Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the EEC were to acquire its own resources , then the organisation would lose the element of control over its spending that came with the existing system of national contributions : Hallstein could then argue that giving the European Parliament more authority would provide the necessary democratic control over the Commission . |
| 2 | If Guangdong and other coastal regions were to lose their virtual autonomy in dealing with foreign investors and their privileged access to raw materials and fuel supplies , the effect would be far more damaging to Hong Kong 's confidence in China than the sight of tanks rolling into Tiananmen Square . |
| 3 | Two incidents from William Joyce 's time at the College of St Ignatius Loyola were to foreshadow his public personality in adult life . |
| 4 | Although many were appointed to established societies and institutes some were to found their own missions — such was the case of George Annand Mackenzie , the first born-deaf man in Britain to get a M.A. degree . |
| 5 | If all industrialized countries were to increase their overseas aid to the 0.7 per cent of GNP recommended by the United Nations , it would cost an extra $50 billion a year . |
| 6 | Two other books which he wrote at this time were to cause him serious trouble . |
| 7 | Hua 's policy of the ‘ two whatevers ’ , i.e. to ( 1 ) resolutely uphold whatever decisions Mao had made and ( 2 ) carry out whatever the Chairman had instructed , were to cause him some difficulties in a changing political environment . |
| 8 | And there would certainly be no commercial benefits if Anglo-Welsh were to substitute their own products for those of Palatine . |
| 9 | The workers were to receive their annual bonus for 1989 and they would be reinstated in the SATS pension scheme , but they were forced to forfeit benefits for the period of the strike . |
| 10 | Collar insignia on the khaki jacket were to comprise thee regimental number over the branch device for all ranks below colonel ; and for colonels the national coat of arms was additionally worn in front of the branch device . |
| 11 | Their ambitions were to own their own homes and have private pensions . |
| 12 | Both were to exercise their joint theory in memorable performances . |
| 13 | Whitehall recognised the wastefulness of attempting to duplicate their expertise , though the Ministry of Fuel and Power had appointed expert advisers on both economics and science , perceiving the need for at least some expert technical knowledge if they were to exercise their overseeing role . |
| 14 | On our journey back home , we were to do one last activity , either ten pin bowling or white water rafting . |
| 15 | The seven schools were to manage their own finances , all items were delegated except school meals , premises maintenance , school transport and loan charges . |
| 16 | His first book , containing two stories , ‘ Odette D'Antrevernes ’ and ‘ A Study in Temperament ’ , was published in 1905 ; and in the following summer he was at work on his first novel The Artificial Princess ( published posthumously in 1934 ) : in it he devised the techniques of elliptical narrative and baroque construction , and the manner , at once satirical and lyric , concentrated and fragmentary , that were to characterize his mature work . |
| 17 | So , for example , the lecture I 'm going to give you today is n't reflected at all in Arnold erm so er I think it 'd be helpful if I were to give you some indication of when there were and when there were n't . |
| 18 | Urban II , launching the First Crusade at Clermont in 1095 , presented it as a natural evolution of the peace movement : warriors were to forget their petty feuds and squabbles in a campaign to promote the interests of Holy Church . |
| 19 | Republican communist parties and local branches were to determine their own fate , but all CPSU property was to be put under the control of local soviets . |
| 20 | Employees and employers were to decide their own bargaining mechanisms in the form of individual or collective contracts , which could prohibit strikes and lockouts , and would be enforceable in the courts . |
| 21 | In the 1920s , an uncle founded the Barrandov film studios that were to have their finest hour with the Czech New Wave of the Sixties , and his father was responsible for and owned , among other buildings , the Lucerna block in the heart of the city which has been part of the life of most Pragers , with its remarkable collection of art-deco restaurants , bars , cinemas and concert hall . |
| 22 | For me , this was really a fantastic prospect , for we were to live in a college where we were to have our own bedroom , bathroom and sitting-room , and all meals provided . |
| 23 | If I were to approach my sixth criterion I needed to find someone who knew their way round an oscilloscope , and it was n't until the mid-1980s that a bright , if somewhat cranky , scuba-diving enthusiast arrived on campus to do a PhD . |
| 24 | These factors continued to make it more difficult for him to provide the separateness and space that Liddie needed if she were to develop her limited confidence in herself as a mother . |
| 25 | They were to spend their last days there with her aunt Nicolette 's family in Neuilly where they had just moved . |
| 26 | If the management of Stringfellows Nightclub in London 's West End were to take their snobbish door-policy to its ultimate conclusion and investigate the social backgrounds of their glittering clientele , at least one regular would be out on his ear . |
| 27 | David found Linda was caring and understanding ; soon he began to feel uneasy because he knew he could not have heterosexual Linda as a partner if he were to undergo his sexual transformation . |
| 28 | My subsequent business activities were to involve my old colleague Barry Kirby in , commencing January 1981 and ending in the mid-eighties when the premises came in for redevelopment . |
| 29 | On 24 May they were given yet another destination — Hazenbrouck , in the S-W corner of the semi-circle round Dunkirk where the 1st Bucks were to make their last stand . |
| 30 | However , it was to the small farmer and small businessman , the very people who had failed to colonise the east , individuals who felt themselves beset by Poles , Jews and communists in ways they could not articulate , that the Nazis were to make their main appeal . |