Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] was to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The peak associations of business and labour were important in the economic sphere as they controlled resources that were needed by government if public policy was to be effective and capable of implementation and enforcement . |
| 2 | That autumn , in the New Left Review , Juliet Mitchell was writing her ‘ Women , the longest revolution ’ article , whose impact , eventually , on the new British feminism was to be enormous , but while the Marxist journal was on sale in Indica its message did n't penetrate It — or many other places — in those days . |
| 3 | Laura insisted that they be made up as near as possible in the original manner , from the cutting and colouring to the hand-sewn hems ; historical accuracy was to be paramount . |
| 4 | In 1990 , Debbie 's proposal to curate a collection of artwork about childbirth was accepted by A Space , one of Canada 's oldest parallel alternative artist-run centres and arts publications throughout Canada and the U.S.A. A grant from the Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada Council Explorations programme allowed her to choose 40 artists , including some whose work was shipped from the far coasts of Canada and from scattered points in the U.S.A. Faced with a tremendous volume of committed , powerful work from every discipline , her curatorial decision was to be inclusive rather than exclusive ; to show-case the incredible diversity of personalities , experiences and methods that have been employed to address this long repressed subject matter . |
| 5 | The central discipline of this new liberal education was to be English . |
| 6 | Yet , despite his dislike of her , his male instinct was to be protective . |
| 7 | In this fighting , the Australian plan was to be bold while steadily withdrawing eastward , even though once boxed into a small corner of the island they would lose their precious mobility . |
| 8 | He went on to say all that was necessary to solve the small domestic problem was to be sensible . |
| 9 | The National Grid was to be responsible for ensuring that sufficient power was provided by the generating companies to the distribution companies at all times . |
| 10 | How lucky Dmitri was to be able to stride on stage and become someone entirely different . |
| 11 | In addition , Kodak found so much administrative hassle was to be involved in serving the regional market via Kenya that it was more cost-effective to fly in the chemicals direct to each country . |
| 12 | The primary curriculum was to be active rather than passive and one where every appropriate practical experience should be used to underpin theoretical learning . |
| 13 | The question hammered in her brain and her great desire was to be alone . |
| 14 | One of the attributes of a good witch was to be able to brew love potions on demand , and lovage acquired its name because it was once thought to be an aphrodisiac and was therefore an essential ingredient of such recipes . |
| 15 | On the first of these the influence of the ancient world was to be considerable . |
| 16 | Francis Hawkins was to rise to effective second-in-command of the BUF after 1936 and the impact of the ex-British Fascist members was to be significant in the organization and administration of the movement . |
| 17 | Since the unforgivable primal sin was to be boring , the Victorians gave us intricate wrought-iron work , sculpted columns , mullioned windows , stained glass , mosaic floors , tiled maps , delicate portes cochères , exquisite stone tracery , clock-towers , crenellations , campaniles , wood-panelled booking halls , friezes , glass canopies , triumphal arches , balustrades , gables , chimneys , turrets , spires , drinking-fountains , ornate platform seats , coats of arms , baronial fireplaces , even majestic gentlemen 's conveniences in monumental marble or bold ironwork , a constant and unending source of delight in a craftsmanship at its most complex , painstaking , and delicate . |
| 18 | The most professional approach was to be polite but say nothing . |
| 19 | Why , when we all know that loneliness is a paralysing form of human misery , do we go on as if we thought that the deepest need of rational individuals was to be independent of one another ? |
| 20 | The general public was to be able to use the royal posts on certain of the roads out of London ; there were to be fixed rates of postage ( to defray the cost of salaried postmasters ) ; and horse posts ( which were to travel at the rate of 120 miles in twenty-four hours ) were substituted for foot posts ( which travelled at the rate of 16 or 18 miles a day ) . |
| 21 | To be named in Red Channels was to be unemployable … unless you cleared yourself by making a voluntary appearance before the House Committee or McCarthy 's Sub-Committee as a ‘ friendly witness ’ who shopped his former friends to prove the ‘ sincerity ’ of his repentance . |
| 22 | Jacobs felt that progress must be made through the four powers or the UN if the American position was to be viable . |
| 23 | In 1614 the Prince of Wales himself had to be excluded from a dinner at which the Russian ambassador was to be present , since it was feared that the latter would refuse to accept a place on the king 's left if the prince were seated on his right . |
| 24 | The new government was to be responsible to a Provisional Council of the Russian Republic , or ‘ Pre-Parliament ’ , drawn from democratic elements which convened on 7 October and was still in session when the Provisional Government was overthrown . |
| 25 | He says he understood the new model was to be portable , and to be used by surrounding hospitals — and says he feels fundraisers have been misled . |
| 26 | The future pattern for a new religious order was to be papal approval and a definite rule . |
| 27 | My new creation was to be free of all that . |
| 28 | Its institutional structure was to be complex and far-reaching , with a European Executive Council , a Council of National Ministers , a Court of Justice and a popularly elected Parliament . |