Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] it [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing in the world she had thought of becoming was a parson 's wife , and if she were to consider it for any length of time she would refuse through lack of courage . |
| 2 | What is , to my mind , incredible , is that he could ever have supposed that the money was being either paid by the plaintiffs or received by the defendants with the intention or on the footing that the defendants were to keep it in any event . |
| 3 | The Left in British politics had never had , nor needed to have , any single clear view about the structure of secondary education : the imperative was to provide it for all , and to provide it free . |
| 4 | This , made worse by the war of 1756–63 and catastrophic by that of 1778–83 , was to destroy it in 1787–89 . |
| 5 | She decided there was only one cure , and that was to do it for real . |
| 6 | The recommendation for the West was to divide it into three regions : South-west ( Dumfries and Galloway ) ; Central — based on the Falkirk-Stirling area ; and the West or Clyde Valley ( Strathclyde ) . |
| 7 | Well I thought the idea was to put it on one of the original walls though . |
| 8 | The intention was to reduce it to that rate which would constrain aggregate demand to grow at a rate which could be met by increases in real output . |