Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [pron] the " in BNC.
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1 | His narrow victory at Mosport over Regazzoni put the two men equal on points with one race to go at Watkins glen , with Scheckter still in with an outside chance , and when Rega retired , Emerson settled in behind Reutemann , Pace and Hunt for the fourth place which was to give him the championship . |
2 | If she wanted Lori gone then the quickest way was to give her the coffee she 'd asked for . |
3 | Not to know her , not to love her ( at the very least , not to want to love her ) was to deny oneself the totality of experience . |
4 | Perhaps the most useful thing she did was to teach me the language , so that in a few days I could speak it quite well . |
5 | The idea was to teach us the beauty of the English language . |
6 | The first day belonged very much to Gooch , who made a fine 153 that was to earn him the Man of the Match award . |
7 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
8 | In preparing our views for the Government we felt one of the most pressing needs was to explain what the National Sustainability Plan is and why it is important , to a wider audience of opinion- formers and decision-takers in Wales . |
9 | The impact of this work was to bring him the support of the social democrats and thus to extend the appeal of his Bonapartist message . |
10 | The main thrust of the campaign , designed by the United Kingdom-based advertising agency Saatchi & Saatchi , was to reveal what the government believed the scenario would be if the white electorate voted " no " . |
11 | The progress of this story was to show me the essential solitariness of other people , people whom I had not thought of as being solitary before . |
12 | This problem was to make it the most accident-prone routine in Tiller history . |
13 | ‘ Very well , ’ she said after a moment 's thought , deciding that the only solution was to tell him the truth after all . |