Example sentences of "[that] [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Following his nature , and before his sixteenth birthday , Edward Thomas had somehow combined a love of nature and of literature , twin aspects of realized contemplation that were to characterize his life as a writer of prose and verse . |
| 2 | Before he succeeded Balfour then , Law was not associated with any of the features that were to characterize his party leadership ; his contribution was to use the leadership in the service of all of these causes , to make himself the spokesman for the most spirited sections of the party . |
| 3 | Fascinated by photography , he embarked on the three journeys to the Middle East that were to make his reputation . |
| 4 | Until 1892 Townsend 's practice was made up of minor domestic and ecclesiastical work , but in that year he won the competition for the design of the Bishopsgate Institute , the first of the three outstanding public buildings that were to make his reputation . |
| 5 | Bucephalus became Alexander 's constant companion for the next eighteen years , and Alexander rode Bucephalus in all the wars and campaigns that were to make his empire larger than any other that had ever preceded it . |
| 6 | His research work at the university 's petroleum warfare department led indirectly to him joining Esso , and within weeks he was faced with one of the many challenges that were to punctuate his rise to the top of the industry . |
| 7 | I slept badly and had a dream that was to confirm my fears about the ghost . |
| 8 | His security had been in a family that was to lose its roots , and in a sister who was to lose her life . |
| 9 | It 's thirty years since Frankie Valli had his first hit with the Four Seasons , with a song that was to become his trademark . |
| 10 | When the moment of the ultimatum came and went , Neville Chamberlain sat before a microphone at 10 Downing Street and read the speech that was to become his monument . |
| 11 | As miner in the Fife coalfields , he blew most of £7 a week on trips to Edinburgh to buy clothes , firstly the drape suits and the boot-lace ties of the old Teddy Boy style , then on signing for Raith Rovers , the more tutored continental clothing that was to become his hallmark in the '60s . |
| 12 | Methodism had clearly not yet achieved the success that was to come its way during the nineteenth century . |
| 13 | A choice that was to change her life in more ways than one . |
| 14 | At the age of 18 , Antony heard the passage of scripture that was to change his life : " If thou wilt be perfect , go and sell that thou hast , and give it to the poor " ( Matt. 19 : 21 ) . |
| 15 | He was slight and short-sighted , with a gentle smile that belied an amazing toughness and an ability to withstand cold that was to beggar our belief . |
| 16 | Four years later he directed the Italian première of Eugene Onegin , and was an early champion of the Pathétique Symphony in 1933 , and Romeo and Juliet was another item that was to enter his repertoire . |