Example sentences of "was soon [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | This huge decline was soon to be reversed in NEP , for by 1926 the figure was 259.9 million . |
| 2 | That was as much as he felt he could cope with for a while , but he was soon to be ‘ prevailed upon by government ’ to become chairman of British Steel in double harness with the Tate $ Lyle job . |
| 3 | The racial mixture was soon to be sharpened , as the mid-century railway boom got under way , by new waves of immigrants from Ireland , the Forest of Dean , Herefordshire , and Somerset , but already the social , political , and religious pattern of the new South Wales and the eastern valleys of Monmouthshire had been firmly set for another century . |
| 4 | He was soon to be taken prisoner in battle against the Persians . |
| 5 | And the message was soon to be taken up by American-influenced scientific management in industry . |
| 6 | It had become possible to demonstrate the causative organism of syphilis , Treponema pallidum , under the microscope ; there was soon to be available a blood test , the Wasserman Reaction ( WR ) , which enabled syphilis to be diagnosed in the absence of any signs of the disease ; and finally , a new syphilitic treatment , Salvarsan , an arsenic compound , had become available . |
| 7 | The disappointment of losing by a stroke in the centenary Open was soon to be forgotten for Tip and Arnold Palmer , with victory at Royal Birkdale just one year later in 1961 . |
| 8 | Coleridge 's opinion of Dorothy was soon to be recorded by him in words no less intense , and by the time he parted from the Wordsworths on 28 June , they were all determined that their separation from one another should be as brief as possible . |
| 9 | The whole of Europe was soon to be interested in his work . |
| 10 | At least there was soon to be a bit of activity in the neighbourhood to distract the young lad 's attention : in June of 1797 Charles the Cheesemonger was to achieve the singular distinction of being mentioned , en passant , in an Act of Parliament . |
| 11 | She loved the handsome prince who was soon to be crowned , and he loved her — or so she believed . |
| 12 | For tonight at least , she was Anne Mowbray , sister-in-law to the handsome prince who was soon to be crowned . |
| 13 | As it was soon to be finally and completely demolished , I took the first opportunity of looking round and about the old shed to see if I could find something , anything , of interest relating to the depot to add to my growing collection of ‘ Railwayana ’ . |
| 14 | Glow-strips flickered , as if to this stifling hell of pain and terror was soon to be added darkness . |
| 15 | ‘ Liberal ’ protestantism had done much to recreate an accepted image of the ‘ historical ’ Jesus , even if its theological validity was soon to be exploded . |
| 16 | And the claim to autonomous ducal sover-eighty over a duchy was soon to be taken up by other princes — the dukes of Brittany , Normandy and , ultimately , Burgundy . |
| 17 | It was mild by contrast with some of his later invective , but it marked the beginning of a year that was soon to be darkened by violence , malice and crime . |
| 18 | Though Joyce was soon to be one of the best-known radio voices of the entire war , there was no guarantee that his sardonic and ranting denunciations before rallies of the faithful could ever be subdued into a radio technique . |
| 19 | Charles VI , now only occasionally lucid , was to remain king until his death , but in the meantime Henry would act as regent ( in effect , in control of the government ) succeeding to the crown when Charles died , a fact which was soon to be interpreted to imply English recognition of the legitimacy of Charles VI 's rule as king of France . |
| 20 | For the literate group of women who might be expected to read magazines , this was in fact a transitional period : freed to a greater extent than ever before from the shadow of death , this was not yet the time of the educated lay interest in infant psychology which was soon to be aroused by Montessori , Froebel , Susan Isaacs and the Freudians generally ; nor had the hygienist movement yet got under way . |
| 21 | This happy state of affairs was soon to be destroyed , for Seth , the younger brother of Osiris , was jealous of Osiris 's power and prestige and determined to seize the throne for himself . |
| 22 | If he had hoped for a gentle introduction to the life of the School , he was soon to be disappointed , for 1978 was to be the year in which far-reaching changes were to be set in motion . |
| 23 | But the screw was soon to be turned yet tighter . |
| 24 | The monotonous cawing of seabirds was soon to be broken , however , and not by quite such a fearful development . |
| 25 | And then , there was — or there was soon to be — Musset , Vigny , Champfleury . |
| 26 | Although Edward apparently promised him the captaincy of Berwick in September 1319 , during the English siege of the town , and grants continued to come his way during 1320 , his allegiance was soon to be severed by the ambitions of Despenser , whose attempts in 1320–1 to enlarge his share of the Gloucester inheritance in south Wales raised the whole march against him . |
| 27 | Unbelievably , our boats were still being laid up during the winter months but with a more professional approach being adopted from topside , this policy was soon to be abandoned . |
| 28 | The whole incident was triggered off when the local electricity board disconnected the power supply to the empty shop , without realising what was soon to be swimming in the melted ice ! |
| 29 | It was not until 1921 that the TVLR ( Transfer ) Order was put into effect so that it was now absorbed by the Cambrian Railway , which itself was soon to be absorbed by the GWR in January 1923 . |
| 30 | All too often sensible Tories at conference had to endure the views of unsound parsons and leftish Mayors , an aberration which was soon to be submerged beneath a torrent of party oratory , obsequious loyalty and special pleading . |