Example sentences of "[Wh det] [be] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Marquess of Salisbury had become Prime Minister in 1895 , and in 1889 his government introduced death duties which were to lead to the gradual breaking up of the wealthy estates , which previously had passed from father to son — or some other relative — without any loss . |
2 | The southward march of the ice in the Pleistocene , which is to say during the last two or three million years , forced the animal southward in search of prey . |
3 | One fails to see what relevance this has to the present issue at hand which is to deal with the present-day traffic using the estate . |
4 | Resolved , That this House takes note of European Community Documents Nos. 7573/91 and the Supplementary Explanatory Memoranda submitted by the Department of Trade and Industry on 6th November and 11th December 1991 and 10157/91 , relating to standards for satellite broadcasting of television signals , and 8122/91 , relating to audio-visual production in the context of the strategy for high definition television ; and endorses the Government 's approach which is to aim for the correct balance between promoting new broadcasting technologies , protecting the rights of satellite broadcasters and serving the best interests of consumers . |
5 | Finally he suggested that the committee would have to look both at the alternative provision for the 16–19 age-group that was provided by BTEC , CGLI , CVPE , and RSA ( all that which is to come under the general control of the new National Council for Vocational Qualifications ) and at the extent to which pupils who have followed GCSE courses may have become accustomed to a different kind of assessment procedure from that incorporated in A levels . |
6 | Or the jurors could have taken the path they did in fact elect , which was to go to the very heart of the matter and conclude that these officers were only doing what they have been trained to do and that all the famous video footage demonstrated was that they had indeed gone by the book . |
7 | This struggle , and the Greek unity half achieved in the course of it , must have been in the programmatist 's mind ; but the project was paid for out of spoils from the conquest of one Greek city by another , and the golden shield proudly crowning the newly finished temple was set there to celebrate an early clash in the fatal hostility of Athens and Sparta which was to culminate in the Peloponnesian war and the ruin of Greece . |
8 | These were very much in the tradition of the older polyphonic laudi , but before long imitation and chromaticism appeared in Oratorian laudi and by the end of the century an element of dramatic dialogue which was to flower into the full-blown ‘ oratorio ’ . |
9 | He had begun in 1833 to work also on 10 plates for Gould 's Monograph of Toucans , a single volume of 34 plates on a single species similar to Lear 's own original Parrot publication , and which was to finish in the same year , 1835 , as the Birds of Europe . |
10 | On March 6 , 1990 , both Presidents signed the " San Pedro Alejandrino " agreement promising to implement future proposals of existing bilateral border commissions and setting up five more bilateral commissions , one of which was to deal with the controversial issue of territorial demarcation in the Gulf of Venezuela . |
11 | A few observers had already commented on the effectiveness of coaching for tests , a factor which was to lead to the first serious public disquiet over tests as measurement of innate , unalterable and asocial ability — although such comments were not yet thoroughly substantiated . |
12 | She was an eloquent speaker , with a beautiful voice , and drew an enthusiastic response which was to lead to the official recognition of the Mothers ' Union as a diocesan , national , and international organization , with Mary Sumner as its leader . |
13 | Although these proposals were not accepted , they represented the forerunners of the policy which was to emerge in the 1970s . |
14 | By around 1700 grave-clothes changed , probably as a result of the influence of the soft-goods trade in ready-made items , and adopted a form which was to last for the next seventy-five years . |
15 | The exhibit showed a fabulous gold coloured bust of the king which was to coincide with the best-selling book about his life . |
16 | Broadly speaking the interest of the State in vocational guidance , registration and placement , and after-care , marks the beginning of its concern with wage-earning youth , which was to develop over the next twenty years with the formation of the Juvenile Organizations Committee in 1916 , the various measures to ameliorate juvenile unemployment between the wars , and the inauguration in 1939 of The ‘ Youth Service ’ , each of which was a response to economic and social pressures , and all of which refined and extended the image of youth . |
17 | The emancipation of the press from direct state control freed it into the arms of eager politicians , though both groups of interest benefited from the close , voluntarily established , affinity which was to develop in the mid-Victorian decades . |
18 | Cardiff was the first port to which Tupper was temporarily assigned in May 1911 as Havelock Wilson 's roving representative " to begin the campaign which was to end in the big strike " . |
19 | But at the same time , a reverse movement was taking place which was to accelerate in the last decades of the century — the flight from the city centres to the suburbs . |
20 | But within a mere eight years , the movement had begun which was to result in the large-scale recruitment of women to the Edinburgh book-houses . |
21 | The proponents of the radical reform of the Poor Law which was to result in the workhouse-based act of 1834 , with its hated principle of " less-eligibility " , ensured that the wage-allowance system was presented in the worst possible light . |
22 | There is more than a hint here of the subsequent legislation in restraint of alienation which was to result in the English statute of Quia Emptores ( 1290 ) . |
23 | The problem with being an astrologer is that everyone is always pestering you to find out what 's to happen in the next few days . |
24 | Now if you 're a horse racing fan … the brain will be galloping … the mouth watering … at the thought of what 's to come over the next few weeks … |
25 | ‘ What 's to become of the poor children ? |
26 | What 's to become of the poor children ? ’ |
27 | Therefore , on payment out , the court must direct what is to happen to the accrued interest . |
28 | During this time the patient will report on what has occurred since the last meeting and we will discuss what is to happen during the current visit . |
29 | His analysis was a taste of what is to come from the Left : Labour should have promised drastic defence cuts to pay for its spending plans . |
30 | For if general issues concerned with the nature of chemistry or mathematics or history are to take priority , what is to become of the actual content of these subjects ? |