Example sentences of "[prep] [adv] [pron] [was/were] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Outside the charmed circle of high politics , radicalism on the far left developed utopian socialist blueprints which neglected pragmatic considerations of how they were to be achieved . |
| 2 | It was fortunate that the weather was good and they could sleep in the open , but that did not solve the immediate problem of how they were to be fed . |
| 3 | This must be a taste of how it was to be a Marine in armour , whose servo-suit responded to the motions of his body , magnifying these … |
| 4 | The convoy was moved through BLEIBURG to LAVAMUND from where they were to be taken by march route to MARIBOR — a distance of some 53 miles . |
| 5 | A decision to pipe crude oil from the B.P. Forties Field in the North Sea to a new terminal at Hound Point from where it was to be shipped outwards , raised doubts about safety of navigation in the River Forth . |
| 6 | Thus in the United Brands ( 1978 ) case , the company was not permitted to charge ( in Rotterdam/Bremerhaven ) different prices for bananas depending on where they were to be sold ( lowest price in Eire , highest price in Germany ) . |
| 7 | Surely the very power which she now felt she possessed would enlighten her later about how it was to be exercised . |