Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This hints at changes which were eventually to destroy the balance of power itself ( the two most important were industrialization and imperialism ) , though their bearing on international affairs was not yet discerned in 1880 . |
| 2 | The elections were apparently to decide the membership of 26 district councils , but in fact they were more like a refererendum , with multiple choices , on the province 's future . |
| 3 | If , perish the thought , Scotland were scarcely to win a ball from the lineout at Twickenham , this pack would probably still finish the championship having won more possession from that set-piece than any Scotland pack in living memory . |
| 4 | But they , with other accountants , were soon to leave the search business — which they found ‘ 10% income 90% headache ’ — and the field on the West Coast was left wide open for Korn/Ferry , whose only competitors were Heidrick and Struggles in Los Angeles . |
| 5 | More seriously , politicians were soon to realize the value of radio and bought air-time to put over their views . |
| 6 | But the novels were soon to exhibit an interest in misogyny , and to see a connection between ‘ the old hoo-ha ’ and ‘ the old last end ’ — expressions used by Ormerod and Standish respectively , in Take a girl like you , for sexual intercourse and death . |
| 7 | Power cuts were thus to remain a fact of life at winter peak times in Britain into the early 1950s . |
| 8 | Franco repeated the message of his 2 December letter when he said that he did not " see any advantage in change " and that if he were ever to delegate the leadership of the government , it would only be when he was no longer able to carry out the functions of that position as well as those of head of state . |
| 9 | Most disturbing is the fact that the company spent an entire year preparing for the strike , convinced that it had to end overmanning and weaken the unions ' grip on production if the newspaper , despite a circulation of 1.1m , were ever to become a money-maker . |
| 10 | How could the God-Emperor have sanctioned such a plan , if the human race were ever to achieve the destiny he had dreamed of for it ? |
| 11 | ‘ We were n't getting anywhere and the ANC said they were still to reach a decision . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If they were both to preserve a measure of control over the wage structure in a capitalist economy and to win adequate state pensions for their members , then a retirement condition was inevitable . |
| 14 | Such demands were given urgency by the publication in 1915 of Maternity : letters from working women which described experiences of motherhood in harrowing terms ; they were also to set the agenda for the 1918 Maternity and Child Welfare Act and interwar policy . |
| 15 | This was to last two years and to be focused on public law and , once more , the study and analysis of diplomatic documents : the pupils were also to have a knowledge of either English or German . |
| 16 | How lucky England were also to have a footballer of Halliday 's ability in the side . |
| 17 | Programme contracts were also to govern the implementation of the 1987 rail transport plan . |
| 18 | But places were also found for several of Harding 's poker-playing Ohio cronies , whose activities were later to tarnish the reputation of the administration — such men as Harry Daugherty , the Attorney-General , Albert Fall , Secretary of the Interior , and Charley Forbes , Head of the Veterans " Bureau . |
| 19 | Despite the Permanent Secretary 's disapproval in principle , several senior civil servants from the Ministry were later to join the industry 's management . |
| 20 | By 1100 , the Avon had been diverted to power mills that were later to become the property of the Benedictine Monastery . |
| 21 | To my mind , it would be a stylistic improvement if Community legal texts were now to abandon the use of the word ‘ whereas ’ for the purpose of introducing their recitals . |
| 22 | They knew what the national objectives were ie to improve the wellbeing of people who moved ; not to be too expensive and to work jointly with other agencies — but what were their local objectives ? |
| 23 | If he were here to answer the question , I suspect that he would be in considerable difficulty if he tried to say that he continued to oppose those privatisations . |
| 24 | I suppose you 'll be telling me next that most normal people would immediately assume that you were here to discuss the state of French politics ! ’ |
| 25 | Only a Tzarina can wield it and if any man were even to touch the blade he would be instantly frozen to death . |
| 26 | If what was a secret at the time that the contract was entered into subsequently becomes public knowledge then it would be unrealistic if the court were simply to examine the question of reasonableness at the time when the contract was entered . |
| 27 | Support of this kind was to enable Leopold to take his two young children on long musical tours throughout their formative years , tours which exposed them to a variety of European cultures and styles and which were consequently to direct the course of Mozart 's development as a musician . |
| 28 | At each of these meetings , MacDonald pointed out that if the Labour Party were to refuse office after defeating the Government with the aid of the Liberals , and if Asquith were then to form a Government instead , the Liberals would sit on the Government benches . |
| 29 | They were to follow the track that skirted the south of the swampy depression and were then to take a path to the right which was marked by a great stone shaped like the head of a horse . |
| 30 | All of the eggs had been specially decorated for the occasion and many parents were there to watch the fun . |