Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Decades later , both Bentham and de Tocqueville were to add their support to these essentially libertarian ideas by arguing that total freedom was very much preferable to any form of suppression . |
| 2 | It would be possible for me to call them all if they were to limit their speeches to 10 minutes . |
| 3 | If I was to give my life to this orchestra then I could not allow that someone throw me out at a moment 's notice . |
| 4 | His only concession to emotion was to give his shirt to one of the ball-boys — a valuable memento for one German lad . |
| 5 | Also in March I announced that Dr David Owen was to give his endorsement to one of the parties in the general election . |
| 6 | Airlines attracted the attention of corporate buccaneers like Carl Icahn who was to turn his attention to that icon of American might USX ( the former United Steel ) . |
| 7 | The British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association announced it was to change its name to British Hospitality Association ( BHA ) . |
| 8 | Happy indeed is the curator of a select collection like the Mauritzhuis in The Hague , where one collector 's policy was to limit his collection to thirty excellent works , lesser works being discarded to make way for better . |
| 9 | During that communication , the pilot received and acknowledged instructions to maintain an altitude of 13,000 ft. until reaching the Toro intersection ( some 13 nmi south of the accident site ) , whereupon he was to begin his descent to 8,000 ft , at Maria intersection and then follow the Llegada Norte arrival procedure into ACA . |