Example sentences of "[was/were] [to-vb] in [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Huy would need Merymose 's help if he were to proceed in that direction . |
| 2 | Officially the aims of the FMI were to promote in each department an organization in which managers at all levels would have : |
| 3 | When Croat historians have subsequently spoken of the " Bleiburg Tragedy " this is what they really mean : and the massacres which were to continue in many parts of northern Yugoslavia during the weeks and months which followed were among the consequences of that victory and that " tragedy " . |
| 4 | Apart from these five officials , the other members of the political executive committee were to work in that body alongside their regular jobs . |
| 5 | If you were to work in this sector , you would be using your knowledge of company law to contribute to the success of your employer 's business . |
| 6 | We need to know for certain that if a person were to suffer in this way , the care will be there for them . |
| 7 | So also the french Radicals in the Fourth Republic were to splinter in all directions , participating in governments of both left and right . |
| 8 | These 30 gunboats were to sail in three divisions , at the head and on the flanks of the flotilla , which in addition would have enjoyed the escort of the eight gun-sloops of the [ French ] royal navy stationed between Havre and St Malo and a few privateers from there and Cherbourg . |
| 9 | What if she were to look in earlier editions ? |
| 10 | If Fernando Serra and Maria Luisa were to walk in this restaurant now — ’ |
| 11 | THE Soviet team Stroitel Kiev , who were to play in this year 's World International Club Championships at Crystal Palace next week , will not now do so after the organisers refused their demand for £1,900-a-game appearance money . |
| 12 | She was sending Auntie Lou the money for their rail tickets and they were to leave in two weeks ’ time . |
| 13 | The flying time from Thorney Island to Cherbourg was 35 minutes , and the aircraft were to fly in loose formation . |
| 14 | Such a policy of employing royal sons or brothers continued under the Lancastrians , as all four of Henry IV 's sons fought in France , and three were to die in that country . |
| 15 | For all she knew , the pilot in the Spitfire pursuing his enemy low across the fields was Johnny , and if anyone were to die in that encounter , it must not be him . |
| 16 | They extended their warnings to children of divorce , claiming that such children would also experience great disruption in their lives if they were to live in two houses , that is , in the case of joint custody between the two former spouses . |
| 17 | If we were to fail in one area it would begin to be assumed elsewhere that perhaps the anti-British propaganda of our enemies had some basis to it , and that the Government were no longer willing or able to help their friends . |
| 18 | It estimates that if total development assistance were to double in this decade , as it did between 1977 and 1987 , the 4% target for donor countries remains adequate for population assistance . |
| 19 | Apart from this reference , and despite all the subsequent exchanges between AFHQ and subordinate commands on both Cossacks and Yugoslavs which were to follow in succeeding days , AFHQ was not to refer to Robertson 's order again . |
| 20 | That was the first wonderful release , others were to follow in rapid succession . |
| 21 | As events were to prove in subsequent years though , it was anything but exhausted . |
| 22 | The choices facing the administration were to acquiesce in Soviet domination of Korea , to provide aid for south Korea without assuming excessive commitments , or to provide a full guarantee of defence and support for south Korea . |
| 23 | The River Lea forming the eastern boundary of the metropolis provided good communication , ample supplies of water , and motive power for the mills , distilleries and calico industries that had settled in West Ham previously , and was to continue in that role . |
| 24 | This system was to continue in some form right up until the present day , through wars and periods of anarchy , even surviving long periods where powerful Emperors manipulated the elective body in the interests of their own family . |
| 25 | As I understand it , the development was to proceed in two phases . |
| 26 | Wanted on corruption charges , he was to remain in Brazilian custody until extradition proceedings were completed . |
| 27 | Thirdly , the Agenais , claimed by the king of England , was to remain in French hands until the question of his legal right was determined . |
| 28 | The issue is the people 's right to choose their representatives and to hold them accountable ; and , in this English context , Parliament has already become the focus of the struggle for democracy , as it was to remain in subsequent centuries . |
| 29 | An Act of 1849 repealed the Navigation Laws , enabling foreign ships to import into British possessions in Asia , Africa and America and to carry the goods of any nation into Britain itself , though the masters and three-quarters of the crew of British vessels were to remain British and the coasting trade was to remain in British hands , at least for the time being . |
| 30 | The position on partial demolition , however , remained uncertain after the House of Lords case , and by degrees various church bodies began to put forward proposals for partial demolition , in some cases leaving no more than a facade or church hall , arguing that , as part of the site was to remain in ecclesiastical use , no permission to demolish was required . |