Example sentences of "how it [was/were] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Fewers Heretors , Tacksmen of Islay " met , at first twice a year and later annually to consider what needed to be spent and how it was to be raised . |
| 2 | Fewers Heretors , Tacksmen of Islay " met , at first twice a year and later annually to consider what needed to be spent and how it was to be raised . |
| 3 | Depending on the materials available , the choice of what metal or alloy to use for a particular artefact would be influenced mainly by its intended function and how it was to be manufactured . |
| 4 | The most critical part of the whole job was planning exactly what needed to be done , how it was to be done and when . |
| 5 | We were trying to make the tree stand erect in Fred 's pot and not seeing quite how it was to be done . |
| 6 | Surely the very power which she now felt she possessed would enlighten her later about how it was to be exercised . |
| 7 | He had no intention of changing his way of life , but how it was to be sustained now he had no idea . |
| 8 | The fact that he did not see how it was to be preserved was another matter . |