Example sentences of "it [was/were] [to-vb] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am confident you would : if it were to save my life I know you would , some of you , hazard your own . |
| 2 | Director and general manager said the company had to establish itself independently on its own manufacturing base if it were to realise its potential . |
| 3 | Statements by Saudi Defence Minister Prince Sultan ibn Abdel Aziz on Oct. 20 , and by King Fahd on Oct. 23 , caused some concern to the US government in particular because of the apparent suggestion that Iraq might be allowed to negotiate an advantageous realignment of its border with Kuwait if it were to abandon its occupation . |
| 4 | The International Energy Agency ( IEA ) , set up in 1974 by the Council of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development ( OECD ) to co-ordinate energy policies among its participating countries , announced on March 6 that it was to withdraw its plan to release oil from its stockpiles , a measure introduced in January to boost the volume of oil available in the world market during the Gulf war [ see p. 37943 ] , since the ceasefire agreement ending Gulf hostilities would assist in the prospective restoration of normal suppliers from most oil producing nations . |
| 5 | Now it was to rule her life . |
| 6 | They had this in common : each knew what it was to kill their father : knew the reality of it in their bones . |
| 7 | Sylvia realised it was to fill their bladders for the games to come . |
| 8 | In September 1692 he produced a Whiggish Jacobite tract in which he rehearsed all the traditional charges against William ( adding to the list the recent massacre at Glencoe ) , and argued that " If it was to preserve our Liberties from the insults of King James , we placed the Prince upon the Throne , we have certainly either mistaken the Disease or the Cure " . |
| 9 | I decided to work with the market women 's organization , ASUTRAMES , because my mother had a market stall and I would help her , and because the community had taught me how important it was to claim our rights . |
| 10 | The substance of this report was that , almost 300 years after it had condemned Galileo for saying that the Earth revolved around the Sun , the Roman Catholic Church announced that it was to re-examine his case ‘ with full objectivity ’ . |
| 11 | The Department of Defence announced on Jan. 11 , 1990 , that it was to streamline its weapons procurement system in a move to save $39,000 million over a five-year period ; the changes , it said , would involve some 42,000 job losses among the 600,000 staff currently engaged in some 15,000,000 transactions a year . |
| 12 | The United Democratic Front ( UDF ) , the umbrella organization for some 600 anti-apartheid organizations since August 1983 , announced on March 4 that it was to cease its activities immediately and would formally disband in August . |
| 13 | He had also shown a gift for learning languages , first in India , and when in August 1951 he returned to the BBC , it was to join its monitoring service at Caversham as a report writer . |
| 14 | And what a sight it was to see them day after day , night after night , huddled in corners , crowded around drinks machines , arguing and agreeing , debating and disclaiming . |
| 15 | ‘ One woman , very articulate — from Jersey , I think — said how wonderful it was to see her husband ! ’ |
| 16 | And , indeed , he must have been a tough little lad to have survived it all , though it was to take its toll on him eventually ; by the time he died in far-away London at the age of 29 he had lived through some very harsh times indeed . |
| 17 | Perhaps the best way to go about it was to take his message at face value . |
| 18 | I 'll never know whether it was to sharpen their teeth or whether they liked the taste of lead . |
| 19 | I can not understand why we were issued with a single piece of plastic in the first place , unless it was to save you money , since there was certainly no reduction for us . |
| 20 | It was to salve her conscience , she thought , and make up for her obsessional preoccupation with Nick Frazer . |
| 21 | Whether it was to share his moment of regret at the passing of time , or to express disillusion with Parkin himself — she had made some comment in the car about how he was one of the few television reporters she knew and respected — Dexter did not know . |
| 22 | It was to cut his ties that he had begun , from the earliest days , to sign his work ‘ Vincent ’ , following the practice of his adored Rembrandt , and making the excuse then that foreigners would have difficulty pronouncing his surname . |
| 23 | He described how difficult it was to interest his seniors in this useful discovery . |
| 24 | So that when John-William Dallam came into the room it was to find his womenfolk as he most liked to see them , cheerful comfortable , and under his roof safely and securely together . |
| 25 | When he had arrived back in the cold dawn that early morning after the night with Emily , it was to find his landlady Mrs McIntosh waiting , his valise and books by her , her face severe . |
| 26 | The younger you were in a family , it seemed to her , the harder it was to convince your parents that you were growing up . |
| 27 | Following a meeting of United States , United Kingdom and Hong Kong government officials in Washington on June 6 , the US government stated that it was to drop its opposition to negotiations between the UK and Vietnamese governments for the " involuntary repatriation " of Vietnamese boat people not considered to be genuine refugees , and to the possible establishment of an internationally managed centre in Vietnam to hold them on their return . |
| 28 | The British Hotels , Restaurants and Caterers Association announced it was to change its name to British Hospitality Association ( BHA ) . |
| 29 | India announced that it was to increase its contribution to the third replenishment from $6,500,000 to $8,000,000 . |