Example sentences of "and [det] [was/were] to be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only game in town was mass circulation , and that was to be achieved by NoS becoming an aggressively popular tabloid . |
| 2 | The establishment and maintenance of peace was the primary aim of idealists , and this was to be achieved through the spread of liberal democracy and through international law , administered by a newly created international organization , the League of Nations . |
| 3 | Pressures for change had been building up within the legislature for some time and these were to be given added impetus by the events surrounding the resignation of President Nixon . |
| 4 | The factory which opened in 1986 at Washington , Tyne and Wear was capable of assembling 24,000 cars only and these were to be constructed from ‘ kits ’ imported from Japan . |
| 5 | Some were doubtful whether it would actually work , but all shared a hope of something new , and all were to be given an equal chance . |