Example sentences of "[noun pl] was [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The tendency of a work to deprave or corrupt its readers was henceforth to be judged in the light of its total impact , rather than by the arousing potential of " purple passages " . |
| 2 | Piers was nowhere to be seen , and without his presence in the kitchen she thought carefully about what she was going to do with the bits of chicken and the assortment of vegetables . |
| 3 | While the purpose of creating commodity organisations was neither to escape liability nor to create profits for the organisation itself , but to control dealings in the commodity for the benefit of member States , the consequence has been to deprive third parties who were dealing in good faith with the organisation of a domestic judicial remedy . |
| 4 | At the beginning of the 37th general congregation Archbishop Felici announced an alteration in the rules governing secrecy : from now on it was permissible to reveal what was said in debates in the Council , though discussion in commissions was still to be kept from journalists . |
| 5 | Whatever showmanship may have been developed in the CHAB productions was now to be used originating talks programmes and other current affairs features , including discussion groups , from the Vancouver studios of CBC to the forty-odd stations of the national network . |
| 6 | This happy state of affairs was soon to be destroyed , for Seth , the younger brother of Osiris , was jealous of Osiris 's power and prestige and determined to seize the throne for himself . |
| 7 | The suspension of all social security payments was only to be temporary , part of a national effort to restore confidence in the pound . |
| 8 | Disbelief that closures could be achieved within these constraints was never to be wholly suspended and in important ways served to hamper the subsequent implementation process . |
| 9 | As Davy wrote later , John Buddle , the mine inspector , convinced him that , ‘ as far as ventilation was concerned , the resources of modern science had been fully employed ; and that a mode of preventing accidents was only to be sought for in a method of lighting the mines free from danger . ’ |
| 10 | If Tara 's brilliance , if the radiance that had once shone for Ireland 's High Kings was ever to be kindled again , Medoc must be driven out and destroyed . |
| 11 | In the context of these investigations , I used the concept of danger clues to describe any piece of information that would tend to alert a social worker to suspect that child abuse was taking place.s An important source of danger clues was obviously to be found in the condition of the child , particularly its physical state and behaviour . |
| 12 | For a week or so in February , a pair of longtailed tits was often to be seen in and beneath the shrubs near the nutbag . |
| 13 | Classics was also to be Nietzsche 's chosen profession and his rise in it was rapid . |
| 14 | that most of the present range of home-school links was already to be found in local primary schools well before PNP , and that activity in this field since 1985 has involved the further development and dissemination of existing practice rather than the devising of innovative techniques . |
| 15 | The basis of future regional policy and its instruments was eventually to be found in the Thompson Report ( 1973 ) on the regional problems of the enlarged EC , which reaffirmed the view that in the long term , monetary union was not possible without an effective regional policy . |
| 16 | The Railway Act 1974 replaced the service-by-service approach with a block grant on the EEC model for ‘ public service obligation ’ ( PSO ) ; support for metropolitan area rail services was also to be provided by the Passenger Transport Executives of the large metropolitan authorities . |
| 17 | The 5 per cent tax on the sale of all production and technical output , consumer goods , completed jobs and paid services was technically to be introduced on Jan. 1 , although the authorities were given until Jan. 15 to confirm provisions for its calculation and collection . |
| 18 | 1989:Ch. 8 ) , but their commitment to equal opportunities policies was undoubtedly to the credit of the New Left local authorities . |
| 19 | The monotonous cawing of seabirds was soon to be broken , however , and not by quite such a fearful development . |
| 20 | Perhaps the punishment of the wrong-doers was just to be finished , kaput , over ? |
| 21 | The resale of the houses was also to be only to them . |
| 22 | A Committee of the Regions comprising representatives of regional and local authorities was also to be established ; it would have 189 members , ranging from 24 for each of the larger member countries to six for Luxembourg . |
| 23 | But what he wrote on the Celts was mainly to be found in the history of the period circa 146–80 ) and in his books on Pompey 's wars . |