Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [noun sg] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is all the more surprising , therefore , that the DC-10 was to fall victim to the same hazard when the Turkish Airlines DC-10 crashed with so many fatalities near paris . |
| 2 | The company 's response was to issue notice to the original 40 that if they did n't return to work they 'd all be sacked . |
| 3 | The crucial issue still to be determined was whether the primary purpose of the marriage was to obtain admission to the UK . |
| 4 | The first step therefore was to grant representation to the colonies — though the word was avoided — in the Cortes . |
| 5 | In what was widely interpreted as a bid for electoral advantage — securing Florida 's 25 electoral college votes was seen as essential if Bush was to win re-election to the White House — the President also announced that the government would provide 100 per cent federal reimbursement to local authorities for recovery operations , rather than the 75 per cent customary in such cases . |
| 6 | The ‘ solution ’ was to delegate power to a broadcasting authority to run the service along the lines decreed by Parliament . |
| 7 | The legislative intention was to give rise to a charge whenever there was a change in the proportion of the settled property in which any participator was deemed to be entitled , whether the change had arisen on death , or on termination of the interest , or on a disposition or deemed disposition . |
| 8 | The intention behind the reforms was made clear in the famous words : ‘ [ the conception of the juvenile ] as primarily a little wage-earner , was to give way to the conception of him ‘ as primarily the workman and citizen in training ’ . |
| 9 | Later Miss Francis of Maidstone was to give evidence to the jury . |
| 10 | Its main purpose was to give legitimacy to the nine-year-old Crown Prince and thereby to prevent other claims to the Bhutanese throne . |
| 11 | He had no interest in the architecture of what was then merely a rather dull manor house , but kept on improving the estate , which was to give pleasure to the Welch family until the Second World War . |
| 12 | The object of the first chapter was to draw attention to the basic oddity of the stratigraphical record in that particular facies were remarkably widespread during particular periods of geological time . |
| 13 | I was to run second to a young newcomer on the team , David Kirton . |
| 14 | Equipped with new and speedy Nieuports , the Lafayette Squadron 's initial role was to fly escort to a French bomber group based on Luxeuil in the Vosges . |
| 15 | However , during the summer Lord King warned that Boeing had ‘ better get going ’ if it was to beat Airbus to the order . |
| 16 | The original purpose of this measure was to bring order to the gas industry but these controls subsequently had an adverse effect on exploration activities and in the 1970s , demand began to exceed supply . |
| 17 | On the night of their escape , Moses had commanded the Jews to sacrifice a lamb and smear the blood on the doorposts of their homes as a sign that they were to be ‘ passed over ’ by the Angel of Death , who was to bring death to the first born of every Egyptian family . |
| 18 | A by-product of cheesemaking on farms led to another product which was to bring fame to the name of Ayrshire . |