Example sentences of "[Wh pn] was [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Duncan , Bert and I were to secrete ourselves behind the curtains along with Aspel , who was to demonstrate the trick with the help of his three ‘ assistants ’ . |
| 2 | John Hutt , Governor of Western Australia , was thrilled that it was to be an Englishman who was to dispel the mists of ornithological obscurity from the continent . |
| 3 | The novelty of a golf course being built at Henley was interesting material to the proprietor of the Henley Standard , a certain 30-year-old Charles Luker who was to join the Club in about 1909–10 , and eventually become both its Captain and President . |
| 4 | As the new parliamentary session began on April 23 the leading parties negotiated over who was to fill the posts of president of the Senate and leader of the Chamber of Deputies . |
| 5 | ( 11 December 1780 ) One of Mozart 's worries was the castrato who was to sing the part of Idamante : |
| 6 | The President nominated a Vice-President , who was to succeed the President should the latter be unable to complete a five-year term of office . |
| 7 | Betty Friedan , who was to give the whole phenomenon of fulfilment-through-motherhood a name — The Feminine Mystique — also made a revealing admission when she came to look back on those unliberated years in a later book ( It Changed My Life ) : |
| 8 | Kadi Samawna ( Seyh Bedreddin ) and specifies four men who , he says , led the criticism of Molla Fenari : Molla Burhan al-Din Haydar Herewi ( Burhaneddin Haydar Herevi ) , the mufti in Edirne " , who was to give the fetva sanctioning Seyh Bedreddin 's execution ; Molla Yegan ; Kutb al-Din Izniki-zade Baha " al-Din " Umar Celebi ( Bahaeddin Omer ) ; and the vezir Hajji " Iwad Pasha ( Haci Ivaz Pasa ) . |
| 9 | It was the Palace in CROWN SQUARE that Mary Queen of Scots gave birth in 1566 to her son , James , who was to unite the thrones of the two Kingdoms . |
| 10 | The Rev Alan Mackenzie , who was to guide the Association for thirteen years into modern times , succeeded Tom Crellin as Chairman . |
| 11 | Who was to weigh the difference in the urge ? |
| 12 | I saw the Wing Commander who was to do the reconnoitre and give the signal for the fusing of the lights talking anxiously to Ryan . |
| 13 | The camps are historic , as much a part of history as Iosif Vissarionovich Dzhugashvili who was to take the name of Stalin . |
| 14 | as to who was to take the most credit . |
| 15 | Flaherty asked who was to take the sketches to the Fire Court and the Gnomes at once looked alarmed , because had n't they already travelled all the way from Gallan and it a terrible long journey , never mind getting lost twice , as well as the Robemaker 's Workshops and the Cruachan Cavern being on the route . |
| 16 | And then it was a question of who was to conduct the piece . |
| 17 | In this case , it seems to have been someone other than the person who was to use the manuscript who ordered it to be copied . |
| 18 | The only reason I was here was because Joyce , who was to spend the first two days at the Centre with me , had continuously reminded me on the journey that the decision to go to Bristol had been mine and mine alone . |
| 19 | Among the many notable prisoners taken was Charles , duke of Orléans , who was to spend the next quarter of a century an honourable captive in England , developing a considerable talent as a poet in both French and English . |
| 20 | Three years later Francis Cleyn , the man who was to design the Hero and Leander tapestries , was chosen as designer and chief weaver to the Mortlake factory . |
| 21 | Another famous Marxist , Edouard Bernstein — who was to lead the right wing of Social Democracy — began to challenge this position in 1890 . |
| 22 | Amongst them were Henry Care ( a Presbyterian , and author of the Exclusionist periodical , the Weekly Pacquet of Advice from Rome ) , who became James 's chief propagandist in promoting the cause of religious toleration , and Sir William Williams , who became James 's solicitor-general ( and who was to lead the prosecution of the seven bishops in 1688 ) . |
| 23 | His replacement was Education Minister José Goldemberg , who was to hold the post on an interim basis . |
| 24 | It was the Argentinian Fangio who was to dominate the early years of the championship , winning the titles on a record five occasion between 1951–57 . |
| 25 | Tatyana Scholl , the West German who was to win the Miss Bikini ( physique ) class , took time out from her press-ups to waddle around nervously like a weight-lifter eyeing the bar . |
| 26 | On National day the bookmakers assessed his chance at 100–7 , with Must the favourite and Sundew ( who was to win the race the following year ) second favourite . |
| 27 | Red Alligator , who was to win the National under more orthodox circumstances the following year , was third and Greek Scholar fourth . |
| 28 | In closing the Chairman introduced His Royal Highness The Duke of Kent , President of the RNLI , who was to present the awards . |
| 29 | But that performance and the world record before the war inspired one young spectator at the White City , Roger Bannister , who was to run the first four-minute mile nine years later , and set off a string of British world record breakers , Derek Ibbotson , Sebastian Coe , Steve Ovett and Steve Cram . |
| 30 | Only black dancer Venol , who was to share the stage with the star throughout the gruelling tour , was allowed any major influence during those crucial weeks . |