Example sentences of "was not to make " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far , no one has explained satisfactorily why the US needed plutonium from Britain if it was not to make weapons . |
| 2 | He was not to make another attempt , later tragically falling to his death from nearby Cousin 's Buttress . |
| 3 | ‘ In the first place we can never forget the main objective in establishing News on Sunday was not to make money , ’ the Liverpool comrades continued , adding the muddled rider : ‘ It would be lovely to ignore money , but we ca n't . ’ |
| 4 | When the Duke of Montrose arranged for his own appointment as bailie of the regality of Glasgow in the winter of 1714/15 , in order to prevent the office from being obtained by his rival the Duke of Argyll , the object was not to make money out of the profits of the court but to increase the duke 's influence in the city of Glasgow . |
| 5 | If a number of people for purely social or philanthropic reasons agreed upon a joint plan of action , the purpose of which was not to make a profit , this would not be a partnership . |