Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [noun sg] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The ‘ solution ’ was to delegate power to a broadcasting authority to run the service along the lines decreed by Parliament .
2 The legislative intention was to give rise to a charge whenever there was a change in the proportion of the settled property in which any participator was deemed to be entitled , whether the change had arisen on death , or on termination of the interest , or on a disposition or deemed disposition .
3 The intention behind the reforms was made clear in the famous words : ‘ [ the conception of the juvenile ] as primarily a little wage-earner , was to give way to the conception of him ‘ as primarily the workman and citizen in training ’ .
4 Later Miss Francis of Maidstone was to give evidence to the jury .
5 He had no interest in the architecture of what was then merely a rather dull manor house , but kept on improving the estate , which was to give pleasure to the Welch family until the Second World War .
6 However , during the summer Lord King warned that Boeing had ‘ better get going ’ if it was to beat Airbus to the order .
7 The original purpose of this measure was to bring order to the gas industry but these controls subsequently had an adverse effect on exploration activities and in the 1970s , demand began to exceed supply .
8 A by-product of cheesemaking on farms led to another product which was to bring fame to the name of Ayrshire .
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