Example sentences of "was not to be [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once the phase of immediate implementation was passed , this group came little by little to realign itself with many in the first group against whom they had in the conciliar years themselves taken quite a clear stand : a new status quo must be achieved if the Church was not to be upset by ceaseless change and debate . |
| 2 | Registration at an exchange was not to be compulsory for the unemployed ; their large numbers and the mismatch of many of them with the available jobs would have led the scheme into immediate crisis . |
| 3 | But no entry is given by Meude-Monpas for ‘ Batteur de mesure , and it is relevant to note that Meude-Monpas 's stated purpose was not to be academic about things , but to write for the ordinary reader . |
| 4 | All were careful to insist that ‘ free love ’ was not to be confused with ‘ libertine sexual intercourse ’ , but that it involved a combination of the aesthetic and spiritual sides of the human personality , with a frank and open attitude towards sex . |
| 5 | Ken added : ‘ Marty 's angle was not to be afraid of anti-feeling , because we 're making people laugh and in laughter we 're making a kind of sanity . |