Example sentences of "was [to-vb] that the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point of my remarks was to indicate that the longer timescale on which it is technically feasible to store AGR- and PWR irradiated fuels before reprocessing provides the CEGB with a flexibility not available in the case of magnox fuel . |
| 2 | His mistake was to assume that the Labour party would provide a more receptive political vehicle for his ideas than the Conservatives . |
| 3 | They had asked for a greater number of " peacekeeping forces " to be sent , although Sahnoun on Aug. 12 was to emphasize that the proposed deployment was not to be regarded as a peacekeeping operation , but was to protect food distribution . |
| 4 | One main role of the Party was to ensure that the appropriate degree of acclamation was produced . |
| 5 | No one could predict with certainty whether or not the King would grant a dissolution in such circumstances , but his inclination was to ensure that the Labour government be given every privilege that previous governments had enjoyed . |
| 6 | What I wanted to do was to ensure that the social security budget was being spent to best effect . |
| 7 | His most serious error , it seems , was to believe that the British Empire with its governing gentleman class , held the high ground when it came to moral ‘ rightness ’ . |
| 8 | One approach was to argue that the human memory loss was secondary to the failure of a more fundamental process , like the ability to inhibit inappropriate responses . |
| 9 | Chatting to PC Coupland , an avuncular , agreeable man of 39 with the sort of handshake which suggests it would be unwise to give him occasion to put you in an armlock , was to realise that the rural bobby 's function remains essentially unchanging . |
| 10 | Yet he was to say that the entire enterprise of The Cantos was undertaken so as to uncover the reasons why war happens , so as to preclude its happening again . |
| 11 | My response was to say that the only way he can go from here is down ! ’ quipped Robertson . |
| 12 | As part of the Reformation , Henry VIII was to order that the English Prayer Book was to replace the Old Latin Liturgy in Church services . |
| 13 | In Book One my main concern was to show that the Christian life is one that has to be seen in the context of the Great Battle . |