Example sentences of "[was/were] to the fore " in BNC.

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1 Among the non Jewish organisations responsible for hostels , the Christadelphians were to the fore .
2 ( c ) La Conspiration , written in 1937 and 1938 , was produced at a moment of co-operative cultural politics when the consequences of the Popular Front experiences in both France and Spain were to the fore .
3 This time local mothers were to the fore .
4 Irony was to the fore when in 1925 he wrote of the Russian Revolution , but behind it was a more important urge leading him to the poem ‘ Le Voyage ’ of his favourite Baudelaire .
5 Charlie Wilson was to the fore again on the very next mission , another long haul to Sorau on April 11 .
6 Once again multimedia was to the fore as the computing industry tried to persuade punters that it 's the up and coming technology .
7 French aplomb was to the fore as Auguste handed the crab to them along with the hook , raised his new Panama hat and bade them a courteous farewell .
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