Example sentences of "was [adv] [to-vb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Berg was successfully to allege that it was fraudulently misled , it must show that some natural person connected with it had been misled , and Berg could not do this . |
| 2 | It was somewhere to hide and sob into your plastic glass of flat lager while all around , pondlife ran riot . |
| 3 | Next , the facade of the Sprinkleroom , the function of whose spouts and nozzles ( and numbered seats and wardrobe tickets , and signs in six or seven languages ) was merely to reassure and not , alas , to cleanse ; and the garden path beyond . |
| 4 | It is quite clear , and it is now admitted by the appellants , that the effect of the minister 's decision was merely to prove that this sum had belonged to the appellants ever since the vesting date . |
| 5 | My purpose was merely to show that , though it is a perfectionist procedure , it is not ruled out by Rawls ' arguments against perfectionism ; and to suggest that the assumption that he relies upon against perfectionism leads to strongly counter-intuitive results . |
| 6 | AMPES ' work was basically to try and get more women to join the trade unions and political organizations . |
| 7 | It may have brought much comfort ( or much discomfort ! ) , it may have been continuing or a once only meeting but nevertheless was important in that another Christian was alongside to listen and share in such a way that you travelled on encouraged . |
| 8 | The tribunal stressed throughout that its role was only to assess whether the health authority had followed proper procedure . |
| 9 | Although the Canadian parent did send an accountant over to Belfast , this was only to ensure that Short 's accounting methods were harmonised with the group . |
| 10 | A defence of this kind , a claim that the purpose was only to frighten and not to cause harm , requires the full definition to be put to the jury . |
| 11 | Others claim to have never really supported the incorrect view in the first place or , if they did , it was only to show that it was inconsistent . |
| 12 | I was soon to realize that there was much else , and at a far deeper level , to be learnt from this man I respectfully called Mr Rocke . |
| 13 | Killigrew hastened to Bideford , where he was soon to meet and marry Alice , daughter of Sir Greville Hawken . |
| 14 | I was soon to learn that those closest to the Princess considered those sentiments to be a grotesque parody of the truth . |
| 15 | Topaz was soon to learn that the colourful and derogatory remarks which passed between Angela and Oswin meant nothing , but at first she had been startled . |
| 16 | However that may be , I was soon to discover that I was not a natural disburser of ‘ my card ’ , and very few people received one . |
| 17 | But he was soon to find that Tolkien had more to offer him than the chance to learn Old Norse . |
| 18 | This practice was largely to indicate that documents and records had been produced to the auditors and would also indicate an audit trail . |
| 19 | Bernard and Apricot , at his suggestion , sat up all one night together when Ken was away to prove that the apparition of Wendy appeared in Rhoda 's head , and nowhere else . |
| 20 | Its main task was not to detect or prevent crime , but to maintain order on public occasions , perform guard duties and apprehend well-known criminals . |
| 21 | To ask how a piece of machinery worked was not to deny that each part had been designed with a function in mind . |
| 22 | To make the recognition now was not to deny that she and her father had been aware of their flaws and petty vices ; but to consider themselves only commonly fallible was less than half the tale . |
| 23 | Then he read an article somewhere which said that the point of tasting a wine before it was poured was not to see if you liked it , but to make sure that it was n't corked . |
| 24 | The main function of early presbyters was not to preach or celebrate but to give counsel to bishops . |
| 25 | I was dismayed when I woke up to the fact that the plan was not to wait or extend the building but to send twenty people and their children away to start another church . |
| 26 | This was not to say that he did n't spend time with the army , lending vigorous help as the trains of oxen dragged the batteries into position , and the wagonloads of food and fodder , weapons and powder bumped fifty miles south-east from Kyrenia to where Famagusta lay , lodged in its bay , divided by ninety broad sea miles from Syria . |
| 27 | Which was not to say that he intended to be a martyr tonight , if he could help it . |
| 28 | But that was not to say that people had a right to it , that they were entitled to it . |
| 29 | This was not to say that organized and structured prayers for the dead had ceased , for the Roman Rite included plenary intercessions for the living and the dead at every mass ; the annual mass for the departed was on All Souls ' Day , a standard event in the Church 's calendar , set apart for the benefit of souls in purgatory . |
| 30 | She was a powerful woman , trained in the arts of self-defence , but that was not to say that she lacked feminine charm . |