Example sentences of "was [to-vb] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Almost Newman 's first act at the BBC was to decimate the existing Script Department under Donald Wilson . |
| 2 | Moxon 's first revised plan was to continue the first innings on 317 for seven but he then decided to declare in an attempt to bowl out Somerset twice . |
| 3 | But his only answer was to continue the rhythmic stroking of her hair . |
| 4 | A further development was to embrace the stratigraphic sequence in the conclusions about denudation chronology , an effective comparison was made of Britain and Appalachia and the two were embraced within a general model which acknowledged the Tertiary stratigraphy of both areas ( Brown , 1961 ) . |
| 5 | The job of the competitive party system was to uphold the competitive market society , by keeping the government responsive to the shifting majority interests of those who were running the market society . |
| 6 | Britain 's only response was to cancel the Royal Ballet 's visit to Moscow . |
| 7 | Nothing , he was informed ‘ by his superiors , was to affect the main blow to be delivered in the area of Krevo ; but apart from that Brusilov was virtually empowered to do whatever he thought fit . |
| 8 | Once changes have been made it is just as important to observe the modified unit in action as it was to conduct the initial trials . |
| 9 | Paralleling the Commission was the Council of Ministers , the organ of the national governments , which was to carry the main burden of coordinating policies . |
| 10 | Sjahrir later acquired the reputation of a resistance leader , but although he refused to collaborate with the Japanese all he really did was to monitor the declining fortunes of Japan on his illegal radio . |
| 11 | The function of the state was to plan the social environment so that individuals could more fully realize themselves . |
| 12 | The fortunes of the Trelawney family , which was to include the famed bishop , and the Bullers , to include Sir Redvers Buller of Boer War fame , stemmed largely from the downfall of the Winslade family , long holders of the manor of Tregarrick . |
| 13 | Further changes were requested , one of which was to include the Scottish Crown in the four corners of the carpet , reflecting the one used on the ceiling of the Throne Room . |
| 14 | This necessarily brief account has concentrated on the debate over the retirement condition between 1908 and 1948 , and the curious ‘ complicity ’ of the labour movement in demanding a measure that was to confirm the economic uselessness of old people . |
| 15 | The final stage was to confirm the edited version with the unit writers and to gain the approval of the Steering Group for the final versions . |
| 16 | The conference , called by the transitional government set up following the overthrow of former President Moussa Traore in March [ see pp. 38083-84 ] , was to debate the new draft constitution . |
| 17 | Although the decent instinct of many was to support the weaker side in a wholly legitimate quest for independence , their public utterances , alas , were to support the side which in their view was the more important to British interests . |
| 18 | But despite polite utterances to me at private meetings , his public stance was to support the Foreign Office view that the Biafrans should be put down . |
| 19 | It followed that the conditions introduced by the Act of 1988 , whose sole object and effect was to support the Common Fisheries Policy , were not discriminatory . |
| 20 | Its response to these events was to see the sinister interests represented by the challenge to the international order as being peculiar to the revisionist states , Italy , Japan , and Germany . |
| 21 | The effects of evacuation were perceived in terms of social pathology , so that although evacuation was pronounced less harmful than had been feared the effect of the analysis was to see the normal development of children as problematic , and to emphasise the compensatory role of agencies outside the family — school and its directing bodies in particular . |
| 22 | But the main purpose of our trip to Arran was to see the golden eagle . |
| 23 | Last time it was to see the new designs at the boutique . |
| 24 | ‘ First , may I say how glad I was to see the honourable gentleman in the Government lobby last night , ’ Lang said . |
| 25 | This sector was to see the bloodiest encounters — and some of the most grisly reporting — of the entire war . |
| 26 | What he expected was to see the Labour Government driven into an election either by its own dissensions or by the action of the Liberals , and its consequent replacement by a Conservative administration , obviously with himself at the head . |
| 27 | He was not persuaded by the argument that the only way the inquiry could be properly conducted was to see the whole picture before making any final decision on an individual case . |
| 28 | When I looked up at last , it was to see the near cliffs bright with the afternoon sun , and the sea creaming calmly against the storm beach in the gentlest of high tides . |
| 29 | All this when her only motivation was to go the extra mile under all circumstances . |
| 30 | Jo Siffert was to go the next year in a non-championship race at Brands Hatch . |