Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not until the Basque iron deposits were exploited by foreign capital , instead of by the archaic techniques of the Basque miners , that Spain was to acquire a substitute for wool . |
| 2 | He often said that he never really wanted to be a dancer , and his only purpose was to acquire the knowledge of dancing necessary to become a choreographer . |
| 3 | I was observing how difficult it was to arrange a day on the crags with a mountaineering celebrity when the weather is warm and very wet . |
| 4 | Restoration of political harmony was essential , however , if Edward was to continue the war in France , and in re-establishing good relations between the king and the nobility the Earl of Derby seems to have played an important role . |
| 5 | The technical group was to continue the study of legal aspects of the disputed region and to report back . |
| 6 | While some cooperation and coordination in a specific sector might be possible , as long as the hope was to embrace the whole of Western Europe in its ambit , any scheme could only be minimalist . |
| 7 | So my first act on Indian soil was to telex a friend at Weatherbys , the British racing bureaucrats , to get them to explain the facts of life to the Bombay Turf Club . |
| 8 | On 22 December 1986 the Council of Ministers adopted four Regulations , the effect of which was to implement the application of the competition rules of the Treaty of Rome to the maritime transport sector . |
| 9 | The lack of progress was attributed partly to a delay of two weeks in setting up the joint working commissions whose task was to implement the Accord under UN auspices . |
| 10 | The whole idea of the Mulberry Harbour was to enclose a basin of calm water with service quays and equipment connected by pontoons to a suitable beachhead . |
| 11 | What de Pomiane did by explaining the cause , was to banish the fear of failure . |
| 12 | I was given a list of 12 absolutes that if the promoter could not provide , I was to cancel the gig on the spot . |
| 13 | The only way we could get up to the nest was to borrow a ladder from a neighbouring farmer and climb up . |
| 14 | In 1769 Thomas Pickering , a tin-plate manufacturer in Southwark , patented a method of raising patterns in sheet iron which was to affect the production of coffin furniture . |
| 15 | 350 years on , in 1992 , Nottinghamshire plays host to a variety of events and exhibitions in recognition of this vital role played in a conflict that was to affect the destiny of a nation . |
| 16 | He was to plan the operation with the Director of Military Operations at MEHQ and was allotted an area near the Suez Canal at Kabrit as a base . |
| 17 | Section 8.2. i has already indicated that the intention of Bretton Woods was to erect a system of fixed but adjustable exchange rates within which countries experiencing a ‘ fundamental disequilibrium ’ in their balance of payments could devalue . |
| 18 | The first big task the South Ronaldsay Parents ' Action Committee set themselves was to circulate a petition round all the Orkney Islands . |
| 19 | But it was the longbow , with its range of up to 200 metres , its power of penetration which was to compel the development of more effective plate armour in the first half of the fourteenth century , its rate of fire which was easily twice that of the crossbow , and which , held vertically , ( earlier bows and crossbows were held horizontally ) could be aimed more accurately along the line of the bow , which was to give the archer , above all those serving in English armies , so important a role to play in every form of war at this time . |
| 20 | The result was disappointing , since the effect was to prompt the appearance of a Williamite crowd , who managed to drive away the Jacobites . |
| 21 | He was to attend a conference of staff officers and , on arrival , he asked her if she would collect him again at five p.m . |
| 22 | Her first task was to attend a workshop on Communication and Development , which was organised for Portuguese- and Spanish-speaking countries in Africa in Luanda , Angola , last July . |
| 23 | Towards the end of June , however , it was reported that neither the Irish government nor the Northern Ireland Social and Democratic Labour Party ( SDLP ) could agree to the wording of a statement which Brooke had planned to make and which was to include a consideration of the role to be played by the Irish government in devolution talks . |
| 24 | One of the changes she made was to include a check in the action , abandoning what had become a ‘ bouncing ’ action , not through any fault in her father 's design but because the technique of those whose ‘ strength ’ knew ‘ no moderation ’ had superseded those whose playing was ‘ soft and melting ’ Between 1796 , when von Schönfeld used those words , and 1809 when Reichardt wrote his letter , the potential of the new instrument became generally accepted in Vienna . |
| 25 | His method was to include the remembrance of moods and apprehensions as well as images and incidents . |
| 26 | The government 's policy goal was defined as being " to control government spending so that the tax burden does not subvert income-and job-creation , and to avoid using loans to finance consumption spending " ; a five-year programme of tax reform was under way and was to include the introduction of value added tax ( VAT ) in October 1990 . |
| 27 | The major result of the large-scale catalogue use studies was to confirm the dominance of known-item searching and the role of the catalogue as a finding tool . |
| 28 | In 1929 , two years after Nizan entry to the party , the Wall Street Crash was to signal the seriousness of the impending economic disaster . |
| 29 | If the object of the Directive was to support the continuation of traditional agriculture ( i.e. non-intensification of production ) in the LFAs , the objective of conserving the countryside could be achieved . |
| 30 | The immediate cause of his first campaign was to support the town of Lodi , which had been subject to control by Milan . |