Example sentences of "how [det] [noun] [was/were] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fascinating though these books are to read , the thought of being held prisoner by such a regime , knowing exactly how each day was to be spent from now until eternity , makes me feel cold with horror . |
| 2 | On the one hand there were the beliefs in the nature and extent of the clergy 's political religious power and how that power was to be exercised in the state . |
| 3 | The disagreement was about how this decentralization was to be explained . |
| 4 | But precisely how this power was to be used to reach what appears to be the ultimate goal of workers ' control is not conceptualised . |
| 5 | One local housing authority stated that there was ‘ a need for greater provision of special needs accommodation for the disabled and handicapped ’ yet there was no indication as to how such accommodation was to be provided . |
| 6 | When the Second Congress of the Communist International met in 1920 the basic query , says McLane , was how much attention was to be paid to the East . |
| 7 | In English Exporters ( London ) Ltd v Eldonwall Ltd [ 1973 ] Ch 415 at 426 Megarry J stated that the term " have regard " almost of necessity was bound to create difficulties , asking how much regard was to be had and what weight was to be attached to the regard when it has been had . |
| 8 | We should distinguish between Ben Jonson 's desire to confirm his authority over his Workes — collecting and seeing texts through the press , attempting to control what was ascribed to him and how these texts were to be viewed , even trying to restrict his readership — and circumstances where such authorial interventions are absent . |
| 9 | Meanwhile , Mrs Hollidaye revealed to Dot how many things were to be done without even having to move from bed . |