Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The task of the Conservatives was to kill off the Liberals as a credible third alternative and then project the Conservative Party as offering a dynamic alternative to socialism . |
| 2 | The woman had no rights in the matter , for by Jesus 's time all the man had to do was to write out the words ‘ I divorce you ’ and the divorce was effected . |
| 3 | One of my first jobs in the morning , when I was not at school , was to sweep out the customers ' part of the shop . |
| 4 | The main thrust of the document , however , was to point out the lessons drawn by the leadership from the failure of the 1956–62 campaign : |
| 5 | If he was acquainted with Smith 's work he would naturally have assumed that the French Academy knew it too , and that the point of the competition was to fill in the details of Smith 's proof . |
| 6 | Another favourite pastime was to chat up the girls from Directory Enquiries while they were getting phone numbers . |
| 7 | We might note the irony at this point : the purpose of experimentation was to clear up the confusions , contradictions , and conflicting advice of common sense . |
| 8 | The women who joined such communities were sometimes married and their aim was to live out the ideals of an apostolic life within the restrictions of their local community . |
| 9 | All you had to do was to hold up the negotiations until I got desperate and then bully me into authorizing the Japanese deal on the pretext of raising money to pay for my release ! |
| 10 | He was made justiciar and chamberlain of both north and south Wales and was to take over the offices of constable and steward of royal lands in Wales as they fell vacant . |
| 11 | He was made justiciar and chamberlain of both north and south Wales and was to take over the offices of constable and steward of royal lands in Wales as they fell vacant . |
| 12 | The work for the weekend was to bring in the edges and build up the centre , thus making side ditches and a reasonable camber . |
| 13 | The reason why he introduced these ideas at this point in his discourse was to bring out the similarities and differences between Soviet problems and those pertaining to capitalism , since he went on to say : |