Example sentences of "[noun prp] [was/were] [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These stated that Angell and Pownall were to consider the competition conditions , and to : |
| 2 | And if Richard were to resign the duchy then some interesting prospects would open up . |
| 3 | One of Mick 's first jobs concerning David was to organize the arrangements for my album which later became ‘ Were n't Born A Man ’ . |
| 4 | But though this sense of chivalry endured throughout the war , Verdun was to spell the end of the solitary ace and single combat . |
| 5 | But he insisted that there was no alternative if Hungary was to gain the confidence of the international credit institutions and seek to heal the economic crisis . |
| 6 | Restoration of political harmony was essential , however , if Edward was to continue the war in France , and in re-establishing good relations between the king and the nobility the Earl of Derby seems to have played an important role . |
| 7 | John Barratt was to oversee the Coniston adventure from Grassington but making frequent visits . |
| 8 | But during the next few decades , nitrates and minerals in the Andes , wheat and beef in Argentina , and coffee in Brazil were to draw the railways outwards . |
| 9 | By 1808 there was a developed pattern of street violence and the ‘ people ’ of the barrios bajos — the poor southern quarter of Madrid — after functioning as the ‘ blind instruments ’ of an aristocratic fronde against Godoy were to become the heroes of the Second of May , when they rose against the French troops . |
| 10 | ‘ I thought Benedict was to have the house , ’ Theda uttered without thinking . |
| 11 | Mountbatten was to propose the toast to the Navy , I to the guests . |
| 12 | Mr. Philipson , relying on the final paragraph of the notice itself quoted above , and upon a minute textual analysis of Mr. Barnes ' affidavit , submitted that it was plain that the real purpose of the Bank of England was to obtain the documents for the Federal Reserve Board , and not for the purpose of exercising its own supervisory function . |
| 13 | Dunbar was to run the art gallery attached to the shop , Miles would take care of the books . |
| 14 | George Craigen 's first duty as President of the London Centre of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland was to present the Centre 's inter-bank quiz trophy to some colleagues from the Royal Bank ! |
| 15 | Spain was to allow the United States to construct three Airforce bases ( at Zaragoza , Torrejón de Ardoz , outside Madrid , and Morón de la Frontera , in Andalusia ) and a naval base ( at Rota , near Cadiz ) . |
| 16 | While Piłsudski was to accuse the KPP of undoing his own hard work as military leader and of trying to dismember Poland by ‘ Trojan horse methods ’ , Moscow decided to rein in the free-thinking Polish socialists . |
| 17 | His first opportunity at the Wells was to stage the dances in Humperdinck 's opera Hansel and Gretel mounted at Christmas 1946 . |
| 18 | Our first problem at Llandrindod Wells was to estimate the numbers coming to the lake , so each night during the spring we made hourly circuits of the lake collecting all the toads we encountered . |
| 19 | Crucially , the CEGB was to lose the ownership of the national transmission grid . |
| 20 | My main task in my first five years in Burma was to tour the villages of the Irrawaddy Delta , encouraging the small Anglican congregations and visiting some forty village schools , most of them having only one or two teachers . |
| 21 | Banharn Silpa-Archa , Minister of the Interior , issued a statement on June 27 claiming that Chaovalit was to join the Chart Thai Party ( the main component of the ruling coalition ) led by Prime Minister Chatichai . |
| 22 | But to meet Williams was to make the belief yet more inescapable . |
| 23 | ( The Canadian , Mexican and US governments had announced on Feb. 5 that Canada was to join the negotiations on a free trade zone . ) |
| 24 | Once the London JAC was established , the SCCs were instructed by the LCC to co-operate with the local committees , having as their principal duty the reporting of the economic , social , and educational condition of the school-leavers , while the local JACs were to supervise the conditions of employment , ensuring that they were as favourable as possible for the young people , and that ‘ round ’ children were put into ‘ round holes ’ . |
| 25 | The Copts would object very strongly if Owen were to invade the church ; but if Mahmoud did it they would riot . |
| 26 | Of course , if a black hole as close as Pluto were to reach the end of its life and blow up , it would be easy to detect the final burst of emission . |
| 27 | This is not to say that even at this stage Edward 's principal war aim was the throne of France , but rather that the most effective way of bringing pressure to bear on Philip was to subvert the provinces and establish English military bases there . |
| 28 | If Franz Kafka was to re-write The Trial and set it in Hampden Babylon , the novel 's alienated victim would be a goalkeeper , a solitary figure trapped between the posts , perpetually fearing the penalty . |
| 29 | To mention Kaptan was to devalue the exploit . |
| 30 | Mozart was to send the recitatives to Milan by October , and was instructed to arrive by 1 November to write the remaining music . |