him and because he felt a teaching vocation , where was his right place ? |
| 10 | If he was not to be a lecturer at Cambridge because they did not think him academic enough , and if he was not to be a parish priest because he could not keep teenagers in order and because the adults were said not to understand him and because he felt a teaching vocation , where was his right place ? |
| 11 | But it was not to Rachel that she would go , but to her mummy . |
| 12 | In the middle ages Margaret had had a wonderful time ; women had understood then that it was not to other mothers that you turn in childbirth , it is to those women who have lived it , who have been down between the dragon 's teeth , have travelled the dragons ' pathways and have lurked in the dark and boiling belly of pain , have been chewed and digested and emerged . |
| 13 | Maggie needed her , Rachel needed her , and she had no other choice ; passion was not to be part of her calling . |
| 14 | Moran was not to be told . |
| 15 | Paul went , but the caller was not to be turned away . |
| 16 | Their friendship , however , was not to be . |
| 17 | But it was not to be quite as he had hoped either . |
| 18 | It was not to be . |
| 19 | This fire officer , however , refused to allow the use of a sizeable proportion of the props , around which the entire show was structured ; and , although the Prince and Princess of Wales were arriving in one and a half hours ' time along with five Cabinet ministers , and the cast would have no time to rehearse without the props they relied upon , he was not to be budged . |
| 20 | Frank 's door was closed when he got back and there was a notice on it saying that he was not to be disturbed . |
| 21 | The judge said the case did not mark a sharp change in government policy , and emphasised it was not to be regarded of general application by planning authorities around the country . |
| 22 | It was not to be . |
| 23 | If the regret of the bereaved was not to be alleviated by continuing remembrance and hope of reunion , the whole process became one from which it was better to avert the eyes . |
| 24 | Charles realised with a jolt that he was not to be given a room in the château . |
| 25 | In many respects the whole General Strike could be seen as an inevitable development which served notice to government , employers and trade unions that each party was not to be taken lightly . |
| 26 | Evidently , the concern for collective security was not to be allowed to interfere with normal international relations . |
| 27 | ‘ Dr Strangelove ’ was not to be imagined for a few more years but it was n t reassuring to learn that nuclear submarine crews were supplied with pistols with which to shoot any shipmate who showed signs of wanting to fire an unauthorized missile . |
| 28 | He could hardly believe that she was letting him go , that he was not to be punished for what he had witnessed in the best room in the middle of the night . |
| 29 | She was no longer angry , and he was not to be thrashed for spying on her and Tom Fish . |
| 30 | Still painfully relieved that he was not to be made an unwanted orphan and bundled off to a Home , Frankie left the room without a word . |