Example sentences of "this was [adv] to " in BNC.
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1 | In addition to our reconnaissance , this was also to be very much a working patrol . |
2 | This was primarily to be financed by increasing the deficit by DM5,900 million ( which was therefore expected to rise to nearly DM33,000 million ) but also by expenditure cuts , most notably of DM545 million on defence . |
3 | Evidence of this was already to be seen in the Integrated Mediterranean Programmes . |
4 | This was later to be criticised as imposing an unnecessary conservatism on design ( pp. 104–10 , below ) , but at that time ( with shortages of skilled draughtsmen and engineers , and the overriding priority of speeding up the installation of safe and reliable sets ) it was widely supported by the manufacturers and the CEB as well as in Whitehall . |
5 | In May 1940 with the threat of invasion a call went out for volunteers for a new force to be known as the Local Defence Volunteers or for short L.D.V. This was later to be called the Home Guard and " Dad 's Army " . |
6 | This was more to the Swedes ' liking , taking 5 of the first 8 places , including the top 3 . |
7 | ‘ Mr Ward said that this was only to be given to his wife in the event of his death , ’ the solicitor said . |
8 | Moreover , a similar or larger proportion claim either to enjoy the frequent change of tasks and environment , the flexibility of " temping " and of being able to take spells off between assignments , or to have commitments which make continuous working impossible ; even if , as one recent survey ( Manpower , 1986 ) showed , this was Sometimes to be set off against a feeling of employment insecurity . |
9 | This was essentially to be a rotating mast mounted upon a tank , which could be driven to the centre of a large field , and with the mast lowered the aeroplane could be attached with a cable . |
10 | This was often to be a disturbing element in many of the subsequent trials when children 's uncorroborated evidence sent many to prison and to the gallows . |
11 | Only , this was indeed to be an honour — for the Sergeant himself personally wielded the electro-iron when Lexandro , Yeremi , and Biff bent over to flex the great gluteal muscles of their rumps . |
12 | She hung up on me , This was all to the good . |
13 | João had been out with Fernando for most of the previous night and looked pale and tired , but Maria Iñes said this was all to the good , because it made him look older and readier to take on the responsibility of a wife . |
14 | This meant all trains had to stop and , as Lydham Heath was our station , this was all to the good . |