Example sentences of "[conj] it [was/were] to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | that intrigued me because it did n't seem to me that it was to be eligible |
| 2 | Over a five-year period Kiselev transformed the administration of the lands between the Pruth and the Danube to such an extent that it was to be hard , thereafter , for the sultan or outsiders to prevent the eventual emergence of an independent Romania . |
| 3 | that I have downstairs , because it 's , if it was to be computerized , it would be a massive great bloody great volume |
| 4 | Clearly , if it was to be successful in redistributing work , those who controlled the market should be excluded completely or relatively . |
| 5 | for Maxse , Bridgeman , and the great majority of Conservatives between 1906 and 1910 , the party , if it was to be popular , needed to embrace tariff reform and the gamut of policies with which it was linked , such as social reform and land reform . |
| 6 | Hilary Wainwright did begin to raise such questions in stating that truly radical television would have to address the needs of its audience if it was to be able to ‘ imagine the real messy , [ business of socialism ] ’ . |
| 7 | The GREY program has automatic intensity adjustment and if it were to be useful would need to be modified to provide a user override , at least during development of the measuring technique . |
| 8 | Must not theology , if it were to be possible at all , be established from the other side , by God himself — by the God who makes himself known to us in Jesus Christ rather than the God whom we choose to recognise in him , a God who comes from beyond ourselves to judge , redeem and save ? |
| 9 | If it were to be successful the mental health movement would have to move away from any strong association with welfare . |
| 10 | In a sense I suppose , er what DeKlerk 's government has demonstrated is that they are trying as it were to be impartial and not allow political considerations to influence their judgement about whether Mrs Mandela should go on trial . |