Example sentences of "was [to-vb] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With the declaration of the Schuman Plan in May 1950 , European union was to acquire a new momentum and dimension , one that would proceed on a narrower front with the involvement of only a few countries , and in policy terms with a much more specific focus than that held by those who dreamed of European political federation . |
| 2 | In his youth , his first ambition was to take holy orders ; his second was to acquire a thorough knowledge of medicine . |
| 3 | The position might be more delicate if , say , a central purpose of the exchange 's action was to affect a particular non-member , or the way in which it was carrying on its business . |
| 4 | He was angry that the next day 's Guardian was to carry a damning review of Etruscan Pots Reconsidered , and more angry that this was common knowledge . |
| 5 | The operation had been planned the previous day after close liaison with the local RUC Headquarters , and was to include a detailed search of the area using dogs and helicopters . |
| 6 | Johnson was used to red cards , but this particular coupon was to signal a different kind of brush with authority , a sign that the player had been selected for a random dope test . |
| 7 | The inquiry into the Grand National fiasco has put much of the blame on poor Ken Evans , the low-paid flagman whose job was to signal a false start . |
| 8 | One of their tasks , it emerged , was to support a breakaway movement in the mineral-rich province of Katanga producing the main Belgian investment . |
| 9 | This story is continued in Chapter 13 , where 1991 was to see a close UN interest being taken in Iraq 's latter activities in this field . |
| 10 | The election of the Thatcher government in 1979 was to see a new approach to the management of the civil service . |
| 11 | The second half was to see a different story , after City 's comfortable half time lead . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , because this tradition tended to ignore the problem of consumption , the main impact of this craft revival was to promote a conspicuous handmade image , explicitly separate from the products of mass consumption , and immediately recognized as a quality or luxury product which signified , and thereby helped reproduce , the new moneyed elites . |
| 13 | Their crusade was to preserve a particular style of life , or culture , from increasing erosion in American society . |
| 14 | His rationalist mentality is commonly seen as a secularizing force , despite the fact that one of his aims was to combat a pervasive skepticism . |
| 15 | This was to enable a whole cricket team to stay here with their valets . |
| 16 | One of the last acts of the short-lived vacillating Monis government was to draft a new bill recognising both the Marne and the Aube , but as two distinct districts . |
| 17 | Under an interim constitution promulgated at the start of the month , the National Assembly had no fixed term ; its primary task was to draft a new Constitution with a view to the holding of a general election before the end of 1991 . |
| 18 | The aim was to enjoy a favourite part of the world — often with a better climate — and also , eventually , to make a capital profit . |
| 19 | To be a free-dinner kid was to enjoy a full stomach every single day of the week , puddings and all . |
| 20 | And before very long , by quite different means , Paris too was to enjoy a public opera . |
| 21 | Another design that was to remain a firm favourite was the waterproof snow boot — fur-lined , with suede on the outside and fastened at the front or side with a zip . |
| 22 | A male friend had tried to dissuade Hale from seeking a much needed job and had given her a thousand dollars to buy ‘ the most beautiful dress in New York ’ , telling her that what she needed was to find a rich husband . |
| 23 | One safeguard to counter the excesses of individualism was to find a spiritual ‘ abba ’ or director for guidance and support . |
| 24 | I have been a keen metal detectorist for some years now and shortly after I started detecting I became aware of how difficult it was to find a good pair of gloves which would keep the hands warm and dry , but still allow a reasonable amount of dexterity for detector operation . |
| 25 | Now all that remained was to find a suitable woman to replace Mildred . |
| 26 | On a more general level it is possible to say that since painting is in any case an art of illusion , in so far as it conveys sensations of volume and depth on a two-dimensional surface , it was easier for the Cubists to break with traditional conventions , to push the ‘ illusion ’ one step further , and to invent a new pictorial language , than it was to find a new way of dealing with the solid , tangible forms themselves . |
| 27 | When I awoke , it was to find a neat pile of signed bar bills on a desk next to the window , amid a rather satisfying scene of destruction . |
| 28 | Our practice for rest days was to find a safe harbour for the ship where she could be left alongside with two standby crew on board while the rest of the lads went home . |
| 29 | The original intention was to provide a critical accompaniment to government promises of action on the inner cities made at the beginning of this Parliament . |
| 30 | The aim of the Norman exchequer rolls was to provide a complete record of the debts and revenues due from each administrative unit of the duchy . |