Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] a small " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Government could play a part in advocating the recycling of plastics if it were to levy a small charge on each recyclable bottle . |
| 2 | One of the first things he did was to activate a small probe , with which he scanned his surroundings . |
| 3 | Oddly enough , in the next murder case I found myself investigating , Geoffrey was to play a small , terminal part , the effects of which were slightly to take the gilt from my findings . |
| 4 | The policy of the French was to form a small native élite , known as évolués , who learned their language and culture . |
| 5 | It was to the credit of Philip IV that he laid the foundations for a dockyard at Rouen , while only a few years later in England , Edward II , whose father had built some galleys , was to possess a small squadron of ‘ royal ’ ships . |
| 6 | It was to have a small park , with a stand where a German band could play , a church and dissenting chapels , a hospital and dispensary , a school , an evening institute and library , a gasworks , waterworks , and a sewage outfall works . |