Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [pron] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their successful defence , apart from moving their headquarters to a New Jersey hotel protected by a gang and three cannons , was to issue themselves a mountain of new shares ( which was illegal , but they bribed the judges ) . |
| 2 | The object was to give them a sense of purpose and once they were harnessed to that proposition , they policed themselves , so to speak . |
| 3 | ‘ The decision was to give them a lot of freedom , letting them take the pictures they liked so long as their interpretations were true to the general concept . |
| 4 | He was to give him a part which would take him into the West End a few months after leaving school , write a special role for him in what would be his first film , introduce him to his future wife and , through one of his sons , Brook , provide him with a lifelong younger ‘ brother ’ . |
| 5 | Laying herself down beside Cad again in the hot room under the single sheet , she instructed her sister carefully , how she was to find Tommaso Talvi in town the next day , to come across him as if by accident , and then , if no one was listening , she was to give him a message . |
| 6 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
| 7 | If she wanted Lori gone then the quickest way was to give her the coffee she 'd asked for . |
| 8 | Konrad Adenauer had already suggested that West Germany should be allowed the means to defend itself , and that the surest way of winning the population over to a massive commitment to democracy was to give it a stake in the responsibility of defending Western Europe . |
| 9 | I felt quite nervous undertaking this role in case I became ‘ out of my depth ’ and could n't provide the new mother with the support that she needed , either emotionally or physically , but on balance decided that the only way to find out was to give it a whirl ! |
| 10 | Which which company if I was to give you a choice , and the luxury that most recruiters do n't have . |
| 11 | Erm if I was to give you an option a choice of which market area you think you would be most happy with , where do you think ? |
| 12 | ‘ And it would be nice , ’ she added slowly , ‘ if someone was to give us a bit reading . ’ |
| 13 | Not to know her , not to love her ( at the very least , not to want to love her ) was to deny oneself the totality of experience . |
| 14 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
| 15 | The idea was to teach us the beauty of the English language . |
| 16 | The prescription was to offer them no reason for distinguishing between employers who , as custodians for the State , managed those centre-pieces of Socialist attainment , the nationalised industries ; and those who managed privately owned industries . |
| 17 | The first day belonged very much to Gooch , who made a fine 153 that was to earn him the Man of the Match award . |
| 18 | The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message . |
| 19 | The main thrust of the campaign , designed by the United Kingdom-based advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi , was to reveal what the government believed the scenario would be if the white electorate voted " no " . |
| 20 | His goal was to make himself a fortune . |
| 21 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |
| 22 | If I was to enter it a number , one O two . |