Example sentences of "[prep] what [was/were] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Before long , my engineers designed a prototype of what was to be called COMPARM ( Compact Arm ) . |
| 2 | Neville Duke at the helm of P.1067 WB188 — the prototype of what was to be called the Hunter . |
| 3 | Spanish socialism , meanwhile , was in the early stages of what was to be termed ‘ bolshevization ’ : a shift towards revolutionary positions in which moderates like Prieto found themselves struggling to retain influence and party office . |
| 4 | He worked out his positions very much through polemical critique of others , and tended to be clearer about what was to be rejected than about what was to be put constructively in its place . |
| 5 | It never occurred to her to worry about what was to be done with her , though she wryly thought that the hospitality of the military establishment seemed to be a constant throughout human history . |
| 6 | So he did not wish greatly to eat , although he did , and he kept the same singing pitch running through his being as he talked quietly with Tuathal and Eochaid and the others about what was to be done ; which meant what Siward would do . |
| 7 | He worked out his positions very much through polemical critique of others , and tended to be clearer about what was to be rejected than about what was to be put constructively in its place . |