Example sentences of "[adj] was [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | In addition to our reconnaissance , this was also to be very much a working patrol . |
| 2 | This was primarily to be financed by increasing the deficit by DM5,900 million ( which was therefore expected to rise to nearly DM33,000 million ) but also by expenditure cuts , most notably of DM545 million on defence . |
| 3 | Evidence of this was already to be seen in the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes . |
| 4 | This was later to be criticised as imposing an unnecessary conservatism on design ( pp. 104–10 , below ) , but at that time ( with shortages of skilled draughtsmen and engineers , and the overriding priority of speeding up the installation of safe and reliable sets ) it was widely supported by the manufacturers and the CEB as well as in Whitehall . |
| 5 | In May 1940 with the threat of invasion a call went out for volunteers for a new force to be known as the Local Defence Volunteers or for short L.D.V. This was later to be called the Home Guard and " Dad 's Army " . |
| 6 | This was more to the Swedes ' liking , taking 5 of the first 8 places , including the top 3 . |
| 7 | ‘ Mr Ward said that this was only to be given to his wife in the event of his death , ’ the solicitor said . |
| 8 | Moreover , a similar or larger proportion claim either to enjoy the frequent change of tasks and environment , the flexibility of " temping " and of being able to take spells off between assignments , or to have commitments which make continuous working impossible ; even if , as one recent survey ( Manpower , 1986 ) showed , this was Sometimes to be set off against a feeling of employment insecurity . |
| 9 | This was essentially to be a rotating mast mounted upon a tank , which could be driven to the centre of a large field , and with the mast lowered the aeroplane could be attached with a cable . |
| 10 | This was often to be a disturbing element in many of the subsequent trials when children 's uncorroborated evidence sent many to prison and to the gallows . |
| 11 | Only , this was indeed to be an honour — for the Sergeant himself personally wielded the electro-iron when Lexandro , Yeremi , and Biff bent over to flex the great gluteal muscles of their rumps . |
| 12 | She hung up on me , This was all to the good . |
| 13 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
| 14 | This meant all trains had to stop and , as Lydham Heath was our station , this was all to the good . |
| 15 | Accelerated promotion in an East Indiaman was only to be obtained through political or family interest , such as that exerted by the Earl of Findlater upon James Oswald of Dunnikier . |
| 16 | A more cautious approach had prevailed most notably in the crucial areas of privatization and price liberalization ( most of the latter was now to be effected in the second stage ) , while the programme was less specific on how to effect a planned cut in the budget deficit to 25,000 million-30,000 million roubles in 1991 ( a quarter of the present annual rate ) . |
| 17 | The disappointment of losing by a stroke in the centenary Open was soon to be forgotten for Tip and Arnold Palmer , with victory at Royal Birkdale just one year later in 1961 . |
| 18 | That I could understand , yeah something that was sort of that shape , even if it was only just at an angle , but it , I would of said that was much to big for it . |
| 19 | True , it was astonishingly heavy when one came to lift it , but — as the philosophical cook observed — that was all to the good , as one slice would be enough ! |
| 20 | Well , perhaps that was all to the good . |
| 21 | But that was all to the good . |
| 22 | It looked like somebody 's curtains cut up — which was what it probably was — and if it provided a talking-point — well , that was all to the good , was n't it ? |
| 23 | If the fringe soon proved to be rather tattier , the services more underhand than the original promotional copy made out , well , that was only to be expected of an enterprise left to run itself without Capellan supervision . |
| 24 | She had lost weight before the wedding ; that was only to be expected — but the girl moving through the crowds , shaking hands and accepting flowers , looked positively transparent . |
| 25 | But that was only to be expected . |
| 26 | But , with a man of Luke 's charisma , that was only to be expected . |
| 27 | She peered closely at her face ; there were a few lines about the mouth and eyes but at forty-seven that was only to be expected . |
| 28 | What he was to do next was always to be a serious problem for Burton . |