Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [noun sg] to [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crucial issue still to be determined was whether the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the UK . |
| 2 | The first step therefore was to grant representation to the colonies — though the word was avoided — in the Cortes . |
| 3 | In what was widely interpreted as a bid for electoral advantage — securing Florida 's 25 electoral college votes was seen as essential if Bush was to win re-election to the White House — the President also announced that the government would provide 100 per cent federal reimbursement to local authorities for recovery operations , rather than the 75 per cent customary in such cases . |
| 4 | The ‘ solution ’ was to delegate power to a broadcasting authority to run the service along the lines decreed by Parliament . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ’ . |
| 7 | Later Miss Francis of Maidstone was to give evidence to the jury . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | However , during the summer Lord King warned that Boeing had ‘ better get going ’ if it was to beat Airbus to the order . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | A by-product of cheesemaking on farms led to another product which was to bring fame to the name of Ayrshire . |