Example sentences of "was not to have " in BNC.
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| 1 | MI6 's mistake was not to have a convincing cover story ready as soon as Crabb failed to return . |
| 2 | But Lord Cottenham 's bill , to which this leading article referred , was not to have the easy passage through the legislative machine the writer looked forward to . |
| 3 | Her only comfort was not to have Miss Beard in her room , to be able to suffer in solitude . |
| 4 | It was not to have a long future , although Mary summoned it late in 1553 to announce her proposed marriage to Philip of Castile . |
| 5 | He returned to Basle in April to find the hopes he had left there come to nothing : he was not to have a philosophy chair ( nor Rohde his own chair ) , and so he was obliged to remain , at least nominally , a philologist . |
| 6 | But then he would have had to have been more obtuse than he was not to have known already . |
| 7 | Naturally , once the first paragraph of his letter met my eyes , I sat down with reassurance to say how sorry I was not to have written earlier and to have delayed giving him an account of the Italian visit . |
| 8 | When the Home Secretary announced the additional numbers for police forces throughout England and Wales , I was shocked to find that Gwent merited only one extra officer and was astounded to find that the South Wales police force was not to have a single extra officer , especially as the chief constable has undertaken a major review to ensure the best use of available manpower , a process which must continue . |
| 9 | According to press reports the Front had determined that the " leader " was not to have a power of veto on legislation voted by the Assembly , but would be commander-in-chief of the " unified armed forces " and would direct any negotiations with the Iraqi government in Baghdad . |