Example sentences of "[conj] was [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned to his sons demanding to know whether there was or was not to be a baptism party that night , and whether or not I would be the only white present . |
| 2 | The inference that was clearly to be drawn from their study was that land reform/land redistribution was the critical factor in the peasant problem : even if the peasants ' lot could be improved by less drastic means . |
| 3 | This attitude was also responsible for a new horological invention that was ultimately to be of far-reaching social significance . |
| 4 | In a new biography of him , Lineker says : ‘ The substitution was a decision that was up to the manager . |
| 5 | The appeal committee dismissed the applicant 's appeals , stating that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education , and that the girls did not meet the admission criteria . |
| 6 | After giving the case careful consideration , the panel decided that , as is stated in section 6(3) ( a ) of the Education Act 1980 , that to put any more pressure on a year intake that was up to its capacity would be beyond the school 's resources and detrimental to its ability to provide an efficient education . |
| 7 | That school , like many of its contemporaries , was essentially a ‘ professionalizing ’ school preparing its better students for the more dignified occupations , rather than for higher education ( a development that was not to be fully realized until after 1945 and the expansion of the universities ) . |
| 8 | For the East Germans the Poles had been objects of contempt for most of Prussian history , and the loss of land to them was an insult that was not to be swallowed , but would instead produce a festering sense of indignity , shame and anger . |
| 9 | Another key to Private Eye 's success , and one that was not to be lost on the underground , was its use of offset litho printing . |
| 10 | He opened his lips , struggling to put off the pride and bitterness that held him mute ; but the slight rustle of the tapestry at the door spoke first , and eloquently , and when he looked up David was gone , leaving still silent on the air between them the name that was not to be spoken . |
| 11 | It was mild by contrast with some of his later invective , but it marked the beginning of a year that was soon to be darkened by violence , malice and crime . |
| 12 | ‘ All I can say though is that whatever happens it will be my decision , ’ she said , revealing the determination and single-mindedness that was later to be turned against her . |
| 13 | It was this proprietorial attitude that was later to be one of the elements that would alienate Anne , who wanted to pursue her own career in parallel with her husband 's . |
| 14 | So although Frazer was doing a kind of anthropology that was later to be rather dis despised , it had something to be said for it . |
| 15 | On the way , they stopped at a farmhouse that was about to be put up for sale . |
| 16 | Feelings were thought to be strong , on either side , about the sentence that was now to be carried out . |
| 17 | It was a debt that was never to be repaid by the politicians or the generals of both sides , no matter how many red poppies were later bought or how many ‘ Last Posts ’ were sounded on dismal anniversaries . |
| 18 | Its significance rested upon its ability to censure the High Authority and to demand its collective resignation , a blunt sanction that was never to be applied . |
| 19 | On the other hand , the order was ‘ highly localised ’ ( and so unlike a negative injunction or even a mandatory order to commence proceedings abroad ) and was normally to be executed under the supervision of the plaintiff 's solicitor , who was an officer of the court . |
| 20 | Govan car sheds were reputedly haunted by a figure which was seen from time to time in a driving compartment of a car but on investigation the figure had disappeared and was nowhere to be found ; the cab was empty yet strangely cold ! |
| 21 | It helped the whole congregation realise the affection of their heavenly Father in a fresh way for that day : as such it was encouraging , strengthening and was not to be despised ! |
| 22 | When Cooper lobbied government to get rid of him it persuaded M.P.s that Cooper just had a bee in bonnet and was not to be taken seriously . |
| 23 | But that development involved the solution of theoretical problems and was not to be achieved without considerable theoretical labour . |
| 24 | Each of the alchemists , he claimed , was in his way an incarnation of Mercurius — the ever-ambiguous tutelary spirit of the Art who promised much and was not to be had for the asking . |
| 25 | He was the youngest driver in the field , qualified on the fifth row and was up to sixth place with 10 laps to go as leading British driver in a British car when he crashed at Copse , escaping unhurt . |
| 26 | ‘ Then we heard she 'd lost her job and was up to her old tricks , going out to dances and things . ’ |
| 27 | Methil was only developing between 1875 and 1900 but still shipped 400,000 tons in 1888 and was up to 1.7m by 1900 . |
| 28 | At quarter to nine I came down and was up to my knees in water |
| 29 | This was not a total surprise , since Prendergast suffered from Irritable Bowel Syndrome and was frequently to be encountered in the Directors ' Lavatory , but Vic had thought he was alone , and felt rather foolish standing there with the stump of the clothes brush , like an incriminating weapon , in his fist . |
| 30 | She was aware that her mother had already had her first drink , and was on to her second , if not third glass of wine , if the bottle was anything to go by . |