Example sentences of "[conj] was [to-vb] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Assuming that a common position could be reached between the US , France , Britain , India and the Philippines , either one of the last two countries would convene a conference ; France would be induced to grant Vietnam full independence ; and an international commission would be established that was to remain in place for several years . |
| 2 | ‘ You did n't say you 'd like to murder him ? ’ interrupted Blanche , knowing the answer that was to come in advance . |
| 3 | Thus in a few years a mere convenience for keyboard players had developed into a widely adopted performing practice which revolutionized musical textures and was to remain in use for two centuries . |
| 4 | Lord Derby had again become Prime Minister in 1866 to be replaced for a short period by Benjamin Disraeli , but by the end of 1868 Mr. W. E. Gladstone took control of Parliament , and was to remain in control for over five years . |
| 5 | But in France , as in Germany , anticlericalism inflamed a confrontation of Church and State at many points , from educational policy to marriage laws , and was to finish in disestablishment . |