Example sentences of "which [was/were] to be [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On 22 January 1946 he agreed to the formation of the Central Intelligence Group ( CIG ) , which was to be a small organisation simply collating all forms of foreign intelligence and reporting back to the president through the National Intelligence Authority ( NIA ) . |
| 2 | His passionate ambition was to lead a crusade against the Turks , and in so doing to unite Christendom — a vision which anticipated that of Charles V , and a policy which was to be a major preoccupation of both Charles and Philip II throughout the sixteenth century . |
| 3 | Only those who were sufficiently moved by piety or curiosity to go on a pilgrimage to the celebrated shrine of Santiago de Compostella , on roads which took them through Aquitaine , can have learned anything at all about the land which was to be the chief concern of Richard 's life . |
| 4 | Of particular importance here was the formation of the Britons Society in 1918 which was to be the immediate precursor of British racial fascism . |
| 5 | Later that month the British Pacific Fleet 's ( BPF ) main strike force sailed from Trincomalee for Sydney , which was to be the main Fleet base for Pacific operations . |
| 6 | From a national movement designed to revolutionize the political structure of the nation , the BUF had degenerated into an organization which became increasingly dependent on a localized campaign playing on anti-immigrant racial populist themes , which was to be the main pattern of British fascism from then onwards . |
| 7 | On Aug. 17 a 34-member team from the US Defence Department flew into Mombasa , Kenya , which was to be the main base for the US aid operation . |
| 8 | It immediately causes a stark image which was to be the main theme of the poem . |
| 9 | Nicholas had shown a preparedness to use diplomatic means which was to be the main feature of his conduct of international relations . |
| 10 | However , it was from her mother Jeannie and her grandmother Maria Stewart that she absorbed the song-treasury which was to be the dominant love of her life . |
| 11 | The Chairman for the evening — Mr R. Mulford — welcomed all present to an evening which was to be an informal discussion centred on Members ' reminiscences of the BCR in its working days . |