Example sentences of "was [to-vb] [num] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Prime Minister 's last political move was to include ten Africans in his Cabinet . |
| 2 | Each year there is an annual debate between the Treasury and the different government departments on the size of their budgets , but the aim of this meeting was to go one stage further . |
| 3 | He never played in a Test again and was to retire three years later . |
| 4 | On Feb. 12 the Communist Party daily Granma announced that the Ministry of Agriculture was to lose 25,500 posts , and the Ministry of Construction 50,000 , as part of the government 's rationalization of central administration ; 15,000 of those affected in the Ministry of Agriculture would be relocated , and half of those affected in the Ministry of Construction would be sent to work in the fields . |
| 5 | Arrese got together a study-group of hard-line Falangists , whose mission was to draft four documents : a new version of the Party Statutes , which had last been revised seventeen years earlier , in August 1939 ; a law of the Fundamental Principles of the State , which was to encapsulate the basic tenets of Francoism ; a law of the Movement , which was to give legal form to the distinction between " the Party " , FET y de las JONS , as a clearly delimited group of political activists , and " the Movement " , which encompassed all those who actively or passively subscribed to the values which inspired Francoism ; and an Organizational Law of the Government , which was to lay down ground-rules for the legislative and executive powers of the government . |
| 6 | He was to sire ten UK champions , a record only equalled by the Elsden 's other great stud dog , Ch. |
| 7 | Chesara Akilles , who was to sire ten UK champions . |
| 8 | For example , it was found that the most effective way of comparing aircraft was to compare two aircraft at a time ( C.H. Gibbs-Smith , 1942 , Aircraft Recognition , 1(2) ) . |
| 9 | There were four nurses ' rooms each of which was to contain one bedstead , a flock bed , pillow and bolster and two blankets , two pairs of sheets and two pillow-cases ; the porter 's room was similarly furnished . |
| 10 | And to solve Dr Tariq 's problems all he had to do was to find two traitors . |
| 11 | Hastings , like Dover , was to provide 20 ships out of a total of 55 when the king demanded . |
| 12 | Six ‘ pounders ’ were purchased , so that the able-bodied men in the workhouse could be employed in the bruising of bones for use in the glue factory ; each man was to process one hundredweight a day . |
| 13 | The method of fishing employed was to secure one end of the dragnet on the shore and the other on the boat . |
| 14 | Although the Council was to have only six members , it was to receive 17 votes . |
| 15 | The closest he came to exercise was to open one eye every so often , if someone entered the room , or to open both eyes , smile , and wag his tail as he 'd done on one occasion when confronted by a housebreaker ! |
| 16 | The financial solution for all lower-division clubs was to sell one player a year , he said . |
| 17 | In Underwood v. Burgh Castle Brick & cement Syndicate ( 1922 C.A ) the contract was to sell a-30 ton condensing machine which at the time of the contract was standing bolted to a concrete emplacement in which it had become embedded because of its weight . |
| 18 | It was to comprise five ECJ and three EFTA judges . |
| 19 | ‘ What kind of individual would I be , if all I wanted was to replace one woman with another ? |
| 20 | He was also closely associated with the work of George Devine and Tony Richardson at the Royal Court Theatre where he was to design 17 productions , starting with Look Back in Anger in 1956 . |
| 21 | What she must do , he maintained , was to substitute one image for another . |
| 22 | The term was to cover 21 years with a Royalty of one-twelfth of all metals and minerals — in a merchantable condition . |
| 23 | One of my Saturday jobs as a youngster was to fetch seven pounds of Mixed Corn from this shop . |
| 24 | It was decided also that if any person was to win 6 years in succession , he would be presented with the trophy to keep ; so far it appears to be an impossible goal as in the intervening 266 years , no person has won more than once . |
| 25 | He was to play 58 Tests in all , taking 259 wickets at just under 21 , a lower average than any of the top West Indian bowlers except Marshall . |
| 26 | The Genoa trip was to finalise an academic paper for publication with a nice colleague ( who I have met ) and the Sienna bit was to give two lectures . |
| 27 | The results were momentous ; a British force landed by itself , defeated the nationalists and began an occupation which was to last seventy years . |
| 28 | Thus began the French phase of the Vietnam conflict which was to last eight years . |
| 29 | which was to last six months , made the ‘ Reel Around The Fountain ’ accusations seem trivial by comparison . |
| 30 | The following year , while Howard was on a tour of prisons in Europe which was to last 14 months , his son became psychotic . |